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USAF - AFCS 63-67 Clinton Sherman AFB, Burns Flat OK.

Retired US Army E8, 3 years active (1 in RVN) and 20 years Army Reserve. Father retired USAF O4, 20 years active (36 bomber missions over Germany in WW II). Brother retired USN E6, 20 years active (Desert Storm anti- submarine helo crew). Four uncles served in WW II and one died in plane crash in Alaska.

US Army retired

Army draftee 1956 to 1958 Shweinfurt Germany Conn Barracks commitment at the time was 2 reg army 2 active reserve 2 inactive reserve. Stayed in active reserve for almost 8 years . Some of the best times of our lives. Wife was with me in Germany.

Navy/Air Force, Retired 1980

Navy DDC Retired

US Navy 9 years, 10 months, 28 days. USAF 15 years, 2 days

Retired CMS

Double post

U. S. Navy, 1966-1976. Five years at sea, five at Great Lakes NTC.

WLToo: 11 years active Army, 3 years inactive reserve
22 years Army civilian, retired 2009

Me: 11 years active Army, 9 years active and inactive reserve
23 years Army and DoD civilian, retired 2010

We were both MI. WLToo was a squint (imagery interpreter/intel analysis); I was a spook (counterintelligence special agent). Both officers. At the same time, my cousin was a Navy wirehead (SIGINT).

WLToo's daddy was Navy WWII in the Pacific; mine was Army Infantry in the Philippines, Okinawa, and Japan. His grandad was an enlisted Army Signal Corps pilot before WWI. Mine was Infantry in WWI.

WLToo doesn't know much about further ancestors' military service yet. My family's military service is documented back to the French and Indian War so far. Every single generation had at least one serviceman.

My nephew is carrying on the tradition. He's Army Infantry with two Afghanistan tours, currently training to be a helicopter mechanic. Plans on a career. A cousin his age is in the Coast Guard, and she's doing very well there.