Veterans - When, where and what?

[thirtythree]

Sgt. US Army Scout 1989-1997
1990-1991 Bamberg,Germany
1991 Persian Gulf
1991-1994 Ft. Knox, Instructor on Bradley Fighting Vehicles
1994-1995 Camp Casey, Korea
1995-1997 Ft. Riley, KS

Thank you to all Veterans!

[LightHog]

Thanks for all the thank you's...hasn't always been like that.
US Army - 26 yrs
Viet Nam - two tours

God bless you all!

[Blue35]

Vietnam 1967-68, 71-72. Air Cavalry, Americal Division, shot down, Que Son Valley. Lost many friends, will never forget.

[razorback3072]

‎A veteran is someone who at one point in his life wrote a blank check payable to the United States of America for the amount of "up to and including my life." That is honor. There are way too many people in this country who no longer understand that. -- Author Unknown

Thank you to all Veterans. Especially those whose checks have been cashed. Rest easy, your debt is paid in full.

[thirtythree]

Thanks for all the thank you's...hasn't always been like that.
US Army - 26 yrs
Viet Nam - two tours

God bless you all!

You are exactly right. I am glad that there has been this new attitude from our countries citizens toward our Veterans. I am sure I am not alone when I say we didn't/don't do it for the thanks, but for a greater purpose.

I get chills when I read every ones achievements and duty assignments. I got teary eyed this morning when my best friend called me and said Thank You. It is great to hear.

God Bless the USA. God Bless the men and women who have served, currently serving and gave the ultimate sacrifice for Old Glory. May we always have those brave men and women who will stand and defend what is right.

[Hogfan4ever13]

US Air Force 1986-1994 Active Duty

Security Police

Hahn AB, Germany 50th SPG
Dyess AFB, Texas 96th SPS
Howard AB, Panama TDY
Clark AB, Philippines 3rd SPG/LES
Vance AFB, Oklahoma 71 SPS

USAF Reserves 1994-2005

Security Forces

Altus AFB, Oklahoma 97th SPS
Buckley AFB, Colorado 460th SFS
Moody AFB, Georgia 820th SPG
Dyess AFB, Texas 7th SFS

Ali Al Salem, Kuwait 1996
Kurkuk, Iraq 2004
Balad, Iraq 2005

USAF Active Duty

2005-2010 Enlisted Accessions Recruiter

Youngstown, Ohio 311 RCS

2010-Present Security Forces

Maxwell AFB, Alabama 42nd SFS

[semopig]

A big THANK YOU to all of those who have served this great country!!!!

[GolfnHog]

This is a remarkable thread w/ great recognition of service, honor and commitment. I want to thank each and every veteran that has allowed me the privilege of living in the greatest place on this planet: THE USA.

I see alot of members that post on here regularly giving their tours/assignments and I stand in awe,  but what is really neat is to see  are those great Arkansans that are serving or have served our country that seldom, if, ever post here on Hogville. Truly, truly awesome!!

[Oklahawg]

Unstickying - needs to be noticed more!!!

Thanks for your service.

[HoggusMaximus]

US AIR FORCE

2008-Present Day

Network Infracrtucture Technician

Misawa AFB Japan

Fort George W. Meade

[thirtythree]

Unstickying - needs to be noticed more!!!

Thanks for your service.

May just be me, but I saw it better when it was stickied. It was brighter and right on top.

I vote to sticky it for a while.

[Jeffcphog]

USMC, 1960 - 1980.  Okinawa, Vietnam, and Stateside.  I want to thank all you young servicemen and veterans from whatever branch.  The youngsters we have serving now are on par with the  best from the past.  God Bless You.

[mjchog]

Amazing! 
When I started this post in the morning I expected maybe 20-30 veterans post.  I had no idea that there were so many vets reading this board.

I am overwhelmed and honored to be part of it.

I am a middle school social studies teacher now and have spent all day trying to impart to 7th graders the dedication and sacrifice of Veterans and their families.  Hopefully they remember todays lesson more than any other.

