Former or active Military members

[Parr8hed]

Topcat I just read this post for the first time. I was a corpsman (USN for those unsure of what a corpsman is). I did most of my time with the 3 marines in Okinawa. Also at Naval hospital Pensacola. Field med at Camp Lejune. I was in from '93 until about '98. I now work as an RN in an ER here in Jeffersonville Indiana.

Man you guys are old! Ha ha.

Travis

[scappod]

TIS (time in service)

I spent some time in the Navy,
Greatest canoe club on earth, N (never) A (again) V (volunteer) Y (yourself). I was a Crypto tech, a signalman, and finally a master at arms. Spent 1983 - 2003 all over the planet. I have seen the world... it's flat and covered with water.

I guess that's why I moved to the desert.

[REFFI]

How long have you been in Fallon? Don't drink the water. You have high Arsenic (Arsenic removal is one of my boss' company's businesses. They just started up the Arsenic removal system that brings the level down to 50 ppm and they have to get to 10 ppm by 2006.

Ralph


I ride erect.

[John]

Ya know, when I went in the Nav, (77-82) the recuiting slogan was "Join the Navy, and see the world". Well, the world being 3/4 water, I can just look into my toilet and see the world. Then there was 'It's not just ships at sea". No, it's not...It's shafts and screws that make it work. OR "it's not just a job, it's an adventure. Yeah, adventure in anal stimulus.

[scappod]

ARSENIC!?

Arsenic! OH GAWD Not arsenic!?
My mom was borne and reared here in Fallon she is 75 years young... of cource we have been on well water my whole life and we have a heavy metals/ arsenic removal system on all of our wells...
You know the only time I had ill effects from water was on the USS Kiska and when I was stationed in SanDiego.

[newc4]

I was USNR 78-88, 10 years active, 10 years reserve. Flew S-3s as backseater for a few years before getting stuck behind a desk.

Prior to that I was an Eagle Scout.

Darrell

[KevinL]

20 years "Chair Force" myself, as an Intel Analyst.... I know, I know, military intelligence is an axymoron!

retired in 2000 and got a real job, know I work for a big company, from home. (boy I hate the commute every morning and evening)

Stationed:
80-82 Elmendorf AFB, AK
82-85 Offutt AFB, NE
85-86 Osan AB, Korea
87-92 Ft. Meade, MD
92-95 Menwith Hill Station, UK
95-00 Goodfellow AFB, TX

Now living in Omaha Nebraska.

Kevin

[rneal55555]

Originally posted by KevinL
20 years "Chair Force" myself, as an Intel Analyst.... I know, I know, military intelligence is an axymoron!

retired in 2000 and got a real job, know I work for a big company, from home. (boy I hate the commute every morning and evening)

Stationed:
80-82 Elmendorf AFB, AK
82-85 Offutt AFB, NE
85-86 Osan AB, Korea
87-92 Ft. Meade, MD
92-95 Menwith Hill Station, UK
95-00 Goodfellow AFB, TX

Now living in Omaha Nebraska.

Kevin

I'd hate it too. Two less reasons to ride everyday. lol

[dale_1]

my turn

1984-1989 Kadena AFB Okinawa Japan
F-15 Crewchief
18th EMS (phase dock)

1989-1992 Langley AFB Va.
F-15 Crewchief
48th FIS (Alert duty)
71st FW (Phase Dock)

1992-2004 Ebbing ANGB Arkansas Air Nat. Guard Ft. Smith Ar.
F-16 Crewchief
188th FW (Line Crew Chief)

retired after 20 let the younger ones do it I am too tired and old to be running around like some punk kid. Although I did until the very last day.

Oh and ...... Whats a Chair? never seen one.

Oh yeah and I work for a small company from home hahaha (mine) The commutes are great cause we do house calls... almost every day.

:-)

[T748]

I was a Boiler Tech (BT) in the US Navy from 1987-1995.
Bootcamp in snowy Great Lakes, followed by-
USS Kirk FF-1087
USS Waddell DDG-24
SIMA San Francisco
-Tom.
Oh yea, does growing up as an Air force brat count as time served?
If it does toss in-
Dover DE
Ft Walton beach FL
Limestone ME
Plattsburgh NY
Travis AFB (Fairfield CA)

[John]

Boot in Great Mistakes, Ill? Me too. April ,77 Loring AFB, Up in the 'County'? Brrrr. I grew up a in the Waterville, Maine area, and I know how cold that can be. Did you have to go dig up 'taters in the fall like all the other kids? So... you were a Snipe? I was an Airdale on the Kitty Hawk, CV63 from 77-81, and then a year in NAS F**kstick,(Brunswick) Maine for a year. I hated that place, but it was only an hour from home.
Welcome to the group.

[rneal55555]

Originally posted by T748
Snip
-Tom.
Oh yea, does growing up as an Air force brat count as time served?
If it does toss in-
Dover DE
Ft Walton beach FL
Limestone ME
Plattsburgh NY
Travis AFB (Fairfield CA)

How old were you when you lived in Plattsburgh, I'm originally from Willsboro about 20 miles or so down the Lake.

[Red Tarrents]

Former or active Military members

1953 Enlisted in USAF, San Diego, CA. I was nineteen, just out of high school, and married nearly a year.

Took my Basic training at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX. It sure got hot in August! Stepping in gopher holes, twisting ankles while marching in review on the parade field. The first 3.0 beer at the PX! First overnite pass in San An-tone. River Walk, then... Room in Hotel San Antonio, drunk, drunk, drunk on Millers High Life beer!.... Aghhh! hang-over....

Radar Operators Tech. school, Aircraft Control & Warning (AC&W), Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi. I seemed to always be on KP (permanent??) in those huge consolidated mess halls. The off-base Juke-Joints... beer, fresh shrimp, and oysters in Biloxi, and Gulfport!

Assigned to USAF Duty Station "FROSTY", The 680th AC&W (Early Warning Radar), in Yaak, Montana. AFSC: 27350, Crew Chief of Charlie Crew.
FROSTY, in the early '50's, was considered a remote and isolated base... and It Was! Great hunting, and fishing! Cold... with lows to -60 degrees below 0... Highlander beer, and fight nite at The DIRTY SHAME Saloon.
Some folks in the nearby towns resented us too. Ya didn't visit many bars alone before ya got that message loud, and clear! Later, after several confrontations, and injuries to some GI's, the entire base turned out for a "Fatigue Liberty" attitude adjustment in town. It seemed to work!

Headquarters was Geiger AFB, in Spokane, WA.

1957, USAF Separation. Honorable Discharge.

[T748]

rneal55555- I must have been 6 or 7 at the time. This was in 1967-1968.

John- Yep, I picked taters with my older sister! I was really too young to be out there doing any good. Mostly I was just there to be a thorn in my sisters side. Man, I do remember getting paid what seemed to be BIG money for that. We took our earnings and got to spend it all at a HUGE toy store on anything we wanted.That was awesome!!!

I will say that maine and upstate new york are two of the prettiest places in the country. Pretty dang cold too!!!-Tom.

[rneal55555]

We've got great roads in the Adirondacks and New England for riding but we only get to use them for about 8 months a year.