As Memorial Day approaches, Veterans/Active/Reserve let us know your specs...

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

Let's start a list of FReepers who serve/have served in the military and deserve our respect and appreciation...

[nurse-rn]

Son in Iraq. AZ.Air national Guard...blackhawk crew chief

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

US Army 1966-68, 71-75 SP/6
91B20, 91C30

RVN 1/26th Inf, Ist Inf Div, 67-68
ROK 2nd Med Bn, 2nd Inf Div, 74-75

Ft(s) Knox, Sam, Gordon, Sill, Lewis
Madigan AMC

Genuine Army-trained Clinical Specialist

[judicial meanz]

US Navy, Submarine Service, 1978-1987. First Class Petty Officer, qualified in submarines.

Served on two fast attacks, one FBM, and TAD to another fast attack. Five FBM patrols, Westpac's and a lot of fleet ops.

An aside: I'm really proud of the guys out there today who are fighting this war. God bless each of you.

[atomic_dog]

When this picture was taken I was the OOD on the Frigate the with the circle around it.

This was the combined USS Ranger/USS Missouri Battle Group.

[mystery-ak]

Hubby..Mike1sg.........Illinois Army National Guard 35 years.

Served in Honduras, Panama, Guyana

1sgt F Co 106AVN Chinooks

OP Iraqi Freedom....Balad, Iraq...Camp Ananconda

[JarheadFromFlorida]

Semper Fi' to me and all my brothers and sisters who have served this nation proudly! Oooorahhhh!

Jarhead
USMC 1971 - 1974

[Texican]

Enigmatic:
United States MARINE CORPS 1942-1946. 3rd MARINE Division,9th MARINE Reg. scout-sniper, flamethrower. Bougenville, Guam. Bronze Star, Purple Heart with V for combat. (It was a hell of a long time ago.) Still getting along well and working 40 hours a week. Will be 81 in six days.
Have a good day, and the very best to you and yours.

Semper Fi

[Renatus]

Over 20 in U.S.Army. ----- Vietnam AnKhe '68-'69, 299 (Cbt) Engineers '70-71.

Remember Scott Bailey from Salt Lake City, Utah. Killed
in ambush on QL 19 near AnKhe. Great leader.

[SLB]

Enlisted 3 December 1969 in the United States Army on the delayed entry program.
Jan - Mar 1970 Basic Training at Ft Lewis, Washington
Mar - May 1970 Wheel Vehicle Mechanics Course, Ft Leonard Wood, MO
May - Jul 1970 - Track Vehicle Mechanics Course, Ft Knox, KY
Vietnam (1970 - 1971) (HHB 1/27th FA, A Btry 2/35th FA, c Btry 6/27th FA, Svc Btry 6/27th FA)
Ft Knox as an enlisted instructor in the Armor School. (1971-1973)
Bootstrap to finish my BS at Western Kentucky University (1974-1975)
Germany - (1975-1978) (194th MP Co at Camp Dahn, 546th Maint Co at Pirmasens)
Appointed as a WO1 on 16 Feb 1978
Ft Hood, 1st Cavalry Division "THE FIRST TEAM" (1978 - 1981) (1/68th ADA)
Germany - (1981-1983) (64th Ord Co, Theater Support Battalion)
Ft Hood, 2nd Armored Division "HELL ON WHEELS" (1983 - 1985) (3/3rd FA)
Left active duty in August 1985 to work as a Department of the Army Civilian.
United States Army Reserve (1985 - 1988) (D Co, 19 Engr Bn [Cmbt])
Kentucky Army National Guard (1988 - 1994) (HHB 138th FA Bde, Chief of the KyNG MAIT)
Retired from the Kentucky National Guard on 3 Dec 1994 as a CW3.

[SLB]

United States MARINE CORPS 1942-1946. 3rd MARINE Division,9th MARINE Reg. scout-sniper, flamethrower. Bougenville, Guam. Bronze Star, Purple Heart with V for combat. (It was a hell of a long time ago.) Still getting along well and working 40 hours a week. Will be 81 in six days.

Have a good day, and the very best to you and yours.

Sir, I SALUTE you for your service to this nation.

[Texican]

SLB
Sir, thank you for your appreciation, however the same appreciation should go to all those that went before me and to those that came after. Some call us the "Greatest Generation", but in my estimation, (for what it is worth) I think that every generation is the "GREATEST'. In the 1940's we did our duty, and that is what following generations did also. So, no, in my esitmation we were not the "Greatest Generation." I cannot tell you how proud I am of the young people that are now in all of our Armed Forces right now. I doubt that I could in my very best condition could keep up with them. I marvel at the determination that some of these young people have, to lose a limb, or other part of their body, then go right back to where they lost it. GOD, how I admire them all.
So much for the ramblings of an old man, but I hope that I can in a small way express to any and all of the Armed Forces (especilaly the MARINE CORPS) a wonderful Memoral Day, and God Bless you one and all.

Have a good evening and the very best to you and yours.

Semper Fi
Tommie

[SLB]

Yes, the generations that went before, those that were with us, and those that are following are truly the greatest. They are so young, but also so mature. I work with a Captain who was a company commander in Iraq for a year. Wounded once, he continued in command even though he was offered to be replaced. He never brags or boasts, simply goes about his everyday work.

[sandlady]

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all service members who have committed themselves to the defense of our country. And to the families of those that gave the ultimate sacrifice, their lives, please accept my heartfelt sympathy and gratefulness.

I salute my granddad (Army, WWII) my brother (Marine, Persian Gulf WarI) and my husband (Marine, 11 years service).

[lowbridge]

BTW: The same guy tried to pull this stunt over a year ago on another site:

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/viewtopic.php?topic=38313&forum=3

Didn't work out as he planned.

[LonePalm]

LonePalm,

US Navy, 1978-1988, Engineer and Naval Intelligence Officer

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Jet Jaguar]

Active duty. USAF.

[Bear_Slayer]

Hospital Corpsman 3rd class (E4)

Navy Hospital Camp Pendelton Infantry Training School (Area 52) 85-86

81MM Mortars, Weapons Co. 2/3 KMCAS 86 - 89

[Bear_Slayer]

For my Great Uncle Evan - 82nd Airborne WWII

Who lost the use of a leg jumping into France. He was hit by machine gun fire and laid in a ditch for several days, listening as Nazis passed by - waiting for allied troops to find him.

[Bear_Slayer]

Chief Hospital Corpsman

Maybe we've met?

Hospitalman 3rd Class

Navy Hospital - Camp Pendelton
85 - 86,br> Infantry Training School

2nd Batt. 3rd Mar Reg KMCAS 86 - 89

[Lazamataz]

1/21 4BDE New York Guard, 95B (Military Police) Culver Road Armory 1996-2000.