Veterans, where have you been?

[mountain]

I have been thinking with Memorial day coming up fast I would see how many vets we have on the site and where you have been. I did a tour in Bosnia( 02-03) and in Afghanistan (07-08). I am a 19K but we all deploy as 11B these days. I will post some pictures of some of the "Rat Rods" I saw when I was in the Stan. A special thanks to all of the Vietnam Vets out there. Your generation taught us a lot and it is often over looked, so Thank you.

 

[Old Iron]

I'm 61 as of April 16th

Long Binh
Headquarter Company
USARV 1

Thank You for your service

 

[cjmahone66]

USAF Explosive Ordnance Disposal
South Africa, 2003.
Iraq, 2004 and 2005.
Various US States and 90% of Europe. A few ex-Soviet countries.

I got out in 2007, but i miss it a lot.

 

[mountain]

We did a lot of escorts for our EOD team just above Kandahar, those guys were crazy but they always treated us good. I have a lot of funny stories from our EOD team

 

[soltz]

USAF, 1962/1966. After school to be a C-130 mechanic went to europe to keep spooks flying. Germany mostly and yes i had a few beers before i was 21.
RRR thanks for asking.
soltz

 

[Bamamav]

I never served, but THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SERVICE!!

 

[Blue Eyed Devil]

Did my time as a 19D here.

C Troop 1-1 Cav. Buedingen, Germany 1992-1996

D Troop 1-16 Cav. Ft, Know, Kentucky 1994-1996

And thank you to everyone who appreciates our vets...

 

[striptnut]

I never served, but THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SERVICE!!

Well said Bamamav ! Thanks to all you guys for your sacrifice !

 

[Track-T]

'65-'66......Korea
'66-'67...... Hq&Hq co. Ft.Lewis wa.
'67.......... Ft.Bliss,Tx.(7 mo.)
'67-'69...... Ansbach,Germany
'69-'70...... Ft.Riley,Kansas
'70-'71...... Ft.Lewis,Wa.

Total:::: oct.1964 to may 1971

 

[super56]

94th Engineers Headquarters ECB (Heavy)
was one of the first 100 soldiers to get to BIAP (helped clear buildings with SF). My unit was the Army unit that breached the berm between the Kuwait- Iraq border (D10 Dozers)
62J General Construction Equipment Operator

Have alot of picks, dont have them scaned in(taken with disposable camera)

 

[earthman]

Great thread. Thanks to you all.

 

[26Troadster]

i was navy 79-82 on the uss frank cable (plankowner) as40, it was peace time/cold war and to those who have served during war i would have done what had to be done and thank you for what you are doing and have done. stayed state side most of my time, i went through the panama canal, cuba, jamica and st. thomas.

 

[hankthebigdog]

91A Army medic peace time 85-86. Thought we would go, but didn't have to. Thanks to all of you men and women who have gone on foreign ground. I served, but you deserve my respect also. THANKS[cl

 

[Tim...Ok]

Thank you guys for your service!! My dad was 82nd and 101st Airborne in Europe 41-45 and my oldest brother was in Vietnam 68-69, so I grew up having the highest respect for the veterans of this great country..Thank You!!

this hangs proudly on my living room wall

 

[mountain]

WOW, your father must have done some amazing things to recieve some of those medals. Is that a silver star and a purple heart? That is something to be proud of. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Tim...Ok]

thanks mountain,..can't really tell from the pic, its two bronze and two purple,dad was always proud of the blue rectangle with gold border at the bottom,called the presidential citation,pinned on his shirt my Mrs. Roosevelt herself..my wife had a WWII historian put that all together,took him most of two years to research it..I'm really proud of it..

 

[BruceR&C]

20 year Army career.
75-76 Ft Dix, NJ & Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (Basic & AIT)
76-79 Ft. Hood, TX (B co 1/67 Armor & B co 124th Maint 2nd Armoed Div)
79-82 Aschaffenburg, Germany (CSC & HHC 1/4 Infantry 3d Infantry Div)
82-84 Ft Benning, GA (HHC 1/58 Infantry, 197 Infantry Brigade)
84-87 Fulda, Germany (HHT 1/11 ACR)
87-90 Ft Stewart, GA (Cco 2/21 Infantry, Cco 3/7 Infantry, 24th Infantry Div)
90-92 Goeppingen, Germany (HHC 4/16 Infantry, 1st Infantry Div (Forward)
& HHC USMCA Goeppingen)
92-95 Ft Knox, KY (B Trp 1/12 Cav & B Trp 4/16 Cav)
95- Retired
Since 02 am a Army civilian weapons system tech @ Ft Knox & now Ft Benning.

26T- my insides kinda flipped a bit when I read that you were on the Frank Cable. My son was a boiler tech on the Cable from 97 till 06. Was in the PO1 in the boiler room when one of them exploded Dec 1, 2006.

 

[26Troadster]

bruce one of my brother masons had just got out of the navy when that happened. when i was on her i was in the engine room and spent alot of time in the fire room too, it was a whole nother life and seems like a life time ago. i hope your son wasn't in the fire room when that happen, and if he was i hope he was ok.

 

[BruceR&C]

Unfortunately, he was. He was burnt over 35% of his body. Him and six others were evacuated to Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas. He had numerous surgeries from then until about a month ago when he was medically retired w/ 100% disability. Sadly, his Chief & another of his shipmates passed from their injuries. He just got a job w/ NAVSEA as a civilian boiler tech instructor. Navy took great care of him & he even got promoted to Chief during his rehab.

 

[26Troadster]

i hate that he was there, and glad they took care of him. would love to go back for a visit, had alot of fun and still stay in touch with alot of my shipmates, they are more like family then friends.