I'd like to thank the Warriors of Liberty and Freedom...the American Veteran. I salute and thank you for your service and sacrifice to preserve and defend our freedom and liberty.

Please post your location and dates of service.

US Navy, Operations Specialist P.O. 2nd Class 1983-1987
Basic - Great Lakes IL (January 1983 - froze my butt off)
Dam Neck, VA - OS A School
U.S.S. Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
Dam Neck, VA - B School (back to the ship)

I remember when this happened: http://www.navysite.de/cvn/cvn70-cranial.mpg (I call him a lucky SOB).

I was unable to serve as so many have. I too wish to thank all of you who dedicated your service to the safety and security of our country and its citizens.

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"Growing old is mandatory, Growing up is optional"
Beat the ammo price increases, shoot Russian Surplus!

Schwabisch Gmeund, Germany 1979 to 1981

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Only dead fish go with the flow.

United States Air Force
(NM Air National Guard/150th Civil Engineering Squadron)
Utilities Maintenance Systems (3E471) and Liquid Fuels Maintenance (3E472)
Operations Northern and Southern Watch, Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Iraqi Freedom
(1990 to Current)

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Vive La République Française, le Lebel et le poilu
Verdun 1916: "Ils ne Passeront pas" "On les aura!"
Fusil d'Infanterie Modèle 1886 Modifié 1893 dit "Lebel"

Vive le Pinard !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axfM1sFqIK0

United States Army !
1980 Thru 1983.
16 months Germany
16 months Ft Campbell , KY.
Basic Ft Sill , OK.

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I See You !

Basic&AIT, Ft Leonard Wood, 1976

1976-1980 Nellingen Barracks, Germany

U.S. ARMY 1967-1972
BASIC-FT BENNING,GA
7TH INF DIV-CAMP KAISER,KOREA
1ST ARMOR DIV-FT HOOD,TX
1ST CAVALRY DIV- VIET NAM
3RD ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT-FT LEWIS,WA

U.S. Army Security Agency, 1961-1981.
Overseas tours: Sinop, Turkey 1962-63
Chitose, Japan 1963-66,
Sinop, Turkey (again) 1967-68
Viet Nam March 1970-Sept 1971
Augsburg, Germany March 1976-November 1979.

In between those overseas assignments, I was stationed at the Army Security Agency's Training Center & School, Fort Devens, MA both as a student and as an instructor. I retired after 20 years service in May of 1981.

Would not change a second of that time for anything.

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kscchtrainer

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

NRA Life Member - Member Kansas Rifle Association (KSRA) - NRA Certified Pistol instructor, Reloading instructor and Range Safety Officer.

I know there's more veterans than this...

Roll Call guys...c'mon.

US Army, Oct 66- Nov 69

Basic Ft Lewis, 66-67
AIT Ft Leonard Wood, Mo, 67
Ft Knox KY 67-69
I Trp 17th Armored Cav, 1204

One of MY 551's took a dive off the bridge

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No One Wins when Freedom Fails,
The Best Men Rot in Filthy Jails.
And Those who Cried "Appease! Appease!",
Are Hanged by Those They Tried to Please.

USMC - 1996 - 2001 (pre-9/11)
6th Marines, Regimental TOW Plt
2nd FSSG, Ordnance Maintenance Company
Camp Lejeune, NC

7 days of sea service! CONUS the whole time ("The Clinton Years")


I am the guy who is dressed for battle.

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Semper Fi
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[19:59] <wvrrcarknocker> if I did everything you guys told me to, well, then I be a respectable citizen, and where the hell would that get me?
[19:59] <burner> Laid?

US Army
Basic & AIT (63B) at Ft Jackson, SC, Jan-Jun, '86

Kreigsfeld Army Depot (North Point)
619th Ordnance Co., 72nd Battalion.
near Kircheimbolanden, West Germany, July 1986-1990.

Recalled for Desert Storm, Jan-May '91...watched it on CNN, in Ft. Lost-in-the-Woods.

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Bubba really ticks me off...
and I sure wish he would give me the OEM stock for my 7mm Spanish Mauser...

USMC 1992-1997
Dragon's Plt, WPNS Co, 1st Bn 7th Marines, 1st MarDiv, MCAGCC, 29 Palms, CA
Weapons Plt, Bravo Co, 1st Bn, 24th Marines, 4rth MarDiv, Saginaw, MI
Camp Schwab, Okinawa (UDP, 4th Marines, 3rd MarDiv)
Cobra Gold 94, Thailand
Whole bunch of grunt schools, CAX's, training operations and work with JTF-6.

CplHunter, I know all too well about "the Clinton Years."

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"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"--Ronald Reagan

U.S. Army
1986- Basic and AIT at Fort Sill Oklahoma
86-89- C Battery 4 BN 9 FA 56th FA command Pershing II , Neckarsulm W. Germany
90-91- Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm , 844th Engineer Batallion 82nd Airborne Division 18th Airborne Corps, Dahran Saudi Arabia

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Jim

U.S. Army 1986-1989 , 1990-1991

USN 1994-2000
Basic Orlando FL
FC class A school Great Lakes IL
CIWS class C school Damn Neck VA
CVN69 The Mighty IKE

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A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
Theodore Roosevelt