Military Guys and Gals, What did you do?

[dfreeman]

USAF 1968-1972
June, 1968 - Lackland AFB, TX 3709 BMTS, Flight 603
August, 1968 - Lowry AFB, CO Tech School
December, 1968 - Hill AFB, Utah 2727th Air Munitions Test Sq
September, 1970 - Taegu AB, Korea 6168th Combat Support Sq
October, 1971 - Nellis AFB, NV 57th Munitions Maintenance Sq
June, 1972 - Home

I was a 461x0 Munitions Maintenance Specialist. it was hard but interesting work. I wish I could have worked with some of the sophisticated munitions that are on the scene these days. I pretty much liked all my duty stations but being a young newly wed in 1970, the 13 month unaccompanied tour to Korea was not fun. I should have stayed and retired but my wife was having none of it.

[Schuess]

Army Blackhawk pilot 1987-2007. On my phone so I’m not going to type a whole history now. Great job though!


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[TucsonJim]

U.S. Coast Guard Radioman, 1973 - 1977.

[Second Chance]

Commissioned 1974, USAF Nurse Corps. Med-surg, critical care.
1977 - 1979 USAF Reserves
1979 - 1984 US Army Reserves/ANG
1984 - 1993 active duty, US Army Nurse Corps. Critical care, clinical head nurse PACU.
1993 - 2001 US Army Reserves. Information management officer 3297th USAH (field grade/branch immaterial... for those who know what that means).

Put in a request for retirement orders in August of 2001... then 9/11 happened. Figured I just needed to make sure my kit was ready and affairs were in order. That December, my retirement orders came through. Go figure.

Rob

[orbiker]

USN from 1974 to 1978. Instant boatswain mate and then Radarman.
USS Chewacan ( very small oiler ) in the Med and Atlantic home based in Charleston, SC
USS Pyro was in the Pacific ported out of Port of Chicago, Calif.


We passed bombs and fuel from ship to ship at 12 knots at a distance of 150 ft apart using cables on booms.

I did my 4 years. They offered me $10,000 to re-up. I laughed. They didn't tell me my wage would be going up the rest of my life if I did the 20 or more.

I saw a lot and learned a lot. KEN

[SteveTN]

USAF Active Duty
'71 to '75 Egress Systems Repairman on F-4, F-105, F-111, T-33 at Nellis AFB NV, Torrejon AB Spain, Incirlik AB Turkey and McDill AFB FL.
'80 to '81 Egress Systems Repairman on F-4, F-16 at Nellis AFB NV
' 81 to '83 AECP program, electronics engineering, commissioned in '84
' 84 to '89 Flight Test Engineer at Edwards AFB, CA Aircrew in F-4, T-38, C-130 and C-141 specialized test aircraft
USAF Civilian
'89 to '99 Flight Test Engineer at Edwards AFB, CA Aircrew in C-130 instrumented test aircraft.

[gbkims]

6 years USN 1975-1981 Electronics Technician - Comm

Joined up a year after high school, in Boise, ID after doing some part time farming work & bit of college

Had about a year of Navy schools:
Boot Camp & Basic Electricity & Electronics - NTC San Diego, CA
ET A School - Great Lakes Training Center, IL
C School - Mare Island, Vallejo, CA

2 yrs at Chinhae Facility, South Korea, 76-78 - Met & married my wife there, she still puts up with me after all these years.
C School - Mare Island, Vallejo, CA
1 yr on USNS Pawcatuck - an oiler out of Norfolk, VA & Mayport, FL went to Cuba & then onto the Med
1.5 yrs NAS Kingsville, TX

All the comm gear I worked on is a bit out of date, 1st UHF radio transceiver I learned still used tubes.
I can now read about the crytpo gear I worked on http://www.cryptomuseum.com/index.htm

Gene

[Paul & Deb]

U.S. Navy 1969 - 1973

Hospital Corpsman (HM1) Surgical Tech for a year at Quantico Naval Hospital in Virginia, 3 years on the USS Coronado LPD-11 (plank owner now decommissioned)

[LV Naturist]

Wow! Such diverse careers and experiences. Thank you all for your service, and to those who served in Viet Nam a well deserved "Welcome Home!" Out of all the units I served in, my absolute favorite was the 626 Tactical Control Flight in Bremerhaven GE. That was the Forward Air Control Post. Man did we work hard. Spent more time deployed than we did in garrison. But we partied hard too. That was '79 to '83, some 35 years ago. And yet a good many of us are still close friends. We have had 2 formal reunions and several get togethers, and to this day we can still rely on each other. These are long term bonds that few civilians experience.

Thank you for sharing your stories!

John

[DaveMatthewsBand]

Wow! Such diverse careers and experiences. Thank you all for your service, and to those who served in Viet Nam a well deserved "Welcome Home!" Out of all the units I served in, my absolute favorite was the 626 Tactical Control Flight in Bremerhaven GE. That was the Forward Air Control Post. Man did we work hard. Spent more time deployed than we did in garrison. But we partied hard too. That was '79 to '83, some 35 years ago. And yet a good many of us are still close friends. We have had 2 formal reunions and several get togethers, and to this day we can still rely on each other. These are long term bonds that few civilians experience.

Thank you for sharing your stories!

John

How'd you get 5 rows in 4 years?

WOW