Military Roll Call! Veterans, GTFIH!

Thai Domi said:
Who served their county's military?

Name your country, your branch and your rate (job and rank), you land lubbers!


US Navy from '94-2000; Boatswain's Mate and Photographer's Mate (SW/AW)

Sound off!
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Talk about perfect timing.
 
Us Army 11B
unit 2-16 Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team 1st Infantry Division
Never been to Iraq but been to the Afghanistan, humping those mountains was a bitch.
Also I'm in the process of becoming a 2nd LT after graduating college, I chose to be an infantry officer and I hope they don't send me to some shitty Admin position.
 
I'll do this in Chronological order:

~1998 - 2006 USMC~
0431-Logistics

1998 - 2001 Camp Lejuene (2nd TSB "red patchers")

deployed: No where! My time at Camp Lejeune was 3 years of my life I'll never get back.

2001 - 2004 MCAS Iwakuni, Japan (MWSS 171)

deployed:
RSOI OP 2001 - Yeoungsan, Korea
Cobra Gold 2002 - Utaphao, Thailand
Cloud Warrior 2002 - Camp Fuji, Japan
Foal Eagle 2002 - Yaecheon, Korea
Cobra Gold 2003 - Sameson, Thailand
Balikatan 2003 - Clark Airbase, Philippines

2004 - 2006 NAS Belle Chasse, LA (MAG-42 Det C)

Deployed:
Bagram, Afghanistan 2004
Salerno, Afghanistan 2005

~2006 - Transfered to US Army (to change MOS)~
88M-vehicle operator

2006 - 2008 Fort Lewis, WA (295th QM Co.)

deployed:
Nowhere. Didn't care since I enjoyed this duty station so much.

2008 - 2010 Fort Hood, TX (96th Trans Co.)

deployed:
Camp Taji, Iraq 2008

2010 - 2012 Heidelberg, Germany (V Corps HQ)

deployed:
Normandy, France 2011 - (memorial ceremony honor platoon)

Other countries visited while stationed in Germany: Croatia, Austria, Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain

2012 - Fort Stewart, GA (2-7 Infantry Battalion and 5/7 Cav)

deployed:
Camp Marmal, Afghanistan 2013
Poland/Germany: Operation Atlantic Reaolve 2015
Spain: Operation Trident Juncture 2015
Germany/Poland/Hungary: Operation European Assurance 2016

2016 - 2017 Camp Hovey/Casey, Korea (46 CTC)

deployed:
Nowhere. LOVED Every minute of this duty station though.

countries visited while stationed in Korea: Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia

2017 - 2019 Fort Riley (2nd BDE 1-63rd Artillery)

deployed:
Nowhere. The OAR rotation to Poland deployed before I arrived.

2019 - Now Retired!
Retired rank: E-6. It was a long hard road full of good and bad times.
 
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I just want to say thank you to all of you who served.
 
US Navy,

2 years @ BUD/S then 2 years at a separate amphibious command other than the teams. No rockstar deployment. Complete waste of my time.
 
evansusmc2 said:
I'll do this in Chronological order:

~1998 - 2006 USMC~
0431-Logistics

1998 - 2001 Camp Lejuene (2nd TSB "red patchers")

deployed: No where! My time at Camp Lejeune was 3 years of my life I'll never get back.

2001 - 2004 MCAS Iwakuni, Japan (MWSS 171)

deployed:
RSOI OP 2001 - Yeoungsan, Korea
Cobra Gold 2002 - Utaphao, Thailand
Cloud Warrior 2002 - Camp Fuji, Japan
Foal Eagle 2002 - Yaecheon, Korea
Cobra Gold 2003 - Sameson, Thailand
Balikatan 2003 - Clark Airbase, Philippines

2004 - 2006 NAS Belle Chasse, LA (MAG-42 Det C)

Deployed:
Bagram, Afghanistan 2004
Salerno, Afghanistan 2005

~2006 - current US Army~
88M-vehicle operator

2006 - 2008 Fort Lewis, WA (295th QM Co.)

deployed:
Nowhere. Didn't care since I enjoyed this duty station so much.

2008 - 2010 Fort Hood, TX (96th Trans Co.)

deployed:
Camp Taji, Iraq 2008

2010 - 2012 Heidelberg, Germany (V Corps HQ)

deployed:
Normandy, France 2011 - (memorial ceremony honor platoon)

Other countries visited while stationed in Germany: Croatia, Austria, Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain

2012 - current Fort Stewart, GA

deployed:
Camp Marmal, Afghanistan 2013
Poland: Operation Atlantic Reaolve 2015
Spain: Operation Trident Junction 2015
Germany/Poland/???*: Operation European Assurance 2016

Current rank E-6

*OPSEC. Can't divulge the next country.
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What made you switch from the Marines Corps to the Army?
Are you still an E-6 at 18 years in because the Green Weenie got you?
 
US Army (CAARNG) 2008-2015
Deployed OEF 2013 under 4th ID
35D got out as a Captain O-3
Currently IRR and loving it.
 
Greoric said:
A lot of good guys in that community.
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The Marines, Army, and special forces liked to see us show up. It meant living conditions were going to improve.
 
