Army Navy, Airforce, Marines

[carusoam]

It was worth the wait.  Great first post, Terry!

Welcome out into the light. 

Best regards,

-a-

[LongbowDriver]

New to Forum.  Army 2003-Present. Currently flying AH-64 Apaches Helos. 

[Saurus]

On 11/2/2016 at 3:14 PM, M016576 said:

Here I was thinking that if you *NEED* CAS as an infantry-man, the best looking aircraft in the world is the one providing it! 

F/A-18E/F, and a FAC(A) for several years in my Navy days... now F-15's ANG.

Job?  Is that you?  I am new to Mooneyspace and have a new (to me) Mooney M20.  I visited you a few years back with Doc Agerton and you fed us when we took the Super Hornet to Klamath Falls.  Nice to see you on here!!!

Matt "Saurus" Strieby  

Edited May 19, 2017 by Saurus

[Bolt]

Air Force, 1983 - 2004 flying fighters.

[carusoam]

MS... the place to go, to meet up with people, you already know...

And yes, that's Job.  He's been here for some time.

Best regards,

-a-

[DMJones]

Reviving the thread, the #1 son soloed an H-67 yesterday.  Keeping the tradition alive...

[Danb]

Frieken AWESOME. Semper fi

 

[TCC]

USAF, 96 - 2016. 13 deployments. OSW x 4, OAF, OEF x 3, OIF for the invasion. The other five were non combat.

Flew tons of ONE/POTUS support, too.

[aviatoreb]

Well - I wasn't in the military - not in uniform but I was "nearby".

I was a professor at USMA from 95-97 then at USNA from 97-02.  So go Army AND NAVY!

[Rick Junkin]

USAF and ANG 83-05. Gulf War, OSW, OIF, ONE, OAF, OEF. Phantom and Strike Eagle WSO active duty, SODO/CCO in multiple CAOCs and theaters in the ANG.

My son ships out the end of October for USN basic.

 

[Andy95W]

26 minutes ago, aviatoreb said:

I was a professor at USMA from 95-97 then at USNA from 97-02.  So go Army AND NAVY!

Friggin' traitor.

- But thanks for your service no matter how misguided.

Andy (USMA '88)

[aviatoreb]

14 minutes ago, Andy95W said:

Friggin' traitor.

- But thanks for your service no matter how misguided.

Andy (USMA '88)

Hey Andy,  Yah - I know. ... I figure the president walks across the football field at half time so as not to show favoritism, so why shouldn't I?

I always figure thought that thanks for your service is for the guys and gals in uniform - not for me.  I just taught math to you guys!  Actually - in fact - there was one prominent Mooneyspacer who was in my calculus class at one the Academies once upon a time.

Andy, thank you for YOUR service! 

[Hank]

2 hours ago, aviatoreb said:

Well - I wasn't in the military - not in uniform but I was "nearby".

I was a professor at USMA from 95-97 then at USNA from 97-02.  So go Army AND NAVY!

I'm just a brat. Dad was a Marine, retiring with 23 years when I was in high school, just as my older brother was starting college. My wife grew up similarly in the Army, but with many fewer moves. Knew lots of Navy brats, but zero exposure to Army brats before her--they're spoiled by long assignments, and large open bases without even gates on the road, much less sentries. 

College was my 14th town, and about her sixth . . . Always makes a tricky question when someone asks where I'm from. I'm now in Town #22.     Hopefully the last one.

[Pissed'Ole-Pete]

USAF 1971-1979 They wouldn't let me brake em, I had to fix em instead

Son was Army "aviator" if flying RQ 7's counts

[Raptor05121]

Wanted to do USAF but blind in my right eye

[Danb]

2 hours ago, Raptor05121 said:

Wanted to do USAF but blind in my right eye

Same here mine was left eye, so became a MC grunt instead.

[carusoam]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAI_RQ-7_Shadow

Here's to the kids that carry on the tradition!

Best regards,

-a-

[MBDiagMan]

I think I answered the poll earlier since it won't let me vote now.

E-5, US Army 1968-1971.

Trained as Nike Hercules Missile. launcher and Nuclear warhead repairman.  Served one year on a Nike Hercules site in Germany, then cross trained to radar and Fire control repairman for the HAWK missile system and spent my second year in Germany on a HAWK site.

These were air defense artillery surface to air missile systems.  The Hercules was 43 feet long, two stage, nuclear warhead capability with about 120 mile surface to air range.  We were told that the nuke warhead was for taking fleets of bombers out of the air, but it also had a surface to surface capability.  The HAWK system was high explosive armed and had about a 30 mile range.

I was very fortunate to go to Germany at that time in the Army.  Most people in the Army at that point in time went West of the US.

[Jerry 5TJ]

Marine Brat. Born at Quantico. Served 16 years, you might say.  Seen the movie "The Great Santini?"  That was my early life. 

 

[Hank]

1 hour ago, Jerry 5TJ said:

Marine Brat. Born at Quantico. Served 16 years, you might say.  Seen the movie "The Great Santini?"  That was my early life. 

 

Hey! I was born in Quantico, too. Dad retired at the beginning of 10th grade, just before I turned 16.

[carusoam]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-14_Nike_Hercules

Best regards,

-a-

[MBDiagMan]

Thanks carusoam!  I enjoyed the reading!  A path down memory lane.

[Kyoshiskip]

USAF/USANG 1976-1986 Forward Air Control/Communications 

 

[HRM]

CPT, USA ADA, Missile Systems Officer (1975-1979 active).

[Firebird2xc]

Army, 1997-2006.  Blackhawk crewchief.  2/2 Aviation (Air Assault) 1998-1999.  54th Med Co (Air Ambulance) 1999-2006.