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How Many of You Have Served in the Military or Armed Forces?
- Thread starter SalixIncendium
- Start date
We Never Know
No Slack
No slack. Enough said.
Ellen Brown
Well-Known Member
US Army, 66-69, Military Police, Alaska and Oklahoma
Nope. My focus was much more environmental, and did a lot of fish and game/wildlife services and animal rescue work through college.
Wandering Monk
Well-Known Member
US Army, 3rd Support Command, stationed in Germany, 1983-1986.
I served in the USN from 2007-2016 (just shy of 10 years), as a Fire Controlman (weapons electronics repair/operation). Did 4 years aboard a Destroyer stationed out of Japan; and 2 years on a destroyer out of WA state. Deployed to the Persian Gulf in 2013. Last portion of my time was spent mentoring new sailors as they learned their initial schooling.
Sand Dancer
Crazy Cat Lady
I was in the Air Force from 1989-1993 during Desert Storm but was not deployed. I was a mainframe computer operator.
Sand Dancer
Crazy Cat Lady
What's your current status as a pilot?
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
I served with the 187th infantry regiment in Fort Campbell Kentucky.
No combat. 1st Iraq war broke out shortly after I was honorably discharged .
Personally I only consider those who face combat true veterans. I'm only an ex- soldier that had served.
I have about 400 hours of flight school, and only about 5-6 hours of actual flight time in a little Cessna 150. But that was over 20 years ago so it's all useless now.
Here's an odd one for you....
I once worked with an ex-Green Beret.
The only times he was shot were when he was home in Baltimore MD.
Epic Beard Man
Bearded Philosopher
Epic Beard Man
Bearded Philosopher
You don't have to be in infantry to be in the military there are other jobs
Epic Beard Man
Bearded Philosopher
To answer the OP never been in the military but I have a military family
Dad (Army)
Twin male cousins on my dad side (Marines)
Female cousin on my dad side (Navy)
My first uncle on my mother side (Navy he actually was a frogman)
My second uncle on my mother side (Navy)
My personal philosophy before when Marines recruited me in high school was black man shouldn't serve in the military for a country that doesn't see them as completely human. I still in part feel that way but mostly I'd join today simply for the benefits and not for some patriotic sense of duty.
Dad (Army)
Twin male cousins on my dad side (Marines)
Female cousin on my dad side (Navy)
My first uncle on my mother side (Navy he actually was a frogman)
My second uncle on my mother side (Navy)
My personal philosophy before when Marines recruited me in high school was black man shouldn't serve in the military for a country that doesn't see them as completely human. I still in part feel that way but mostly I'd join today simply for the benefits and not for some patriotic sense of duty.
Sand Dancer
Crazy Cat Lady
Hope you can start up again if you have that desire.
Thanks I appreciate the support!
Wish I could but flight time was too expensive for me even back then, I can imagine it's even more expensive now. (Back then flight time was $1,000 per hour)