Veterans: What, where, and when?

[Pork Twain]

USAF Electronic Intelligence 1N271A

Joined 2 November 1994

1994 - San Antonio, TX for Basic
1995 - San Angelo, TX for Tech School
1995-1998 - National Air & Space Intel Center (NASIC), Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton OH
1998-2002 - 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa AB Japan
2002-2006 - Distributed Mission Operations Center (DMOC), Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM
2006-2007 - 607th Air Intel Sq, Osan AB, South Korea
2007-2013 - 16th Space Control Squadron, Colorado Springs, CO
2014-Present - Defense Intel Agency, Charlottesville, VA

7 deployments mixed in there.

20 years down, 4 to go...

Picture of my last deployment in my career.

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[Dirty]

US Navy
1992-1996

AO
Operation Southern Watch
Two WESTPACS
VFA 146...attached to USS NIMITZ

[Tejano Jawg]

Hats off to all you vets, past and present. God bless you.

[Blue35]

US Army Air Cavalry
Vietnam 67-68, 70-72, Camp Enarie, Chu Lai, Hawk Hill, Lai Ky, Long Binh
Tet Offensive, Que Son Valley, Battle of Tam Ky

Thanks to all the guys on here who did Iraq and Afghanistan. We truly appreciate your service. Stay strong and happy Veterans Day.

[havok]

US Army

1982-1994

Ft Jackson
Germany (3rd ID)
Ft Sam Houston Texas
South Korea (Seoul)
Fort Ritchie, MD
South Korea (2nd ID)
Ft Riley, Kansas (1st ID)

[atekido]

US Active Army  2001-2006 Ft. Campbell Kentucky

[deedster84]

US Army 86-91
Bad Hersfeld (West)Germany
3/11 ACR

Desert Shield/Storm

[Vantage 8 dude]

As an aside, I really enjoy hearing one of the frequent "tag lines" the American Heroes Channel is always broadcasting: "America, Home of the Free BECAUSE of the brave". Wow, if that doesn't incapsulate the whole meaning of Veteran's Day then I really don't know whatever will.

[older boar]

US Army
Ranger qualified paratropper.
82nd Airborne
Ft. Bragg N.C
1975--1979
Sgt. E-5 Infantry squad leader.

[scruf]

US Army
2003-Present
OIF 2006-2007
OEF 2014
Currently stationed in Germany

[BroyledNutts]

Well, since this is Armistice Day - if you guys would indulge me - I would like to honor my Grandfather...

Pvt. Urbit R. Patrick
U.S. Army
1917-1919
153rd Machine Gun Corps
39th Infantry Division
Saint Aignan, France 1918

We shall never forget....

[Vantage 8 dude]

Well, since this is Armistice Day - if you guys would indulge me - I would like to honor my Grandfather...

Pvt. Urbit R. Patrick
U.S. Army
1917-1919
153rd Machine Gun Corps
39th Infantry Division
Saint Aignan, France 1918

We shall never forget....

Good "show: and I'll join you:

My grandfather
1st Infantry Division (The Big Red One)
France 1917-1918


My father (part of the Greatest Generation)
82nd Airborne Division (AA)
91st Infantry Division (Powder River Division)
Italy and Yugoslavian Border 1944-1945
Winner of the Bronze and Silver Stars

[jlhogfan]

USAF
1992-Pres

Munitions Systems Specialist "IYAAYAS"

Surviving PT test to PT test.

[SpaCityHawg]

U.S. Navy
Equipment Operator 1st
1980-1985

U.S. Navy Reserves
1988-2004

[AquaHog]

US Navy

ND1 (DSW/SW/AW)
2003-present
EOD Mobile Unit 6, Charleston SC (04-07)
Trident Refit Facility, Kingsbay GA (07-11)
USS Frank Cable AS40, Apra Harbor Guam (11-13)
Naval Experimental Diving Unit, Panama City Beach FL (13-present)

Hooyah Deepsea.  :razorback:

Thank you all that have come before us that laid ground work for this great country.

[Pork Twain]

USAF
1992-Pres

Munitions Systems Specialist "IYAAYAS"

Surviving PT test to PT test.

