re: Military Veterans: When, Where & MOS?

USMC 97'-06'
MCRD San Diego/Camp Pendleton
NAS Pensacola and NAS Cecil Field Jax

6317
MCAS Miramar VMFA-232 Red Devils
Fallon (twice)
Yuma (twice)
29 Palms (twice)
Nellis
El Centro
China Lake

Iwakuni JPN
Kadena AB JPN
Osan AB S.Korea

Wake Island
Guam
Korat AB Thailand

al-Asad

Wolfhound45: I'm a 71E.

Army

May 1996 - Oct 31 2003 (7 years, 5 months and 29 days)

96B

Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Fort Huachuca, AZ
101st MI BN in Wurzburg, Germany
3 Tours to Bosnia
2nd BDE, 3 ID in Fort Stewart, GA
10 days in Kuwait
3 years at Peterson AFB in Colorado Springs, CO

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How did you do that? Ed delay?

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I'm not really sure to be honest with you. I wasn't in ROTC or anything like that. I was not detached from the Army like the Green to Gold ROTC program does either. I had a duty station at Ft Dix, I was ordered to attend college. I lived on base and commuted to Princeton. When I graduated from college they made me an officer, and gave me a rank of O2.

I know a few other people here and there who had similar deals.

Good deal brother. Those are the kind of stories that show how great of a profession the Army truly is. You were probably commissioned about the same time a good friend of mine was (he was a few years before me). You may have even gone to OBC with him. How did they work out your pin on date? What YG did they put you in? What AOC? Depending on what they did with you I would bet you two know each other. Small Army.

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71E

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One of those smart guys. Definitely not a knuckle dragging guy like me.

USMC '86-91

Parris Island (3rd Bat. I Co. 3010 Plt.)
29 Palms (Froc)
Okinawa (3rd Mar. Div. HQ Bat. Comm Co. Radio Plt.) RIP Camp Courtney
Camp Lejeune (2ND Mar Div. 8th Marines, HQ Co. Comm. Plt)
TAD - 1/8 Mar, 2/8 Mar, 3/8 Mar, 2/4 Mar.
Been to Guam, Japan, Korea, Canada, Norway, Denmark, England, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Panama, Somalia, Liberia, Saudi. And a shitty oil rig platform shooting at Iranian gun boats.

2531 Field radio operator

I was LAARNG (A/2-156 IN in Breaux Bridge) from 1986 to 1988 (SSG 11B). Then I went off to school on an ROTC scholarship. I commissioned in May 1991. When I was notified of my branch I had no idea what an MSC was. Had to literally use an Army Officers Guide to figure it out. Twenty-five years later I am so thankful I wear a Silver Caduceus.

We have run in similar circles (five years apart) our entire careers. Guarantee I know you (or someone you know) even though I went USAR AGR in 2004. I serve as the Assistant Corps Chief for Reserve Affairs (appointed duty). And much respect brother. I did the AWC resident, graduating in 2010. I have seen what DDE students go through. You are earning that SSC.

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I was in that company

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They were... interesting. We have to discuss backchannel though

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Army 96-00
2nd ACR Ft Polk, LA
Combat Medic

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Wouldn't be shocked that we crossed paths once or twice. I was at B Det, 5th PSB which was part of Warrior Brigade at the time.

Got to love Leesville. It seemed that The Oasis was on and off the off limits list as it would never fail someone would get in a fight. Usually between someone from 1/509th INF and 2nd ACR.