Military Roll Call: Where Did You Serve?

Static Universe · April 26, 2003, 16:56

I served in the U.S. Army from 93 to 96 and the National Guard from 97 to 99.

In the Army, I was a Combat Engineer and after basic training did my time at Fort Hood in the 8th Engineer Battalion (currently in Iraq). I was in Alpha and Charlie companies, then spent my last year working in Battalion operations. I did 3 National Training Center training rotations and was deployed for 3 months on Operation Safe Haven/Safe Passage. I was supposed to go to Sapper School but our unit's slot got cancelled due to Safe Haven. I never got above specialist as I didn't want to re-enlist.

After my discharge, I went into the Missouri National Guard and did a few years as an MP in the 1137th Military Police Company, where we did approximately nothing. I hated my whole time there.

Any other military vets out there, from any branches/countries?

red_jon · April 26, 2003, 16:58

Nope. I was in the Boys Brigade for a few years though so I can do military drill

Az · April 26, 2003, 17:24

not YET. But I will probably serve for maintenance in the IDF, ending up a 1st Leutenant.

Eli · April 26, 2003, 17:29

Maintenance? Is this the place where they stick Chemistry graduates to?

Giancarlo · April 26, 2003, 17:30

I have done research whether I should join the Spanish Legion in the past.. but decided not to. I also looked at the Spanish Army. But decided I am going to go to the US and study in university.

http://www.ejercito.mde.es - nice video on the mainpage there I recommend watching...

SlowwHand · April 26, 2003, 17:31

74-78 United States Air Force.
Most of which at Travis AFB, California.
Evacuation of Saigon, Tan Sun Nhut.
Close of base in Thailand, Udorn.

Az · April 26, 2003, 17:35

Eli, as you know "Maintenance" is a vague term describing fuel supplies, and depots, etc.

I hope I'll get to MI, but that might be wishful thinking.

Grandpa Troll · April 26, 2003, 17:38

US Army 77-79..(95B10)Military Police & (63C10)Trk.Vehicle Mech..

Ft.McClellan Al.
Ft.McPherson Ga.
Ft.Knox Ky.
Crailsheim W.Germany
Ft.Dix NJ

Peace

Grandpa Troll

germanos · April 26, 2003, 17:42

I refused the draft and did my civil service in an organisation helping draft refuseniks from Jugoslavia/Serbia during the Serbian/Bosniac war.

Does that count

SlowwHand · April 26, 2003, 17:44

To me it does.

Pekka · April 26, 2003, 18:08

It's a secret!

Ok.... Animal Manipulation and Deception Unit, aka AMDU.

Darsnan · April 26, 2003, 18:09

U.S. Army, stationed at the following places:

Ft. Bliss, TX ('83 - '88), worked as a technician on the HAWK Air Defense Missile System
Ft. Gordon, Ga ('88 - '89) training as a Crypto Tech
Taegu, South Korea ('89 - '90) Crypto Tech and courier

Panag · April 26, 2003, 19:38

Quote:

Originally posted by Azazel
Eli, as you know "Maintenance" is a vague term describing fuel supplies, and depots, etc.

I hope I'll get to MI, but that might be wishful thinking.

hi ,

and where would MI be without maintenance , ....

, imagine having no paper , no pens , etc , .....

have a nice day

Az in maintenance , .... there is something odd about it , ....

Dis · April 27, 2003, 02:23

U.S. Navy from 1991 to 1999. I was a machinist mate. I worked in propulsion plants. basically I made the ship go through the water.

My first two years of my service was all schools essentually. I did my boot camp In Orlando Florida. I went over there in August. Hot as hell, but you eventually get used to the humidity. I also did my "A" school there.

I also did some training on the weapons station in Charleston, SC. Then I went to Nofolk, VA (actually I went to Newport News- my ship was in a serious overhaul). Or sometimes called No****, Virginia. There are too many men, and not enough women. I was stationed on the USS Enterprise from 1993 to 1997. And the USS Guam from 1997 to 1998 when it was decomissioned. I heard just recently that ship was sunk off the coast of North Carolina in a weapons testing exercise.

I then finished up my service at the Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity (SIMA) in Pascagoula, MS. I was tired of Virginia, and I figured any place was better than that. MS was poor, but I did like it better than Norfolk. That is also when I started posting at Apolyton back in 1999 after SMAC came out.

Az · April 27, 2003, 02:24

so true, panag.

Gatekeeper · April 27, 2003, 02:29

West Germany in the mid-1970s. ... OK, OK, I was only a military brat, and a young one at that. My late father served in some function or another in the U.S. Army in Berlin (and elsewhere in WG). I don't remember much from that time, but my mother's got stories up the ying-yang.

Gatekeeper

Lancer · April 27, 2003, 02:35

2d ACR on the border of West/East Germany late 70's.

Imran Siddiqui · April 27, 2003, 02:51

Thanks for risking your lives for us, guys

Lancer · April 27, 2003, 02:59

Donegeal · April 27, 2003, 06:29

Wisconsin National Guard 92-Present
Alpha 132nd SPT 32Bn The "Red Arrow" (and yes, I'm in the Maintance section

)

Grandpa Troll · April 27, 2003, 08:36

Quote:

Originally posted by Lancer
2d ACR on the border of West/East Germany late 70's.

I was in Crailsheim, 40 clicks from Ansbach..same time period roughly....maybe we did a Reforger or Saxon Drive together...perhaps....

Peace

Grandpa Troll

mapfi · April 27, 2003, 08:45

a total of around 500 days in the Swiss army - a little more than 100 days to go over the years until im 36 - I'm a lieutenant, regular compulsory serving time is 260 days until 32 (provided a vote in half a month gets approved, now it's still a little more and longer)

Alexander's Horse · April 27, 2003, 08:46

Quote:

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Close of base in Thailand, Udorn.

The working girls up there are still in mourning.

1981 - 87 Army Reserve, commissioned on Australia Day 1986.

Currently stand-by Reserve Officer, which means called up only for really big wars, not pissy little ones like Iraq.

Korea could do it

FrustratedPoet · April 27, 2003, 08:48

Quote:

40 clicks from Ansbach

I hear this term on movies all the time and have never quite understood it. How far is a "click"?

Alexander's Horse · April 27, 2003, 08:50

kilometre you ninny

FrustratedPoet · April 27, 2003, 09:03

Sirotnikov · April 27, 2003, 18:31

I will probably serve in MI (got accepted)

But if they decide to leave me for some reason I will try to get my service postponed and study Software Engineering.

Then I can get anywhere from MI, to Air Force, to Navy, to Communications and Computing Core to whatever.