Military Service

**EMC45** · 09-13-2013, 04:34 PM

SOUND OFF!!! All vets foreign or US or currently serving sound off with branch, dates and rank. I believe serving one's Country is one of the finer things in life and patriotic.

Me:

96-01 USN E-4 (BU3) Seabees NMCB 74 Charlie Co.
05-11 USAFR E-5 SSgt. Transportation/Air Freight

**Spendiggity** · 09-13-2013, 05:01 PM

2010-current US Army active duty E4/Spc 12b combat engineer

**MisterMoo** · 09-13-2013, 05:06 PM

US (Regular) Army Airborne/Military Police 1971-1974 (E-4)
US/Garrison, patrol
Germany/ADA Security

I joined the MPs after a friend told me, "It's the only place in the army a private can give out more **** than he has to take."

**Mattster** · 09-13-2013, 05:26 PM

'97-'07 USAF active duty

'97-'01 crew chief U-2 Beale AFB
'01-'07 Computed Tomography Travis AFB

**Wolfpack34** · 09-13-2013, 05:47 PM

5th Special Forces, DELTA, project B-52, Mobile Strike Force (MIKE Force)
UHIC Gunship Aircraft Commander, 5th SF Group, DELTA AIR 281stAHC
Republic of Vietnam 1969-1970-1971

**BobH** · 09-13-2013, 06:10 PM

No compulsory service in Canada but joined the Naval Reserve in 1969 quit in 1989. Spent most of the time as a P2BN, the don't call me sir my parents were married group.

Bob

**Birnando** · 09-13-2013, 05:24 PM

Norway has a compulsory service of 12-18 months for all inhabitants.
Nowadays even women from what I understand.

Here's my rather unimpressive track record in the Norwegian army:

Infantrist private in the Infantry batallion, Setermoen. Brigaden i Nord-Norge.(Brig-N) Later part of the sixth Divisjon. Norway. 1988-89.
Dismissed before end of service due to needed eye-corrections.
In the reserves (Heimevernet) until dismissed from it at the age of 39.

**ScottGoodman** · 09-13-2013, 07:34 PM

Petty Officer Goodman reporting for duty Cur...I mean Sir!!!

Started out a bubblehead aka submariner (FTG3) in 1989 and ended up a glorified welder/pipefitter (HT2) to make E-5 in 1991. Got what I asked for, but didn't realize how different the surface Navy is/was. Made some special forces friends, got banged up, became a civilian in 1992. Official duty stations of the Great Lakes, Groton, Philadelphia, and Norfolk.

Edit: Just to clarify, I was not in the special forces even though I tried...just made some real good friends who were & got to play with them...just no "missions".

**Ricecold** · 09-13-2013, 08:21 PM

Active duty US Navy LT here. I've been a P-3C pilot for the past 4 years or so after spending two years getting my wings. A few deployments under my belt in that time. To some sandy places and others. Currently on shore duty flying the P-8A

**JBHoren** · 09-13-2013, 08:59 PM

8/71-6/76 USArmy Infantry SSG/E6 11C3HE 81mm/4.2" mortars, airmobile/mechanized

1/72-1/74 Fort Richardson, AK -- Co. E, 1st Bn, 60th Inf, 172nd Arctic Light-Infantry Brigade [Mortar Platoon, Gun Squad Leader]

2/74-12/75 USAIS, Fort Benning, GA -- Weapons Dept., Mortar Committee, FO Team [Instructor]

12/75-6/76 Coleman Barracks, Mannheim, W. Germany -- CSC, 2nd Bn, 13th Inf, 8th Infantry Division [Chief of Smoke]

84-89 Israeli Defense Forces Artillery PVT 155 towed howitzer

Here and there (active duty + reserves)

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