God bless the USA   

[kkbrody]

USAF Active Duty 92-05
Hickam AFB HI
Offutt AFB NE
Eielson AFB, AK
Keesler AFB, MS

Air National Guard AGR  05-present
Ellington Field JRB Houston, TX

[kitarae]

US Army Reserve
2005-Present
Human Resource Sergeant

[alohawg]

whats up IT2? good to see alot of Navy on here

myself:

Information Systems Technician Petty Officer 1st Class
2000 to present (just re enlisted for 6 more years)
deployed to Operation Southern watch USS Constellation CV-64 2001
Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom USS Constellation CV-64 2003
Operation Enduring Freedom-Phillipines HSV-X1 Joint Venture 2005
Southern Parnership Station (Carribean and South America) 2009 and 2010 HSV-2 Swift
Africa Partnership Station 2009-2010 HSV-2 Swift

GO NAVY!

Hey man, how did you like working on the HSV, particularly the Swift? And are you familiar with the civilian crewed Westpac Express? I'm in waiting trying to get on someday hopefully, great job.

Btw...U.S.N. 1981-84 Salvage Navy!
U.S.S. Beaufort ATS-2
U.S.S. Reclaimer ARS-42

[doobiehawg]

USAF
1986-to present
Been stationed in England, Germany and all over the US.
About to retire in April.
Lucky enough to never have deployed, but really admire those who have.

Go Hogs, go Air Force!

[hogginbama]

National Guard - Arkansas - 87-88
Army - 88 - ??
91B - Medical Specialist
1/16th Infanty - Panzer Kaserne - Boeblingen, GM (89-91)
128th CSH - Desert Storm/Desert Sheild (90-91)
1/5 Field Artillery - Fort Riley, KS - (91-95)
USA MEDDAC - Redstone Arsenal, AL (95-99)
Recruiting Command, Montgomer BN, AL- (99-07)
Recruiting & Retention School - Fort Jackson, SC - (07-09)
Madison Recruiting Company - Madison, WI - (07-??)

Currently serving as the 1SG for the Madison Recruiting Company in Madison, WI. This is the most liberal place I have ever been. Have had recruiting stations painted, protestors confront us at high schools, yelled at, cussed at, had items thrown at my Soldiers and vehicles damaged.

[rogers-hog]

Army 87-90
Panama

[Pork Twain]

Thanks to the REAL 1% out there.

USAF - Electronic Intelligence Analyst
1994-Present
San Angelo, TX
Dayton, OH
Misawa, Japan
Albuquerque, NM
Osan, South Korea
Colorado Springs, CO
and many deployments (currently deployed)

Real thanks goes out to our families.

[phadedhawg]

Army 1999-2002
1st Special Forces Group  (I was support not a Green Beret)
Ft Lewis Washington

[wilyhawg]

U.S. Army 1982 - 86
Ft. Sill, OK
Ft. Jackson, SC
2nd Infantry Div. Korea
:razorback:

[rclsmith]

USMC 1983 -1992
Captain
A6-E TRAM Bombardier/Navigator
2 cruises on USS John F. Kennedy
USMC OCS Platoon Commander
Marine Officer Instructor, NROTC Unit, Northwestern University

[1CavHog]

Great to see so many of us on hogville, I know every deployment I've been on there has been no shortage of hog flags on FOBS, Hog logos stenciled on LZ's and Hog license plates mountedon tanks, brads, and you name it.

[Iwastherein1969]

I hope this is appropriate and does not insult living vets and current members of the military...

In Memoriam.....Sargent G.P. Arrington (Stephens, Arkansas)   99th Infantry Division  served in WWII from 1942-1945  fought in Battle of the Bulge  Commanding Officer  Omar Bradley operation Cobra....was listed as MIA and likely deceased when surrounded by Germans late 1944 to 1945....wrote the book INFANTRYMAN AT THE FRONT (Vantage Press, 1955)  served in the Arkansas State Legislature from 1967 to 1989, Ouachita, County....deceased December 20th, 1998....my beloved Father

[Chief Mac]

US Air Force
1991-Present

Aircraft Electrical and Environmental Systems

Master Sergeant

Current: Accessories Flight Superintendent, 33 MXS Joint Strike Fighter Program

Duty Stations
Cannon AFB, NM  RAF Lakenheath, UK  Moody AFB, Ga   Eglin AFB, FL

Deployments:
Incirlik AB, Turkey 1995
Al Jaber AB, Kuwait 1998
Al Jaber AB, Kuwait 2000
Kandahar AB, Afghanistan 2003
Baghdad International Airport 2004
Balad AB, Iraq 2008
Kabul International Airport 2009

[BUELT1]

US NAVY
1984-1987
USS ILLUSIVE MSO-448
CHARLESTON S.C.

