How many military bubbas here?

[SteveB]

Proud veteran U.S. Air Force 1974 - 1978.

[Madadh]

Served 3 years as an US Army Infantryman then 6 years in the NY Army National Guard
and 21 years as a DoD Civillian

[Fougasse]

Retired after 22 years in the British Army, Royal Engineers. Wife is active duty US Navy.

Ubique

[Finn]

Army- 7 years active, 6 months reserve.

[Chase]

I voted USN, but as a Devil Doc, who incidently switched to the Marine Corps uniform standards, I wonder if it counts as two? I know I'm not an offically enlisted Marine, but I really loved the fact that I served as a Corpsman FMF in that capacity.

[kiltedinUSMC]

serving curently with the Marine Corps here in Camp Pendleton.

[Rogerson785]

US Army 25B Computer Geek, tried to switch jobs five times!
1985-1988 Army Reserves, Santa Ana Ca.

I almost joined the Marine Corps because I spent some time on MCAS Tustin and MCAS Irvine. My reserve unit used to train at Camp Pendleton. Instead, I joined after my junior year of high school, only one other guy in my class did this, I thought I was one tough dude. While all the jocks were wearing their letterman jackets, I was wearing my shiny combat boots and walking with pride.

1988-Present Active Army
Served in the following places:
Ft. Hood, TX
First Gulf War
Ft. Hood, TX
Camp Carroll Korea
The Pentagon
HQ Landsouth Verona Italy
Ft. Huachuca, AZ
MFO Sinai Egypt
Ft. Riley, KS

I will retire September 2009. I would not mind serving more, but I am too old for the British Army and I do not feel like learning to speak French.

[graham_s]

15 Years in the Royal Air Force (the best in the world, go on admit it ) as an Engineering Technician (Airframes).
In that time I worked on aircraft such as;
The Red Arrows,
other Hawk T1 and T1A,
Wessex HC2 in Cyprus,
Wessex HC2 and Puma in Northern Island
Puma In Kosovo,
Tornado F3,
Tornado F3 during 2nd Gulf war (I helped launch the first jet to fly into Bagdahd on the night the bombing started, we flew ahead of the bombers to clear the way )

[Coemgen]

My dad was engineer on nuke subs during the height of the Cold War, grandpa was a bombardier on B-26s during WWII (bombed Omaha beach ahead of the troops on D-Day), great-grandfather was a US Army medic during the Great War, and some ancestors (not quite sure of the relation) served in the civil war and the revolution.

Myself, I haven't joined and don't really intend to. I considered joining the US Navy Reserve, but have decided against it for now (mainly because I'd probably be deployed, and I have an aversion to being shot). Maybe much later, after I'm a priest, I'd join up as a chaplain in the reserve. But not for the foreseeable future.

[Cerebite]

16 years and counting in the US Navy;
Nuclear Electrician
USS Bergall [SSN-667] 1993 -1996 -Med Run, Caribean Run, Decommission
USS Salt Lake City [SSN-716] 1996 -1998 - West Pac
Intelligence Specialist
JICPAC -1998 -2004
ONI -2004 -2006
JTF -GTMO -2006 -2007
RIA SW NBIT- 2007 - present