Congrats

[srwhogs1]

US ARMY-13 years, early out retirement 1992
Basic-Ft. Leonard Wood, MO
AIT-XRay Specialist School, Ft. Sam Houston, TX
5th Med Bn, 5th ID Ft Polk, LA
Eisenhauer Army Medical Center, Ft. Gordon, GA
2nd Med Bn, 2nd ID, Camp Casey, S. Korea
4th Support BN, 1st ID, Fort Riley, KS
William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Ft. Bliss, Tx
543rd Dispensary, Camp, Walker S. Korea
Noble Army Hospital, Ft. McClellan, AL

[JoeyCapital]

USN 2000-2004

Aviation Electrician in Vp-46 in Whidbey Island WA

Deployed to misawa japan and Diego Garcia.

[Diamond Dave]

US Army

1988-1992
SigInt Analyst

Field Station Korea - Pyeongtaek
NSA - Fort Meade
101st Airborne- Fort Campbell. Various locations during the First Gulf War

Ah, you left right before I got there. What were you in 751st? 3d MI? I was Korean linguist in Bravo Co 3rd MI in Zoeckler. We probably know some of the same people.

[BUELT1]

US Navy

1984-87

Charleston SC

[OS2 (SW) Razor Back]

OS2 SW 87-95

USS Saratoga CV-60

USS Essex LHD-2

Operations Department
OI Division.

[HoggusMaximus]

USN 2000-2004

Aviation Electrician in Vp-46 in Whidbey Island WA

Deployed to misawa japan and Diego Garcia.

Do you miss cheese rolls and sukyia and pizza curry from misawa?

[ChemEHawg]

USMC Reserve
2002-2008
24th Mar Reg

2005-2006 PRP Det Al Anbar

Semper Fi
Go Hogs

[seasonhog]

I look forward to this thread every year - since 2010.  What, where and when did you serve.  I'll start:


US NAVY 1995-2000
Aviation Systems Warfare Operator (AW) Naval Aircrewman
USS Abraham Lincoln
Persian Gulf deployments 1998 and 2000


Honor those we lost
Thank those that served
Pray for those serving

Go NAVY
Go HOGS!!

US Navy 1961-thru 64
MM3
USS Monticello LSD-35 1957-1985......resting on the ocean floor near the Hawaii Islands.....good job O girl....RIP

1962
Atomic bomb testing.....Christmas and Johnsons Island's
West Pact tour duty
1964
West Pact tour duty
Vietnam

Shout out to Springdale,Smith Elementary School this day for their tribute to the Veterans program..good job....i have 2 grandsons that attend the school...and we can still have faith in our school system here in Arkansas.

[Pigasaurus]

My grandfather who was my hero.  WWII.  North Africa, 376th bomb group.  The "Liberandos."

[JoeyCapital]

Do you miss cheese rolls and sukyia and pizza curry from misawa?

I miss almost everything from misawa, except the zombie drink they served in Dave's bar.

My first night there (joining up with my squadron that had been there 4 months already) they took me out drinking. I had to be at work at 6 am, so about 2, after about four of those ungodly concoctions and god knows how many beers, I told em I had to go to bed. They weren't ready to leave so I tried to make it back to base alone. After a wrong turn or four I was wandering through backyards in a residential neighborhood (pro tip- Japanese backyards have clotheslines). I finally made it to a gas station where the guy working spoke, you guessed it, Japanese only. I sat there until about 530 when an Air Force dude came through for coffee. He gave me a ride to base, and somehow I managed to get to work on time and not get hit with Captains Mast.

I really liked misawa after that night, though.

[40MINSOFHELL]

US Army Arkansas National Guard 2010-present 
Combat Engineer (875th Engineer Batallion) 

Deployed
OEF 2012-2013

[BluegrassRazorback]

 Started as an Armor Officer (M60A1 and M1 - M1A1! Tanks)

32 Months Company Command time of Armor and Infantry Units

US Army Cold War including Germany starting in 1981

US Army Desert Storm/Shield

Became a Service Support Branch Officer after Desert Storm 

US Army Iraq - Baghdad and Mosul - among other places

30 years in Uniform - Colonel Retired

[Iwastherein1969]

to  my Dad...born  Stephens, AR   1923

                 Private 1st class 1943..later in Battle of the Bulge

                 Listed as MIA in the above battle

                 99th Infantry Division (the Battle Babies)

                 went to UA Fayetteville on GI bill after WWII graduated 1949

                 wrote book INFANTRYMAN AT THE FRONT, Vantage Press 1959

                 was in House of Representatives in Arkansas from 1966 to 1989

                 was a loving husband, a great Pops and everything I wished I could be

                 passed on in 1998....RIP, my Pops, my hero, may the circle be unbroken

[flippinhogmana]

U.S Army, 91B20 (the combat medic designation back then), 71-73.