[carolinahogger]

......During the medley, they ask the veterans to stand while their particular song is being played, so everyone can recognize you. 

At first, I was embarrassed to stand and be the "center" of attention.  After all, what did I do?  I was never part of any wars, I never held a gun in my hands.  All I really did was sit on a ship for 4 years.

You were a part of a huge organization.  You went where you were ordered and did what you were asked.  That's all any of us did.

[MNHogFan]

Dec. of 65 to Dec. of 71 US Army National Guard.
Shot at by small arms fire during civil unrest in the summer of 67 in Little Rock, one guardsman hit in the leg.

Now working for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as an addiction therapist in WV.

[rzbkridge]

US Army
75-79
3 yrs Sweinfurt West Germany
Grunt
Nienmejien Peace March  really fun time in Holland--Bridge to far

Thanks to all you guys serving today

[wholehog92]

Deployments:
Incirlik AB, Turkey 1995

Hey.  Every time I see a wooden plywood shack of any size of shape, I think of Incerlik.  Loved the hooches.

[Hog53]

US Air Force   1950 - 1955
Korea 1950;  Travis AFB 1951-1953 Japan 1953-54
Loadmaster - C-124
Staff Sgt

[HamHands]

Arkansas Army National Guard
1995-2007
Major
Medical Corp

Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Katrina relief effort

Thanks to all that have served!

[Chief Mac]

Hey.  Every time I see a wooden plywood shack of any size of shape, I think of Incerlik.  Loved the hooches.

Splittails and the Raven's Roost!

[wholehog92]

Splittails and the Raven's Roost!

Those guys were pretty good.  Our manintenance shack was nice too.  Had the hot tub out back. :pimpin:  I enjoyed visiting with the brits as well.  Was much more quiet and I was less likely to be in a fight.  They made me quit playing the 3 pretzels in a minute game though.

[GeneKeadysRug]

Veteran of 1000 psychic wars
1987 - present
Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, Indiana and all points in between

But seriousily,  salute to the best armed forces in the world!

[Arctic Hog]

U.S. Air Force 1981-2006, Electronics Technician
Little Rock AFB
Garlstedt AIN, Germany
March AFB, California
Florennes AB, Belgium - Ground Launched Cruise Missiles
Wuescheim AB, Germany - Ground Launched Cruise Missiles
Comiso AB, Sicily - Ground Launched Cruise Missiles
Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona
Camp Red Cloud, Korea
Pope AFB, North Carolina
Spangdahlem AB, Germany
Scott AFB, Illinois
Thule AB, Greenland

Deployed to
Taszar AB, Hungary - 1999
Camp Doha, Kuwait - 2000

Now a contractor; still working at Thule AB as the Base COMSEC Manager.

[Aston Martin 8 dude]

United States Air Force, 1972-76
Captain
SAC (Blytheville AFB) and Pacific Air Command (Osan,Korea)
Officer/Airman Assignments and Promotions
OIC HQ Combat Planning Contingency Programs

My Father:
United States Army, 1944-47
92nd Infantry Division, Italy
Captain
Company Commander

Army Reserve, 1947-1955
Major

Arkansas Air National Guard, 1955-1970
Squadran Commander, 223nd Communication Unit

Arkansas Air National Guard, 1970-1974
Colonel
State National Guard Command Staff, Communications

[ChitownHawg]

I hope this is appropriate and does not insult living vets and current members of the military...

