I was in the FA for 19 years; then I was an Active Duty chaplain for 10 years. Retired in Sep95. Loved it...even the 19 months in Viet Nam (well, maybe I didn’t love that period...but I felt like I was doing something)
Never had the pleasure of going there. I got drafted into the Marine Corps in ‘69 (served ‘70 to ‘72) and only did what I was told, which didn’t happen to involve WESTPAC service.
“;^)
Well, I suppose technically I got drafted in ‘69 but it wasn’t until ‘70 that I went in and that was when the Marine Corps decided they had to have me. OOOrah.