Military/DoD Are you active duty, retired or a veteran?

Air Force 4 active - 4 partially inactive.

Ha ! I just remembered that old George Carlin spoof...

Football v. Baseball...

You Navy guys talk about "Cruises" us Army guys talk

about going "downrange"...don't sound fair. Ha !

Charles

Old-Biscuit wrote:
I'd post my rank but it gets confusing :B
I made four ranks in one WESPAC E4 to E5 to E4 to E3 then back to E4
The E5 to E4 to E3 only took 10 minutes...back to E4 took the rest of cruise.

Yea, but I bet you had FUN :B:B. Made 5 of those WESPACS back in the 70's and early 80's (ATF-92{2}, FF-1065{2}, and CDS-23 Staff{1})

Larry

US Army Retired - 24 years svc.

JAYHAWKERS wrote:
US NAVY active duty 1965-1969. IC3, served on the USS Little Rock CLG-4 and the USS MacDonough DLG-8. All you Navy guys that served on a ship or worked in a shipyard should get checked for Asbestosis. Two years ago got checked myself and tested positive, in fact every Navy vet at our screening tested positive, some with minor scaring and some pretty sever.

Thanks for the reminder. Hubby and I should go get checked.

Weird little sea story: we both worked on board the USS Long Beach CGN 9. CIC was located in a space between the reactors. There were signs on the wall saying "no berthing in this space" but apparently it was ok to work 20 hours a day there, as long as you didn't fall asleep. :B

I'd post my rank but it gets confusing :B
I made four ranks in one WESPAC E4 to E5 to E4 to E3 then back to E4
The E5 to E4 to E3 only took 10 minutes...back to E4 took the rest of cruise.

U.S. Army 1967 to 1982 (SigC, Transportation Corps, and MI).
Ft Dix NY, Ft Gordon GA, Okinawa, Thailand via USS Meeker County, Vietnam, Ft Leonard Wood Mo, Ft Eustis Va, Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base (specialized training courtesy USMC) Va. and West Berlin Germany (ODCSI).
SSG E6

Family military service in this country dates all the way back to the Friench & Indian Wars, except we missed out on the Spanish American War and everything after I got out.

USMC Jul 1956-Oct 1959
USAF Jan 1961-May 1979 (Retired)
FAA Jul 1979-Jun 1981
USAF DOD Jun 1981-May 1995 (Retired again)

Uncle Sam's Yacht Club. Active 4 yrs 2 mths, Inactive Reserve 1 yr 10 mths.

Assigned to Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 10 & CDF-2 in Newport RI. Our Flag flew from the USS Albany CG 10 from late Feb 1971 to July 1971 while in the Med.

US Navy, 1981 to 2011, enlisted guy
Cheese maker, 2011 to 2013.
Cheese maker maintenance planner guy, 2013 to ????