Folks Of Interest O/T, So who here was Army?

Nam 70-71, 5/42nd Arty 155 Howitzers. Dont mind if We drop in DOOOOOOOOO YA!!

 

66-68 67-68 Nam 93rd Engineers Black Horse Bearcat Dong Tam

 

A Chopped Coupe,
Interesting commentary!

1966-1968 Nam G2 BEL SFC
Met some great guys and some even greater ones that never came back.

 

AIRBORNE!
3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Para
Special Air Service Regiment, Air Troop.
High Altitude Parachute Operations, Specialist.
Red Berets,
Australian Army Parachute Display Team.​

ADRENALINE

Just another day at the office.
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Doc.​

 

Drafted in Sept. 1965 then enlisted for Army Security Agency. Spent a year in school then two years in Ethiopia, final year at Ft. Riley. ETS in Nov. 1969 and got into the car business.

Great memories of my time in Ethiopia and good friends. About twenty of us got back together after being apart for over 30 years. We have a little "reunion' every summer and offer support to those of us that need it. A GREAT bunch of guys.

 

82nd Airborne Division, 307th Engineer Battalion........Honorably Discharged paratrooper....great times and helped make me who I am today.............Littleman

 

US Army 1966-1969..........spent all but the first 4 months in Germany.

 

OLD GUARD 1954-56 hey 57 shaker
nole me tangere

 

64 67 6 US Army Headquarters Battle creek, Mi / Fort Dix, New Jersey

 

3rd & 5th Special Forces Grp . Republic of Viet Nam 1969 AIRBORNE !!

That's me on the left

 

Not me, but Dad was stationed in Germany in the late 60s, my lil' bro and sis-in-law were both stationed at Ft. Jackson, and are now in Germany.

 

1965-1966 signal corp. KY. GA. ARK. and a year and a half in Arizona.

 

Drafted US ARMY in 69. Reenlisted for Signal Corp (31J20-teletype repair). Spent 2 years at Coleman Barracks in Mannheim, Germany. Watched the castle burn in Hidleburg. Traved all over Europe on my 650 Triumph. Out in 72

 

army national guard...15n blackhawk avionic mechanic.....hopefully leaving for flight school soon!!

 

Corporal Roberts (retd), Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (REME), did 14 years starting in '89, the usual round robin of Tidworth, Gulf War Pt 1, Osnabruck, Crossmaglen (Northern Ireland), Episkopi (Cyprus), Hong Kong and finally Warminster. I was what the British Army (STILL the finest Army in the world!) called a VM(A)1, which means I fixed armoured vehicles mostly. been out a few years now, and miss it, well, miss the mates really.
Had the pleasure of working with the US Army a couple of times, and enjoyed mixing it up with your boys.
Hats off the the draftee's on here that did their stint, especially those who saw combat. Respect where it is due, from one ex-soldier to another.

BTW, thats my old regimental motto in my sig. The always told the tank crews it translated as "top it up, she'll motor"!!

 

Count me in!.....Ft.Stewart,Ga. M1 Tanker.....1st ARMY M1 to deploy to Somalia the day of the blackhawk down! got out in 97.

 

I heard a story about a tankie in Viet Nam, sitting in his Centurion tank showing an Infantry mate around. Inside the turret there is a degree ring running around the diameter of the traversing gear. The 'Grunt, noticed it went up to 360*, he turned to his mate and asked,
'Whats it for?'
His mate replied,
'So we know where the guns pointing'
'Oh' replied the 'Grunt, 'What happens if you go past 360*?'
"The fucking turret unscrews and falls off you dumb prick' was the answer!
Doc.

 

77F-Petroleum supply specialist

Went to basic between my junior and senior year in high school in 88. Ft Jackson S.C. AIT was Ft Lee W.V. Army reserves for 6 years. Never got called in for the first Desert Storm , that was over pretty quick.

 

First, let me thank each and every one of you for your service to our nation.
Let me add that the troops in RVN, drafted and volunteer, did a super job, period! The vets from that war built the great ground force we have today. I will never forget the great soldiers I served with as long as I live.

US Army 1963-1988, 19Z5MC5, from tank loader to tank brigade Command Sergeant Major, RVN 67-68 1ST CAV. REGT., Germany border patrol 11th Horse - 3rd armored, also Korea.
Great soldiers in every unit! I miss the troops and the tanks. Have dear friends from the army days, also lost some great friends.

 

US Army '70-73

Had a draft notice for May 6, enlisted Apr 30 for mechanic school. 63C20

Spent 25months stateside and went to Germany for the last 11 mo. Stationed 11 kilometers from my father-in-laws home town! Didn't find out til a couple of years later when wife and I got married.



jerry

 

National Guard, '89-'05, 54B Chemical Operations Specialist. Spent one month on flood duty in '93 when the Mississippi flooded the St. Louis area.

Always wished I had went active duty...

 

1974-1992 Capt res , 1Lt Active Field Artillery Baumholder, Grafenwoehr, Mannheim 8th Id, 7th ID, VCorps 138mph on the Autobahn in a 1975 Lancia Beta

Started out as a Private 1974 Ft Ord CA

 

92nd Bravo Company.

 

Dec 2000 to Jan 2008. Wish I never left. Made friends for life though. Family is more important then deployment.

 

1987-1991 81E Illusratator! (Chairborne)...Lowry AFB, Ft Lewis, WA, Camp Casey Korea, Ft Bragg NC and Desert Storm.

 

Drafted 65- 67 Nam in the 1st and 83rd

 

U.S. Army CH-47 67U20 ...the big egg beaters...Chu Lai [Hercules] 23rd infantry division...then Da Nang [Box Cars] 1st Aviation Brigade...70-71...any of you meat heads remember Dudley.....?....I still see them flying...I'm close to Bragg...its a sound like no other chopper....guess I've always been a gear head.....SUPPORT OUR TROOPS !!

 

Me To,, Dec 1968 to Sept 1971,,Pleiqu, Viet Nam,, Central Highlands July 1969 / July 1970.. Lots of great friends... The earlier post where a Nam visitor stated he was all-most back to normal,,, Hes a better man than me.. My wife claims I'm not the same guy that went there and she correct..Right now Agent Orange is kicking my butt..

 

Viet Nam, 1st Infantry Division, '68-'69.

 

Army 85-89 19E M60A3 tank crewman Dco 2/72 Armor and Cco 4/68 Armor
Army Il NG 89-91 Medic
Army 2005- present Cook 101 Airborne deployed to Iraq 2005-06 and 2007-08

looking at Afghanistan in soon