[Hogtimes]

US Army - 1958

US Air Force -  1961-1962

[3pigsinafountain]

USMC
1st Bn.  9th Marines
Viet Nam 1967

Con Thien
Gio Linn
Khe Sanh
Dong Ha
Phu Ahn
The bridge at Cam Lo
Hue/Phu Bi

[SA Hog Fan]

US Army 05-present

San Antonio
North Carolina
Washington DC
Ghazni, Afghanistan

[The_Bionic_Pig]

Army Brat: (High School)
Ft. Lewis (WA) 85-86'
Ft. Chaffee (AR) 87'
Ft. Sill (OK) 87-88'

Joined USMC - Boot Camp San Diego (Hollywood Marine)
Stationed: 1st FSSG  Camp Pendleton,  CA

Most Fri evenings - Sun mornings were spent in Tijuana,  Mexico

[regi]

US Army

Basic Training: Fort Dix, New Jersey 1985
AIT: Fort Sam Houston,  Texas (God Bless this place and thank you) 1986
Fulda, West Germany 1986-1988
Fort Leanord Wood, Mo. 1988-90 90-91 (There are Yankee Rednecks, true story)
Some where in Saudi Arabia, than Iraq 1990
Fort Sam Houston, Tx. 1991-92 (again, thank you)
Fort Gordon, Ga 1992-93
Fort Jackson, South Carolina 1993-94 (USC Co-eds? extremely under rated)
Fort Gordon, Ga 1994-98.

[Airforcehawg]

USAF
March 1997-present
Security Forces/Combat Arms

Stationed:
Spangdahlem, Germany
Lackland AFB (San Antonio), Texas
Nellis AFB (Las Vegas), Nevada
Hickam AFB (Honolulu), Hawaii

Deployments:
Hungary (Allied Force/Kosovo)
Al Dafra, UAE
Bagram, Afghanistan
Balad, Iraq
Secret squirrel spot, secret

[cwalker004]

Navy 1990-1994
USS Anchorage LSD 36
San Diego, CA.
Dessert storm/shield
Mogadishu Samolia

[HogRedTilImDead]

God bless and thank you to all of you. You are each my hero. Thank you for your sacrifices.

[Pork Twain]

Do you miss cheese rolls and sukyia and pizza curry from misawa?

I know you were not asking me, but my 4 years at Misawa were the best I had during my career and I really miss Yakisoba and cheese gyoza from Champions, right outside the main gate.

[dc10x1103]

pilot    US Army     1966-1967   ft sill      1968  Vietnam    1970   Vietnam   1971-1972    ft hood    1973-1995  Nat'l guard   nlr

[Ragnar Hogbrok]

2002-Present
US Army
Former Combat Medic turned AH-64D Apache pilot

Operation Iraqi Freedom I
Operation Enduring Freedom V, IX-X, XII-XIII

Seven more years to retirement.  Happy Veteran's Day, my military brothers and sisters.

[smb]

1982-2006 US Air Force
San Antonio, Texas
Alexandria, La.
Travis AFB, Ca.
Kelly AFB, Tx.
Robins AFB, Ga.
South Korea
across the pond

[Razorbax]

Ah, you left right before I got there. What were you in 751st? 3d MI? I was Korean linguist in Bravo Co 3rd MI in Zoeckler. We probably know some of the same people.

I was with the 751st. When were you in DLI? I am assuming Presidio Monterey or were you an old timer with San Fran?

[TexasTransplant]

US Army Signal Corps, 1967-69

Signal Officers Basic Course, Ft Gordon, GA
Radio Officers Course, Ft Monmouth, NJ
USASTRATCOM, Davis California
228th Signal Co, Hon Tre Island, RVN
261st Signal Co, Phu Hiep, RVN

My Dad also served as a Signal Officer in WWII.  Went into Europe after D-Day and fought in France, Germany, and Czechoslovakia with 3rd Army.  Participated in the Battle of the Bulge.

[snf6278]

USAF 1999-2005
Lackland AFB (San Antonio, TX)
Shepherd AFB (Wichita Falls, TX)
Barksdale AFB (Bossier City, LA)

Crew Chief B-52 96th bomber sqd, maintenance operations 2nd MOS
Diego Garcia,  BIOT and Andersen AFB, Guam, For Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, 14 months total.

