Posted on 05/16/2005 8:38:26 AM PDT by Guard Dog
Thanks for the ping!
Holy crap, you knew Ed Jolly, too? What a great man.
Odds are we met or communicated at one time or another. Maybe even played Star Trek Battleship on the ole I2P2.
Actually with your time in I probably played that with some of the younger troops around you.
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US Army 1983-87, here.
And a big THANK YOU to everyone in uniform today!
USN 1976-1997
USMC/USMCR 1967-1993
Phu Bai RVN 1969
--all active duty,
--all Guard and Reserve,
--all (fellow) vets,
--all military families past and present, and of course,
--all American Citizens who support the mission and the people of the United States Armed Forces.
The military, a great place to start!
Whoa, look at the size of this thread!
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While I was in during that timeframe, I think I saw only one Spec. 5 in uniform. Almost as rare were the two genuine Corporals I served with in the Ranger Battalion. (99.95% of enlistees seem to go from PFC > Spec.4 > SGT)
Congratulations on choosing to be a part of the defense of this great country.
Good luck and be well, young friend.
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Yes you do, because you signed on to serve. If Uncle didn't want or couldn't use you, that's Uncle's decision. You served. Although that's strange terminology. RIF == reduction in force, which means the military is cutting back for one reason or another. Some of the guys in my ROTC class ('73) were voluntarily RIFed, but only to reserve assignments. Later classes had involuntary RIF "releases". I left active duty as a part of a voluntary RIF (late '75). A medical discharge, in your case from the reserves, is a release for individual cause, has nothing do with a reduction in overall force levels.
Unless you mean JR. ROTC, which is a different ball of wax. Or perhaps if you were non-scholarship and released in your first two years. I can't remember if those non-scholarship cadets, who have no service commitment, are enlisted into the reserve. I was a two year cadet, rather than the usual four year program. (Just had an extra two weeks at "field training") Come to think of it, we weren't enlisted into the reserve until we returned from that field training. We were civilians wearing Air Force uniforms, with no rank insignia of any kind. We didn't even have tape name strips on our fatigues, but just used the plastic name tag on those and on our 1505s (khaki uniform).
US Army 59-61
USAR 61-65
For those who haven't heard yet, or those who need a reminder:
U.S. Army, 1984-1991, 2LT - CPT, Desert Storm
U.S. Army Inactive Reserve, 1991-1997, CPT
1997 - now, Kentucky Army National Guard, currently SSG, Operation Noble Eagle and now deploying for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Career-long Intelligence, with a 2-yr break for FA.
Good evening Sarge!! You're a hero! How did the Sandbox training go?
Thank you for your service to your country Sarge..
and thanks to everyone here who now serve, and have served in the past..
God Bless you all...
Ms.B
(((((SARGE)))))
No reminder needed here. :-)
My thoughts and prayers will be with you all the way.
Saw your post Young Sarge-Who all loves you baby.
MSgt (ret), USAF, 1983-2004
ESD, ATC, JSTARS, AWACS
U.S. Army 1992-97 Pvt - Spc. Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)& Operation Vigiliant Warrior
Tx. Army National Guard Spc. 1999-2003
U.S. Army 2003 - Present Spc. Operation Iraqi Fredom, currently in ROK.
And his good friend, LadyX, also USMC, enlisted in '52, taught Lady Marines at Parris Island during the Korean War. Guidon Bearer for the WM company.
Their booze might be OK, although they probably tend more to smokable mind altering substances, but would we have to take their women? Ug.
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