In Memoriam.....Sargent G.P. Arrington (Stephens, Arkansas)   99th Infantry Division  served in WWII from 1942-1945  fought in Battle of the Bulge  Commanding Officer  Omar Bradley operation Cobra....was listed as MIA and likely deceased when surrounded by Germans late 1944 to 1945....wrote the book INFANTRYMAN AT THE FRONT (Vantage Press, 1955)  served in the Arkansas State Legislature from 1967 to 1989, Ouachita, County....deceased December 20th, 1998....my beloved Father

Perfectly fine in taking pride of your dad's service.

[Calvin N Hawgs]

Now a contractor; still working at Thule AB as the Base COMSEC Manager.

Wow, I was gonna ask you for a job until I saw where you are!  Did you pack a sweater?

[scoami]

+1 to my fellow veterans (that took awhile, but it was worth it).

My wife plays in a local concert band that gives free concerts to mostly elderly people 4 times a year.  At their November concert, they always play a medley of the 5 songs for each branch of the military.  During the medley, they ask the veterans to stand while their particular song is being played, so everyone can recognize you. 

At first, I was embarrassed to stand and be the "center" of attention.  After all, what did I do?  I was never part of any wars, I never held a gun in my hands.  All I really did was sit on a ship for 4 years.  Granted, we did steam into the Persian Gulf (I did 4 West Pac/PG cruises), and were the first on the scene in China when the spy plane went down in 2001.  That was pretty scary.  But I had never felt like my life was in danger during the entire time I was in, so I didn't want to stand up, because I didn't think I deserved the recognition. 

I got to thinking about it, and realized that my life was in danger, even when I didn't realize it.  Every day I was on that ship, cruising the Persian Gulf, there were any number of things that could have happened.  What's more, I volunteered to put my life in danger.  I joined the Navy knowing that I might be called to put myself out there for my country.  I knew that there was a chance that I wouldn't make it back home alive. 

I hear the words "you did your part" spoken all the time.  Those are true words.  I may not have been in any wars, like a lot of today's troops, but I did do my part.

I now stand proudly when the band plays "Anchors Aweigh" in their military medley.  I'm proud of my time in the service, and I'll never again be embarrassed to be called out for it. 

Thanks to all the rest of you that did your part, and more, thank you to those who did their part, and could only come home in a casket.  My heart goes out to all the families that have lost loved ones because they were fighting for this wonderful country. 

I was in that squadron (VQ-1) who's plane crashed in China.  It happened several years after I left, but I flew in that same plane.

[Arctic Hog]

Wow, I was gonna ask you for a job until I saw where you are!  Did you pack a sweater?

LOL, I have a parka.  It's 15 degrees outside right now and dark 24/7.  The sun comes back at the end of February.  We have daylight 24/7 from late April until late August.

[jwebb55]

US Air Force SSgt E-5
1998-2005
Communciations/Computer Systems Operator (3C0X1)
Eielson AFB, AK 98-01
RAF Lakenheath, UK 01-05
Deployed to Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania for OIF 2003

[porkchopsdontfloat]

US Army
2000-2005
Sergeant
11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
Ft. Bliss, Tx

[Chief Mac]

Those guys were pretty good.  Our manintenance shack was nice too.  Had the hot tub out back. :pimpin:  I enjoyed visiting with the brits as well.  Was much more quiet and I was less likely to be in a fight.  They made me quit playing the 3 pretzels in a minute game though.

That was the CE hooch wasn't it?  We were soooooooooooo jealous of your hooch!

WPS

Chris

[bandit22]

US Army
2003-2006
MLRS Systems
Sergeant
Fort Sill, Ok
OIF 05-06

[HogBV]

U.S Army
1967 - 1970
Sgt. 7th SFG (D Co.)
Fort Bragg

[Johnny America]

Army 2002-2008
M1A2 SEP Abrams crew member
Iraq March 2004-March 2005 and October 2006-January 2008

[Hawgusta]

U.S. Navy 1988-2008

USS Phillipine Sea CG-58
USS Hue City CG-66
King's Bay Submarine Base
Naval Hospital Pensacola
NMCB-12 Bessemer, AL
NAVELSG
CNBC Gulfport, Ms

[warriorlion]

USMCR
Co I, 3/23
Desert Shield/Desert Storm
SGT, Infantry