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Where did you serve?
What did you like and dislike about your service?
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USN 60-83 Rating AMH Highest Rank E-8
Aircrew and Rescue Aircrew Helos. Navy instructor. Twisted wrenches on HU-16, C54, C-45, C-47, H-34, H-3, S2F, F-9, S3 Viking. Duty Stations: Whiting Field, Fl., Nas Roosevelt Roads, PR., Kingsville, Tx., Imperial Beach, Ca., Nas North Island, Ca. , CVA-19 USS Hancock, USS Forrestal, USS Midway
USN 1961-1990, Cook and Baker, Chief Petty Officer, served at:
NAS Lemoore, Ca;
USS Vesuvius AE-15;
Naval Command Yokohama, Japan;
USS Mahopac ATA-196,
Naval Facility DaNang, Republic of VietNam;
NAS North Island,
USS Morton DD-948;
USS Ponchatoula AO-148;
Naval Station Pearl Harbor;
USS Francis Hammond FF-1067;
USS Midway CV-41; USS Kirk FF-1087;
USS Reeves CG-24;
Naval Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor;
Retired.
When did you serve? 1989-1997 Active Duty Army
What was you job classification? Military Intel 33P, then 33R by forced reclass
What was the highest rank achieved? Staff Sergeant (E-6)
Where did you serve? Augsburg, Germany (2 years), Fort Devens, MA (2 years), Fort Huachuca, AZ (4 years). Several 30-day tours NTC at Fort Irwin, CA, and 6 months in the Gulf during Desert Storm.
What did you like and dislike about your service? I love the discipline of the military and being able to hold people accountable for their actions and being held accountable for mine, I loved the way the military entrusts you with millions of dollars of high-tech vehicles and equipment, as opposed to the way in the civilian while working for people who have never left their home state act like it's a big deal to let you work on a $50,000 CNC machine.. LOL. I loved the travel and seeing the other countries I was able to visit while overseas. I loved the brotherhood. I love the feeling of pride when I put on the uniform knowing that I was responsible for people having the freedoms they enjoyed, even if I only played a minscule part. I gave 8 years of my life to it, and I don't generally regret it unless our elected officials are refusing to enforce our laws, i.e. illegal immigration and homosexual marriage. In times such as those, I lament my service. I'm a fierce patriot when it comes to the America of the past, but I'm not so sure I can be proud of the America we're turning into, or that I'd even fight for it, especially of Obama gets elected.
US Army 1981-1985
33S - Intercept Systems
35G/35U - Medical Equipment Repair
E-5
Ft.Dix, Ft. Devens, Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, William Beaumont Army Medical Center.
Likes: Every man had the same opportunity to succeed or fail.
Dislikes: None really.
Your Impressions: The Navy provided me with the training to get into the civilian power industry. I am thankful for the training.
I support our troops and their missions.
If my children were to join, I would be proud of them for doing so.
Veteran Organization You Belong To: American Legion
What was you job classification? Classified materials for European theater
What was the highest rank achieved? SP6
Where did you serve? Poitier, France and Worms, Germany (De Gaulle booted us)
What did you like and dislike about your service?
Poitier, France was a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. Wonderful amounts of history and wine vineyards to visit. The people sucked.
After we where booted from France, we moved to Worms, Germany on the Rhein River. Again, great history and sites to see. Got myself a little Simca car in Germany. Found out soon that they tend to build the system in a circle. Start out in one spot and drive an hour without making a turn and end up where you started.
I remember this bridge on Rhien the river well. There where large club boats that ran up and down the river from town to town. We would hope a few down the river and then hope them back up the river. Great way to party.
My favorite times where going to the Grand Prix races at the Hockenheimring and the Nurembergring. Nuremberg was like 14 mile long track, took them a bit to get around it. I mainly remember the Ford GT40s running there.
At Hockenheim, I was standing at the turn that Jimmy Clark went throught the trees at about 180mph and was killed. A kid ran across the track in front of him and he was trying to avoid and did, but lost his life for it. The tracks where not fenced off at the time.
I also remember the Shelby Mustangs running at Hockenheim. They would come ripping down the straights into the turns, and get passed by all the small european cars, then rip back by them all on the straight again.
Europe was a great time. I could go on a long time.
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USAF
'75-'79
60350
E5
Eglin AFB, Fla, Armament Development and Test Center
Ramstien AB, FRG, Headquarters, USAF Europe, NCOIC WRM
I loved it, should have made it a career; just too young and hot headed at the time.
One of the two proudest acheivments of my life.
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