Will all Veterans please arise.

USAF 1963-69 NORAD ADC Intercept Controller
Norton AFB,Ca 63-66
Giebelstadt Germany 66-68
Custer AFB, Mi 68-69
 
This thread's a keeper. From now on I will consider this list of guys to be just a notch above the rest of us.
 
USMC 1964-68
Vietnam 65-66 Charlie Co. 1st Battalion 4th Marines
Alpha Co 1st Battalion 3rd Marines
Rifle Instructor Edison Range Camp Pendleton 66-68 Sergeant E5
 
al pa. said:
I in no way want to minimize the service of any U.S.servicemen.When asked about my Navy service,I reply that I was in during the big one.I tell them I was in Hawaii,during the Cuban Crisis. Naval Air Station Barbers Point Oahu Hawaii. 1961-1963 Utility Squadron One.I have the highest respect for those who were in combat,and otherwise had the difficult assignments.Bless you all !
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ALL who were in deserve thanks. Some were subjected to more danger than others, but most of that was simple timing. My nephew signed up for the marines, no wars going on, he didn't sign up to go be brave in a war zone. His first (or maybe it was the second) day of boot camp was 9/11/01. He was one of the first into Fallujah. Thank God he came home safe. My Brother was in the army in the 80's. They both had the same honor and intent going in.

ALL who wore the uniform get my thanks service is service.
 
USN, aboard the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) (reconditioned WWII aircraft carrier). 1961 - Jn 1964. Worked on aircraft support equipment. Served 3 1/2 years since I was a "kiddie cruiser" (if you joined before 18 you got out the day before you turned 21). Barely missed Vietnam. Was discharged a month before the Gulf of Tonkin, in which the Ticonderoga was involved.
 
USAF 1981-1989 Aircraft Maintenance Technician/CrewChief on RF-4C, F-16C and F117A. My Thanks to All who Served, Past Present and Future.
 
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USAF early 1960's; 109th Air Lift Group, Base Engineering Unit .... thereafter ANG. Many good fellows there. My tame experience could not compare to my HS friend Bill who was ripping thru the clouds over north Nam on the wings of death. Thankfully he made it home.

I am proud to be a descendant of a family line that provided one Revolutionary War soldier, six Civil War soldiers, two Spanish-American War soldiers, one WW1 soldier, six WW2 service "persons" (one female) who served in all branches and theaters, and living relatives who have served in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Some didn't make it home; others sustained life-long disabilities. Bless them all.
 
Army aviation 67-70.114 Assault Helicopter Vin Long 68.Crew chief and door gunner.My brother an Uncle were station with me at the same place and same time in 68.Uncle flew with me a few times.He was a Captain at the time
 
Alan O'Connell: Which MP company were you with? I was with the 8th INF DIV at Coleman Barracks. We used to work with the 537th(?) at Turly Barracks.
 
US Navy, 1963-1967, Aviation Boatswains Mate 3 rd. Class, 1966, Viet Nam, USS Constellation CVA 64 - Flight Deck Rescueman.
Thank You all for your Service.
 
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