What branch did you serve in?

Which Branch?

  • Army

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Navy

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Air Force

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Marines

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Coast Guard

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other/ In another Country

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    0
US Army 1973 to 1979 - 11C/71B

C Co and HHC (S1), 2nd Bn 508th Abn Inf, 1st Bde, 82nd Abn, Ft Bragg, NC
HHC (S3), 1st Bde, 82nd Abn, Ft Bragg, NC
C Co and HHC (S1), 4th Bn 9th Inf, 172nd Arctic Light Inf Bde, Ft Wainwright, AK
HHC (S3), 6th Bn 31st Inf, 7th Inf Div, Ft Ord, CA
 
nate1714 said:
Being that today is Veteran's Day I was just wondering what branch did our great members serve in. Was there a reason you picked that branch at that time? Would you do it again? Maybe a story or two about your time served. Thanks to all Veteran's for your service!
Click to expand...

I joined the Army as a 19D Scout. I always told myself growing up that if America went to war, I would go with her, so I did. Very early on in my service I got hurt pretty badly overseas, and was forced to medically retire (I fought it with everything I had, but there was just no way). The Army retired me at 90%, and I'm now using my MGIB to put myself through nursing school. I still feel that I owe the my Country, the Army, and my brothers and sisters in uniform more than I was able to give during my AD time, so once I'm done with school, the plan is to get a job as a DoD civilian and get back overseas most ricky tick.

I pretty thoroughly ruined my body, requiring years of treatment and physical therapy, I lost more friends than I care to put a number to, and spent my entire time enlisted (up to the point of my injury and minus about 30 days of leave time) away from my family, but I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. If the phone rang tomorrow and they said I could go, I'd be on the first thing smokin.
 
1st Squadron/17th Air Cavalry, 82cd Airborne, Ft. Bragg. 1977-80. Good times, lotta good men. Our senior officers and NCOs were all Vietnam vets. They could put things in perspective.
 
My Dad was Army.
I joined the Army National Guard because all the guys in my High School Seniors class did.

Enlisted in Regular Army after I graduated because it never occurred to me to
do otherwise.

Might have considered the USMC had I thought of it.
 
el dub said:
Were you at MINSY at the time.
Click to expand...

We had to travel up to Bremerton to turn them in. The boat was in MINSY for a refueling overhaul when I enlisted, it had just come out when I was assigned after training in '78. My first run we picked them up and my last run we turned them in. The boat was still refitting at Pearl Harbor when I got out.
 
461x0 Munitions, '78-'85, best tours at Camp Darby IT '80-'82, and Hahn AB (Morbach) GE '82-'84...IYAAYAS
 
Army 19-Delta Scout also voluntered to help out some shorthanded flyboys ........so I spent 6 months as a blackhawk doorgunner , Goodtimes.....and Bad,real bad. My dad is retired airforce my grand dad was navy WW2 and so on and so on. Big thank you to all you guys -----------Joe
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top