USAF 4P071 (Pharmacy Craftsman/Medic)
1987 - 2011
Retired MSgt (E-7)

Seven different bases, three deployments, two mass casualties during my career. Did a 4 year tour at Laundstuhl, Germany too. MAANANNNN the Army guys were SAAaAAAAALLLLLTTTYYY! :) Don't player hate! !_!
 
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Protectandserve said:
US Army (CAARNG) 2008-2015
Deployed OEF 2013 under 4th ID
35D got out as a Captain O-3
Currently IRR and loving it.
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How does it work getting commissioned in your state? Here in FL, you go through boot camp at Jackson and then you do some bastardized form of OCS that's spread out over 18 months (unless you're lucky enough to get a federal slot at Benning).
 
evansusmc2 said:
I'll do this in Chronological order:

~1998 - 2006 USMC~
0431-Logistics

1998 - 2001 Camp Lejuene (2nd TSB "red patchers")

deployed: No where! My time at Camp Lejeune was 3 years of my life I'll never get back.

2001 - 2004 MCAS Iwakuni, Japan (MWSS 171)

deployed:
RSOI OP 2001 - Yeoungsan, Korea
Cobra Gold 2002 - Utaphao, Thailand
Cloud Warrior 2002 - Camp Fuji, Japan
Foal Eagle 2002 - Yaecheon, Korea
Cobra Gold 2003 - Sameson, Thailand
Balikatan 2003 - Clark Airbase, Philippines

2004 - 2006 NAS Belle Chasse, LA (MAG-42 Det C)

Deployed:
Bagram, Afghanistan 2004
Salerno, Afghanistan 2005

~2006 - current US Army~
88M-vehicle operator

2006 - 2008 Fort Lewis, WA (295th QM Co.)

deployed:
Nowhere. Didn't care since I enjoyed this duty station so much.

2008 - 2010 Fort Hood, TX (96th Trans Co.)

deployed:
Camp Taji, Iraq 2008

2010 - 2012 Heidelberg, Germany (V Corps HQ)

deployed:
Normandy, France 2011 - (memorial ceremony honor platoon)

Other countries visited while stationed in Germany: Croatia, Austria, Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain

2012 - current Fort Stewart, GA

deployed:
Camp Marmal, Afghanistan 2013
Poland: Operation Atlantic Reaolve 2015
Spain: Operation Trident Junction 2015
Germany/Poland/???*: Operation European Assurance 2016

Current rank E-6

*OPSEC. Can't divulge the next country.
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your thoughts on field exercises in Grafenwoehr, or even worse Hohenfels?

guarding ammo at the AHA in Hohenfels, for 8 hour shifts in Winter was straight phenomenal.
 
i was at baumholder in Germany, the rock playas. We literally had early 1930s german SS barracks and apartments for housing, swastikas in the bricks and everything. we had one in our BN HQ bldg hahahahah, i would post it, but that's probably ban worth or something

edit: it was 2 BD, 1st AD when i got there, 2-6 IN BN. but it cased colors the week after, and we became a brand new unit, 3-4 IN in 170th IBCT. we fell under no division, it was weird, just V Corp outta Heidelberg or whatever (before USAREUR moved to Wiesbaden i believe).

then i went to Ft Bliss after, to 2 BD, 1st AD and 2-6 IN, i shit you not. extremely random, unit was then non deployable, but went to the field for like 4 months of the year testing new equipment (White Sands, NM). There were 3 guys in the WHOLE BN under SGT that had combat patches.....I was one of them haha. The other two also came from my unit in Germany
 
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The Higher Power said:
How does it work getting commissioned in your state? Here in FL, you go through boot camp at Jackson and then you do some bastardized form of OCS that's spread out over 18 months (unless you're lucky enough to get a federal slot at Benning).
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I commissioned through ROTC at college. Got in on a full ride from the Army. My last year I got shanghaied by some CA Guard recruiter and promised a 10 grand signing bonus and a spot in an airborne unit.

Didn't get either. No bonus and stuck in a leg unit but I did get my Intel spot, but it took almost a year to send me to BOLC. Was a huge clusterfuck.

Then MSG Jafee(SPL?) The lady in charge of bonuses, got brought up on fraud charges and people who got bonuses all got flagged cause she gave out improper amounts for stuff so I never got mine.
 
HunterSdVa29 said:
your thoughts on field exercises in Grafenwoehr, or even worse Hohenfels?

guarding ammo at the AHA in Hohenfels, for 8 hour shifts in Winter was straight phenomenal.
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Is that where those Humvees were destroyed recently?

 
Dolomite said:
until the gonorrhea pops up and starts to spread
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On average we were too old to be spreading the clap. Unless it can be transmitted via checkers. Or cribbage.
 
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Army National Guard 2001-2007 Activated for 16 months and sent to Kuwait. I was a wheel vehicle mechanic and was also on a vehicle recovery team. My rank was E-4.
 
United States Marine Corps 2003 to 2008 (Once a Marine always a Marine)

Two years in Iraqi. Second half of 2004 to first half of 2005. Second half of 2006 to first half of 2007.

Sergeant (E-5)

MOS 6386 Electronic Counter Measure Warfare Technician.
 
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