How many military bubbas here?

[cavscout]

4 years USMC, Air Traffic Control
3 years inactive reserve
1 year Army National Guard, Cavalry Scout (Best Job in the World, sure wish it paid more)

[Tattoo Bradley]

4 years active duty US Air Force (Ramstein AB, Germany and Hill AFB, Utah) Aerospace Ground Equipment Journeyman (2A652). Honorable discharge at rank of Senior Airman.

1 year US Army National Guard (New Mexico - 1/200 A Battery) as an Avenger Crewmember (14S). Honorable discharge at rank of Specialist.

[jfellrath]

I have always hesitated to call myself a veteran of the armed forces. I was in ROTC in college and commissioned into the Army Reserve. I did my time at OBC, but this was during the post-Gulf War RIFs and I was never able to find a slot in a unit, so I spent my entire 8 years of service in the IRR. I always felt bad about that, hence my reluctance to refer to myself as a veteran.

[Vince]

United States Navy (Ret.)
Vietnam Era/Gulf War
Submarine Service
USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN 601)
USS Plunger (SSN 595)
USS Seawolf (SSN 575)/Special Projects
USS Tunny (SSN 682)

[Monkey@Arms]

Didn't check any of the boxes, as I was a civilian employee of the U.S. Navy for 6 years, during which time I served at Holy Loch, Alameda, and deployed on a WestPac aboard the USS Enterprise.

Best regards,

Jake

[Verlyn]

USN for 12 years
USNR for 3

Vince, when were you on the Plunger? My dad was the COB a LONG time ago on that boat (early 70s).

[bubba]

Brown Water Navy in Nam. Don't like to talk about it so I rarely mention it.

[TheSp8]

Just hitting 16 years in the Army. Only 4 more to go. I've enjoyed most of it except for the family separation. Even with that I enjoyed Korea though. Been family doing something off and on since the revolution.

YMOS,
Tony

[arrogcow]

I have always hesitated to call myself a veteran of the armed forces. I was in ROTC in college and commissioned into the Army Reserve. I did my time at OBC, but this was during the post-Gulf War RIFs and I was never able to find a slot in a unit, so I spent my entire 8 years of service in the IRR. I always felt bad about that, hence my reluctance to refer to myself as a veteran.

My tale is much the same. I was ROTC (did join a reserve unit my junior year), and then graduated with my comission in 1990, the year Bush the first and Sec of Defense Cheney deciced that the military didn't need people anymore, so I did not get the active comission I had planned on. Then my reserve unit (and most others) was placed on hold from accepting officers.

I ended up being in the IRR as well (after a couple of years, I had job related issues that kept me from finding a reserve unit as well). So other than 5 months for training, I haven't really served either (but not from lack of trying).

Still, cavalry leads the way...

Adam

[arrogcow]

Brown Water Navy in Nam. Don't like to talk about it so I rarely mention it.

My dad was too. Usually the only guys that do like to talk about it were the ones safely at the rear.

Adam