[MuskogeeHogFan]

US Army

Basic Training: Fort Dix, New Jersey 1985
AIT: Fort Sam Houston,  Texas (God Bless this place and thank you) 1986
Fulda, West Germany 1986-1988
Fort Leanord Wood, Mo. 1988-90 90-91 (There are Yankee Rednecks, true story)
Some where in Saudi Arabia, than Iraq 1990
Fort Sam Houston, Tx. 1991-92 (again, thank you)
Fort Gordon, Ga 1992-93
Fort Jackson, South Carolina 1993-94 (USC Co-eds? extremely under rated)
Fort Gordon, Ga 1994-98.

Ever go for "live fire" at Graf?

Biggest Deer (not Elk my friends) and Boar Hogs I have ever seen in my life. Absolutely beautiful forested areas and the coldest of showers in German winters, if you could even get back into camp to get one. Still, it was a shower. About all you could say for it. You spent little time under that ice cold shower.

[trashcan maN]

US Navy

2006-2008 FC Pipeline (Great Lakes/San Diego)

2008-2013 USS STERETT DDG 104

2013-Present NOSC Oklahoma City

[Vantage 8 dude]

Ever go for "live fire" at Graf?

Biggest Deer (not Elk my friends) and Boar Hogs I have ever seen in my life. Absolutely beautiful forested areas and the coldest of showers in German winters, if you could even get back into camp to get one. Still, it was a shower. About all you could say for it. You spent little time under that ice cold shower.

While I certainly wasn't anywhere near Graf I have a best bud who served in the Army for some 12 years that was stationed at Augsburg back in the late 70s-early 80s with an artillery unit. Many a time I spoke with him concerning some of the fire exercises he and his unit were involved in. He spoke highly of the German units he coordinated missions with; in fact he worked as a liaison officer with several of these outfits.

As an aside, I had the privilege of attending a change-of-command ceremony once when I was overseas visiting him and his wife. It just so happened to involve a German commander that was retiring. It was extremely interesting and I'll have to admit that the luncheon afterwards was a wingding so say the least!! Plenty of great food, beer, wine and schnapps to be had. The party started around noon and didn't end until almost supper. In looking back all these years later it's a darn good thing the Russians chose not not to start anything that day and in that particular area. Otherwise they could have rolled right up to the compound's main gate without firing a shot.

[MuskogeeHogFan]

While I certainly wasn't anywhere near Graf I have a best bud who served in the Army for some 12 years that was stationed at Augsburg back in the late 70s-early 80s with an artillery unit. Many a time I spoke with him concerning some of the fire exercises he and his unit were involved in. He spoke highly of the German units he coordinated missions with; in fact he worked as a liaison officer with several of these outfits.

As an aside, I had the privilege of attending a change-of-command ceremony once when I was overseas visiting him and his wife. It just so happened to involve a German commander that was retiring. It was extremely interesting and I'll have to admit that the luncheon afterwards was a wingding so say the least!! Plenty of great food, beer, wine and schnapps to be had. The party started around noon and didn't end until almost supper. In looking back all these years later it's a darn good thing the Russians chose not not to start anything that day and in that particular area. Otherwise they could have rolled right up to the compound's main gate without firing a shot.

In those days (1984-1986) I worked in Intelligence and I can assure you that had the E. Germans/Russians decided to come across the border in the south, through the Czech border, they would have been stalled.

At that particular bridge/highway crossing into W. Germany (the only one available), there were huge hills that guarded the access to W. Germany (The Fulda Gap as I recall), and within each of those hills were enormous tanks full of jelled petroleum with explosive charges. One attempt to come across those bridges or to come up that road would have resulted in "hell fire", rolling downhill towards whomever would have attempted to do so. Naturally, the Russians would have had the East Germans lead the way. They were good about that.

Neither side really wanted this because if it went too far, the implantation of "short range, limited (tactical) nukes" would have been used which would have led to a larger nuclear confrontation, where everyone loses.

It was a tense time along the border of the Iron Curtain.

[Regular_Joe]

USAF
1993-1999
Security Police
Barksdale
Little Rock
TDY: Panama, G'tmo, Riyadh
2yrs as DOS Police Advisor in Jalalabad, Afghanistan 2006-2008