OT: Veterans Day Today

[mrmojack]

US Navy 1965-1969 Fleet Weather Facility, Keflavik, Iceland.

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

Jake Hotsky Navy WWII deceased
My Uncle "Doc" Howenstein Navy deceased WWII Pacific Theater
Herman Cohen WWII Army deceased European Theater
Ex-Wrestler Ron Welch Sniper Iraq/Afghanistan presently General CT National Guard
Ex-Wrestler Captain Jason Hamill Army Killed in Iraq 2006
Richard Cavallaro Navy retired 25+ years Submarines
"Red" Farwell Army Air Force deceased Tail Gunner B-17European Theater
Ex-Wrestler Jason Ashburn Coast Guard graduated Coast Guard Academy
Ex-Wrestler Greg Kapral retired Army military police graduated West Point served Iraq/Afghanistan
Ex-Wrestler Tom Combs graduated Coast Guard Academy 20+ years
Ex-Wrestler Steven Fekete graduated Air Force Academy

 

[MSGRET]

US Army. Finance and Accounting Office. 1972-1975. Ft Bragg. NC

So are you the one that messed up my pay while I was at the MMC in 73?

 

[veryolddog]

My Dad served in the Nay during WWII in Submarine Service a lot different from the modern submarine service.
My brother served on a Destroyer during the Korean War.
Its been 55 years ago that I joined the Marine Corps. I served in Viet Nam for two years and 24 years in the Marine Corps. It is so long ago, I fall asleep thinking about it.

 

[Littlemin]

For any who might be interested, a documentary of my fathers WW2 experiences on a sea going rescue tugboat. His boat served at both the D-Day invasion and Iwo Jima; produced by my nephew and my Dad’s grandson, Dylan Wallace. Dylan made the film a year before my Dad passed on.

 

[Tonyc]

So are you the one that messed up my pay while I was at the MMC in 73?

Lol. I helped alot of military with their pay and reinlistment bonuses. However it was known don’t mess with finance people or you wouldn’t get paid. I was asked by 3 full bird colonel’s to reenlist and go to ICS at West Point I didn’t and still wonder what if

 

[vtcwbuff]

I enlisted in the Navy 57 years ago next month. I retired as a MCPO in 1987 after 22 years of service.

 

[Littlemin]

I share this as a tribute to the members of the USN that honored my father and his shipmate on May 9, 2017. They and a shipmate too sick to join us were all that was left then of the Arikara crew; this was their last “reunion”. The naval facility who hosted them for the entire day was in Mayport, Florida and to say they were treated like royalty does not do justice to the honor and respect that all, and I mean ALL, the naval personnel showed my Dad and John. It seemed the whole facility was put on hold for the day to honor them. Both are gone now but neither ever stopped talking about the way they were treated. Dad and John never forgot and I never will either!!! Clicking on the picture will show it clearly.
And many thanks to The Boneyard for allowing me the opportunity to share….