Just how many ARMY..........

[Digger Dan]

Hey Zip Zip.. Thanks for serving! I had an uncle that didn't come home, I still miss him and I know I will never forget.


CAVscout.. Thank you for your service as well! I have had two good friends loose thier sons, so stay safe overthere and I hope you all come home soon!

My fmaily has a long Military tradition, My sons are taught to respect the person wearing a uniform because of the freedom they provide.

I had a sideshow freak war protestor get smart once. I won't go into details but he called me a killer because I had an Airborne sticker on my truck.

I mean who in thier right mind would call a 6'2'' redneck in a lifted camoflauged suburban with a visible weapon in a rack a killer...

I mean just being tall isn't all I still run and work out so you can imagine how this little sissy must have felt when I got out of my truck.

Lets just say he won't make that mistake again.

His little goup was on a street corner every day until that event... I have not seen hide nor hair of thiem since.


If I see service man or woman out in public I make it a point to stop them and say thank you and that I am proud of them for thier service.

I point at them and tell my sons that they are the reason we have our freedom.

 

[Fiskamon]

Hey Zip Zip.. Thanks for serving! I had an uncle that didn't come home, I still miss him and I know I will never forget.


CAVscout.. Thank you for your service as well! I have had two good friends loose thier sons, so stay safe overthere and I hope you all come home soon!

My fmaily has a long Military tradition, My sons are taught to respect the person wearing a uniform because of the freedom they provide.

I had a sideshow freak war protestor get smart once. I won't go into details but he called me a killer because I had an Airborne sticker on my truck.

I mean who in thier right mind would call a 6'2'' redneck in a lifted camoflauged suburban with a visible weapon in a rack a killer...

I mean just being tall isn't all I still run and work out so you can imagine how this little sissy must have felt when I got out of my truck.

Lets just say he won't make that mistake again.

His little goup was on a street corner every day until that event... I have not seen hide nor hair of thiem since.


If I see service man or woman out in public I make it a point to stop them and say thank you and that I am proud of them for thier service.

I point at them and tell my sons that they are the reason we have our freedom.

It's a funny thing about Veterans, they don't ask for or expect fame nor fortune, all they would like to know is that they haven't been forgotten.

For me, serving in the service of this great country was a personal honor. I looked upon my service as a privilage. Both sides of my family are immigrents, my father came to this country from Norway as a boy and my mothers parents came here from Ireland. This Country gave us opportunities to come and succeed. Like I said, it was my honor to have been able to serve.

I know this may sound korney, but it does my heart good to to share this board with those of you who did serve. You are and always will be my brothers and sisters in arms..........................even you Army guys. All kidding aside, thank you all for your service.

 

[randwool]

'71-'74

World tour including Da Nang and Saigon, RVN. 18th MP Brigade

 

[SeabeeRon]

Retired Army 1SG.......1974-1995

Hey Buddy, good to see you are still around!!

Thanks to all my Army (and all Military) Brothers & Sisters for your service!

Ron USN '69 - '73

 

[Zip Zip]

82nd Airborne Division. 3rd Bat. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Operation Just Cause in Panama & First Gulf War. '89-'91.

My Dad was Eco 505 82nd Abn in WWII. was in it from the start until he was seriously wounded in Nijmegen Holland during Operation Market Garden. He was highly decorated.His two weapons were the Bazooka and his 1928 Thompson SMG.

 

[mcdoogal]

CavScout, good to hear from someone that knows Hovey. It was much smaller than Casey and everyone remembers TDC but few know Tok A Ree (sp). Was a good time of life for me.

 

[upena]

Won the draft lottery and joined to avoid being drafter in 1972. Active Duty Army until 1987 then got out and joined Army Reserves and finally "retired" in 2001 (but won't get retirement money until I turn 60). Did some contract work for the military and then another 5 years Federal Service. All signal related. Retired as CW4 and also retired as a GS-12.

lar

 

[Cherry Picker]

82nd Airborne 73

 

[Rudy]

Light Weapons Infantry. Most of my time was spent as DI on special assignment.

 

[vannchan]

1st BN/41st FA, Pershing Missiles, 1976-1979

 

[treasurebum]

Army DoD Civilian
I work at the Airfield at Ft. Huachuca

The big town of Sierra Vista and all those hippie chicks down the road in Bisbee ​

 

[treasurebum]

Oh, and me? Joined in 1982. Medically retired at 44 (2004) after being medi-vacted out of Afghanistan. Today at forty nine and just months from the big Five-Oh, there's not a day I swing a detector and don't think about the guys hunting for mines and IED's.

Started on Hueys (UH-1H), Observation Helicopters (OH-58) and finished my career working on both the AH-64A model Apache and the AH-64D Apache Longbow. Proud to have served with 10th Mountain and wear their patch while in the sandbox​

 

[hikenstick]

1/501 101st Airborne Division. Screamin' Eagles.

 

[RAMBLIN' STEVE]

2nd battalion, 12th cavalry, 1st cavalry division (airmobile), Vietnam, '68-'69
Semper Paratus Service- '67-'70 Still say "thank you, God' when I wake up...

 

[Fred RI]

1st 505 82nd AIRBORNE 82-89 knees in the breeze! only way to travel.

 

[coindigger]

Army 1968 - 1971
Vietnam 69 - 70
Co, F 40th Armour, Berlin 70 -71

Land of the Free because of the Brave!

Gob Bless the USA and our Armed Forces

 

[Frank1960]

when i got out of the Army in 72. I was spit on and called a baby butcher at Philly Airport. No yellow ribbons back then..I'll never forget.

Well then my friend "Welcome Home and a job WELL Done!

 

[JIM BL]

Sfc, us army 1968-1988. Retired .used the gi bill to attend trade school. Opperated my appliance repair buisiness for 17 years.retired again. Fish, hunt,metal detect,enjoy wife and grandkids. Waiting to draw social security next year. Life is great!

Thank you all for serving our great country!!
Freedom came at a great cost and blood.

 

[Ike]

1st 505 82nd AIRBORNE 82-89 knees in the breeze! only way to travel.

Captain, USAF Pilot (1981-1988). Flew C-130's out of Pope in 83-84 (might have chucked you out Fred. Did you go with us to Grenada?) Finished my time as an Instructor Pilot at Vance AFB in T-38's.

 

[cmbtvet]

Infantry (Everyone else is just support) Feb 93 - July 04

2 years in Korea 5/20 INF (Later re-flagged 2/9 Manchu) Cp Casey and the second tour was 1/9 Manchu in CP Hovey

1/12 INF in Ft Carson, Co

1/22 INF at Ft Hood, Tx (went to Cuba and Iraq with this unit)

Thank you to all that have served and are currently serving and especially those who have been in combat. There's not a day that goes by that I take my freedom for granted because I know the sacrifices and I have several friends that made the ultimate sacrifice.

Thanks again to all my brothers and sisters in arms.