Any Veterans out there ?

[Greg Myers]

US NAVY 1969-1974 AMS-2 AIMD Okinawa  NAF Naha .

any of that make any sense to you ?

Let me just add, aircraft involved, Primarily, The Lockheed P-3 Orion. then in no particular order other than possible my introduction to them, C-45, F-4, A-4, F-8,A-6, P2v, S-2, C-117, lots of helicopters all with weird numbers and names I don't remember. I got rides in a few, P-3 and C-117 and even got to fly one S-2 

 

Edited November 9, 2018 by Greg Myers

[Deuces]

I salute you all....  ??

[stavanzer]

USAF, 1983-1988. E-4. Crew Chief. T-38 & F-15D /Williams AFB, AZ. U.S.A./Kadena AB, Okinawa Japan

[Ace-Garageguy]

A good friend of mine was at Kadena in the late '60s supporting Blackbirds, and another one was at Naha in the mid '60s.

[Greg Myers]

Trip up the island for a good American burger at the flight line café to watch the big C-5s and C-141s take off and land. The big treat was an occasional view of the Black birds coming or going, always by chance.

[vintageford]

USN 77-81 AFDL-6 at Little Creek, USS Yosemite AD-19 Med cruise 80-81. EN3 {just a flunky} but led to a career in the automotive field...Now retired

[Jantrix]

USCG E5 Electronics Tech (Nav). Cutters Durable and Northland - Just shy of 10 years

Florida Air National Guard 125th Fighter Wing, JAcksonville FL. (post - 911) F-15 avionics tech. 3 years.

 

Edited November 9, 2018 by Jantrix

[TooOld]

Retired USAF (1972-1992) Missile Guidance Systems . Stationed all over the Far East : Udorn AB Thailand , Kadena AB Okinawa , Clark AB P.I. , Kunsan AB S.Korea , and Osan AB S.Korea . Stateside Moody AFB , Luke AFB , and MacDill AFB .

Edited November 10, 2018 by TooOld

[oldcarfan]

Desert Storm era for me. 6 years in the Navy. I did Electronic Warfare.I was on the USS Conyngham when she burned up, then went back for tech schools and on to the USS Roosevelt CVN 71. If I had stayed with Destroyers, I probably would have re-enlisted.

[Mike999]

About 200 years ago...Marine Corps, 6 yrs. Primary job was in the Air Wing, working on Infrared and Forward-Looking Radar systems.  Also did a tour as a Drill Instructor at MCRD San Diego.  (Though I went thru boot camp myself at Parris Island).  In case you ever wondered, D.I.'s do go to school to learn that job.  When I was in, we went to Drill Instructor School for 6 weeks.  We called it "The Pervert Factory."

Spent most of my career in the aerospace/defense industry, which took me all over the world:  Europe, Asia, Central America, the Middle East, etc. By coincidence I was living in Saudi Arabia when Iraq invaded Kuwait.  Later I lived for nearly 4 yrs. in Alexandria, Egypt, which was a lot of fun.

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[SfanGoch]

E-5 U.S. Army 1979-85. 11B (Bullet Stopper) P1 (Jumped out of perfectly good aircraft while stopping stray bullets). Secondaries 45B Weapons Tech/31V Radio/Telephone Repair/76Y Supply Specialist. 1979-81 101st Abn Div. C Co. 1st Bn 506 Inf, '81-'85 1st Armd Div. A/1/6 INF (Mech).

[Classicgas]

CO. A, 682 Engineer Battalion, 1980-1986, Litchfield, Mn.

[SSNJim]

Submariner, hence SSNJim  (SSN = nuclear powered attack submarine, Jim = my name). Served from 1976-1992 on SSN594 (short and long hull), SSN637 (short and long hull) and first flight 688 submarines. Made 4 trips to the Mediterranean Sea, two to South America, and one above the Arctic Circle.

Best. Job. Ever.

[Pete J.]

1972-1981 USAF KC-135 driver.  92nd Air Refueling Squadron - Fairchild AFB, Wa  920th Air Refueling Squadron- Wurtsmith AFB, Mi.  One tour YTTF to U-Tapao Thailand. One tour on Diego Garcia, BIOT. 

[Nacho Z]

USAF, 1983 -1988, BMET stationed at RAF Alconbury / RAF Upwood.  Did a little time at Sheppard AFB and Columbus AFB.

