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Active Duty 38 11.48%
Retired Military 46 13.90%
Formerly Served 148 44.71%
Has a family member serving. 59 17.82%
None of the above. 64 19.34%
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Old 05-26-2009, 06:22 AM
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24 years between active duty and reserve. 5000 hours in the C-130 along with a few other odds and ends. Over 400 hours of combat time -- had three hits from ground fire. The first was in west Tennessee.
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Old 05-26-2009, 06:33 AM
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29 years total between active duty and reserve. C-141 maintenance for 4 years active duty and 25 years Flight Engineer for the rest of the time. Mostly at McGuire and Charleston.

Son is in the Missouri Air Guard, two tours to Afganistan, Iraq coming up in November.

My Dad was Army, WWII in the PI, South Pacific. Lots of "uncles" with many hours of USAAF and USN time between them. Several uncles still not home........
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Old 05-26-2009, 07:23 AM
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A salute to my maternal grandfather...Army, Army Reserve, served in four actions. WWI, WWII, and Korea are obvious, but not many could claim a Mexican Service Medal:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancho_Villa_Expedition
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Old 05-26-2009, 07:28 AM
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USAF Reserve, 1983-87 F4-D WCS
USAF 1987-1991 F4-D WCS, F-16 Comm/Nav/ECM, F117 Everything
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Old 05-26-2009, 07:51 AM
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RVN '69-70 with 73 SAC. OV-1 SLAR Tech.
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Old 05-26-2009, 07:51 AM
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Myself, AD2 USN, 7 1/2 yrs, Viet Nam. 2 sons, both SSGT USMC currently active. Father PO3, USN, WW2, Uncle, Brig Gen USAR, WW2. Great, Great Grandfather, Pvt, Confederate Army, POW.
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Old 05-26-2009, 08:27 AM
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Thumbs up Vietnam Vet

My Dad- WWII
My Self- 66-70-Army (ASA)
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Old 05-26-2009, 08:30 AM
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Data Processing Technician -- DP2(SW)
Active Duty
1986-1990: USS D.D. Eisenhower, CVN-69
1990-1993: Atlantic Intelligence Command, NorVA

Reserves
1993-1994: Joint Intelligence Command Pacific, Dallas, TX
1994-1995: TX Army National Guard, 1/149th Aviation Battalion, Houston, TX
1995-1997: Atlantic Intelligence Command, New Orleans, LA
1997-1998: Atlantic Intelligence Command, NorVA

OFFICER
Intelligence Officer -- Line Officer, Special Duty (1635)
Reserves
1999-2000: Central Command, Jacksonville, FL
2000-2001: Defense Intelligence Command, Rome, NY

Active Duty
2001-2003: Defense Intelligence Command, Washington, DC
Deployed - Afghanistan and other places.

Reserves
2003-2004: Defense Intelligence Command, Pentagon, Arlington, VA
2004-2007: VP-62, Patrol and Recon Squadron, JAX, FL
2007-Current: US Special Operations Command, Tampa, FL

Active Duty
01 June 2009 - ??: US Special Operations Command, Location TBD

From E-2 to O-4, 23 years of combined active and reserve service. Still wearing that red cape, trying to save the world.

Gig'em Aggies!!!
Frank
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...and yes, I gladly make an annual contribution.

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Old 05-26-2009, 08:53 AM
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US Navy 77 - 81
PO2 Data Processing Technician

Boot Camp - Great Lakes
A School - San Diego

USS Sperry AS-12
USS Saratoga CV-60

Two Med Cruises - Saratoga

Father served in Navy during WWII.
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Old 05-26-2009, 08:54 AM
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A Memorial Day salute to all those that we remember on this holiday! And a shout out to all the vets (past and present) here on the forum!

Dad was Army (Korea).
An uncle was Airborne (WWII/D-Day).
I'm a squid...Active Duty 1981-1988 (F-14A/TA-4J); Reserves 1988-present (Tactical and Operational Level Air & Maritime Command and Control, recalled for OIF in '03, now a FEMA Liaison for Disaster Relief Ops).

Thanks to all who serve(d) and to all who support!

Cheers,
Bob
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