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Old 14 February 2015, 11:53 PM   #1
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VMGR 152 KC-130 Okinawa-Da Nang 1967-1968 SE Asia War Games, 2nd Place, don't blame us. Service connected...Agent Orange.
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Old 15 February 2015, 12:06 AM   #2
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I'm not a combat vet, but I spent 6 years active duty in the Army. 2nd ID at Camp Stanley, Korea. Big Red One at Ft Riley Kansas, and then finished in the 3rd ID at Ft Stewart Ga.
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Old 15 February 2015, 12:16 AM   #3
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Old 15 February 2015, 12:46 AM   #4
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I have just finished (Jan 18th) after over 42 years in the British army, the majority of that being infantry, over 5 years of active service during that time.
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Old 15 February 2015, 01:04 AM   #5
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Old 15 February 2015, 01:06 AM   #6
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I was in Vietnam in 1965. As a MP officer I never saw combat ,however my best friend and another MP were killed during an assault on Saigon in 1966. I was in the army for two years stationed at Fort Dix, Camp Drum and then Saigon.
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Old 15 February 2015, 01:53 AM   #7
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No combat here either, but was on station in the Indian Ocean for almost 4 months during the Iranian hostage crisis.

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1967-1968 SE Asia War Games, 2nd Place, don't blame us.

Very sobering read: Dereliction of Duty, by McMasters. It is to weep.

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Old 15 February 2015, 02:48 AM   #9
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What goes around......

How some things change very little....I found this note in the breast pocket of my Dad's Dress Uniform as I was getting it ready for his Funeral. WWII Mustang.



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Old 15 February 2015, 03:01 AM   #10
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What goes around......

How some things change very little....I found this note in the breast pocket of my Dad's Dress Uniform as I was getting it ready for his Funeral. WWII Mustang.



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Old 15 February 2015, 03:21 AM   #11
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Sadly too as while history does not repeat, it certainly rhymes and what is old becomes new again as the lesson of history is relearned.
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How some things change very little....I found this note in the breast pocket of my Dad's Dress Uniform as I was getting it ready for his Funeral. WWII Mustang.



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Very sobering
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Old 15 February 2015, 03:36 PM   #13
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Very sobering read: Dereliction of Duty, by McMasters. It is to weep.

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It is a good book. McMaster is a great guy who went on to command the 3ACR in Iraq. I doubt he won any friends at the Pentagon by writing that book.
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Old 15 February 2015, 03:19 AM   #14
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Old 15 February 2015, 03:21 AM   #15
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Usmc, '67-'71; rvn '68-'69, k/4/13, w/1/13, wia 2/23/69; 0811.
Grady......Artillery?

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Old 15 February 2015, 03:26 AM   #16
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Old 15 February 2015, 11:25 AM   #17
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Old 15 February 2015, 01:54 PM   #18
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Served 8 years as an Armor officer. First assigned as a Tank PLT LDR in 4ID and spent a year dodging IEDs (not always successfully) in Baghdad.

Transferred to the 101st ABN where I did two tours in Afghanistan. Commanded a CAV Troop along the Afghan/Pakistan boarder in Kunar, where almost half of the Troop was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action. Damn proud of those guys.
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Old 15 February 2015, 02:17 PM   #19
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2004 graduate of the USMA at West Point.

Served 8 years as an Armor officer. First assigned as a Tank PLT LDR in 4ID and spent a year dodging IEDs (not always successfully) in Baghdad.

Transferred to the 101st ABN where I did two tours in Afghanistan. Commanded a CAV Troop along the Afghan/Pakistan boarder in Kunar, where almost half of the Troop was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action. Damn proud of those guys.
Damn proud of you sir.

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Old 15 February 2015, 05:04 PM   #20
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I served nearly 28 years in the Air Force from Aug 1977- Feb 2005. I flew for 20 years on C-141 Starlifter aircraft. I have never been shot at, but did transit some very hot areas during my time as a crew member. I visited 65 countries along the way and logged 4100 flight hours as a loadmaster. I retired as a CMSgt (E-9).

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Old 26 February 2015, 11:37 AM   #21
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I served nearly 28 years in the Air Force from Aug 1977- Feb 2005. I flew for 20 years on C-141 Starlifter aircraft. I have never been shot at, but did transit some very hot areas during my time as a crew member. I visited 65 countries along the way and logged 4100 flight hours as a loadmaster. I retired as a CMSgt (E-9).
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Old 16 February 2015, 05:39 AM   #22
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I was with the 1st Infantry Div, as well as the 25 th Infantry Div. 11 B. Combat Infantry.
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Old 16 February 2015, 08:58 AM   #24
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I was Active Duty in the US Navy 2000-2007.
I didn't see any combat either, but as a physician I definitely saw the results of combat operations.
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Old 16 February 2015, 09:09 AM   #25
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2009-20013. 82nd ABN, 4th BDE, 1-508 PIR (Infantry). 2 Tours to Afghanistan, one purple heart, and one less leg . Im not very bitter about it, chicks dig scars. Proud owner of a BLNR and Tudor Pelagos. Had a lot happen in my life in just 4 short years, but i am very humbled by it all. TRF. And thank you to all the other veterans out there!!!
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Old 16 February 2015, 09:18 AM   #26
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Old 16 February 2015, 12:17 PM   #27
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Kyle89....just wanted to say a personal Thank You.....
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Old 16 February 2015, 12:26 PM   #28
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Joined at 17 and was swore in at 18. 4 years US Army active duty. 95BV5. Military Police and MPI. 1979-1983. Never saw combat but in October when I enlisted we all were told in training that we were going to Iran. That crisis ended the day President Reagan took office

D-10 Fort McClelland, 52nd MP Company Fort Sam Houston, 2nd MP Company Camp Casey and Camp Stanley, Fort Shafter MP Company detatched to Fort Derussy. Was told that I was going to be involutarily extended when Grenada broke out but that too ended quickly.

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Old 16 February 2015, 01:26 PM   #29
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Looks like we have a pretty robust crew here.....thanks for posting gentleman.

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