[TooOld]

20 hours ago, Greg Myers said:

US NAVY 1969-1974 AMS-2 AIMD Okinawa  NAF Naha .

any of that make any sense to you ?

Let me just add, aircraft involved, Primarily, The Lockheed P-3 Orion. then in no particular order other than possible my introduction to them, C-45, F-4, A-4, F-8,A-6, P2v, S-2, C-117, lots of helicopters all with weird numbers and names I don't remember. I got rides in a few, P-3 and C-117 and even got to fly one S-2 

 

I was stationed at Kadena , 400th MMS from '75 to '77 . Best assignment I had in 20 years .

6 hours ago, Nacho Z said:

USAF, 1983 -1988, BMET stationed at RAF Alconbury / RAF Upwood.  Did a little time at Sheppard AFB and Columbus AFB.

As a youngster my Dad was stationed at Sheppard as an instructor in the early 60's . We lived off of the Sheppard Access Rd then moved on base and lived on Falcon Blvd .

[modelercarl]

US Army E-5, 1961-1964.  513th Intelligence Corps Group, HQ Oberursel, Taunus Mountains, Germany.  Was a great experience with a variety of TDY postings in West Germany, Berlin the best and Heidelberg a close second.  Almost re-enlisted but had not been back to the States in almost 3 years and a lot of those who did re-enlist found themselves heading to Vietnam.

[MeatMan]

US Army E-4 1975 - 1979 76Y Supply Specialist, Co. A Lightning Bde. USAARMC, Ft. Knox Ky. When it came time to go to Korea, CO kept me there for all 3 years! Dunno how he pulled that off.

[Nacho Z]

2 hours ago, TooOld said:

I was stationed at Kadena , 400th MMS from '75 to '77 . Best assignment I had in 20 years .

As a youngster my Dad was stationed at Sheppard as an instructor in the early 60's . We lived off of the Sheppard Access Rd then moved on base and lived on Falcon Blvd .

Bob, that is what I was doing at Sheppard, attending my tech school.  My training was about 9 months long.  Sheppard had one heck of an Airman's Club...lol.

[Madd Trucker]

U S Army  SP4   Viet Nam 68/ 69  I st Air  Cav 371 st  RR Company

[bismarck]

US Army SP4 88 to 94. Mostly in Germany. 

[Super28]

U.S. Army, 1/502 101st Airborne, Phu Bai, Viet Nam, 11-Bravo, 1970-71

[TarheelRick]

On 11/9/2018 at 12:16 PM, TooOld said:

Retired USAF (1972-1992) Missile Guidance Systems . Stationed all over the Far East : Udorn AB Thailand , Kadena AB Okinawa , Clark AB P.I. , Kunsan AB S.Korea , and Osan AB S.Korea . Stateside Moody AFB , Luke AFB , and MacDill AFB .

USAF retired 1968-1989, was on Udorn, RTAFB Feb 71-72, Kunsan, AB Aug 79-Feb 81.  Served in TAC (Pope, Seymour-Johnson, Shaw), SAC (Whiteman, Carswell),  PACAF (Udorn, Kunsan), ATC (Keesler), AAC (Shemya), AFSC (Wright-Patterson), and AFCC (Tinker).  Worked as Airborne Communications Repair, Welder, Airborne Communications Repair, Ground Communications Operations.  Also Temporary Duty at Rhein-Main, Germany, Lajes Field, Azores, Elmendorf, Alaska, and Tyndall, Florida.  Attended extended training at Keesler, Mississippi, Chanute, Illinois, and Lackland, Texas.  It was a great 21 years, 2 months, and 18 days, some days I miss it and other days I am glad it is behind me.

[Agent G]

[HomerS]

It wasn't until a great uncle's funeral did I learn "Uncle Bob" was in FDR's Presidential Honor Guard and escorted his flag draped casket.  That's him behind at the wheel.  I knew he was in WWII and those that served never spoke other than 'they did what they were called upon to do'.  He also had a purple heart and a silver star.

My father served seven and half years in the Air Force including deployment to Germany during the construction of the Berlin Wall (although the VA didn't consider that active deployment to a hostile area).  Dad lost his battle with Dementia a year ago Memorial Day weekend.  He gave me the appreciation I have for cars.  I acquired a 1/43 AMT 48 Ford (still wrapped) last year at a show...same one my Dad did when I was a kid.  He kinda phoned it in on the skill level but it's hard for me to touch it right now but I will build it as he intended.