Veterans day November 11.

[Wbbfan1]

USAF 20 Years 1968 to 1988. Tours of Duty in Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, Korea, Germany and my Hardship tour in Hawaii. Majority of my Active Duty was spent overseas, which was intentional except for the Year I spent in Vietnam.

 

[mrmojack]

US Navy 1965-1969 Radioman Second Class, served 4 years in
communications at the Fleet Weather Facility, Keflavik, Iceland
NATO Base

 

[DriveLH]

US Army 1967 - 1970.
532 Signal Company, Phu Lam Signal battalion 1969 - 1970.

 

[uconnfan68]

I'm a USMC veteran, 1970-1972.

I worked in the USA for big corporations from 1974 through 2003.

I never once was given Veterans' Day off from work.

Just sayin'...

Should have been at a union shop.

 

[huskeynut]

Like you I can present uncles, brother and cousins. Now my Naval aviator Grandson---it is much different. The worry factor is higher. I'm proud of you and your son.

Thank you Broadway!

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

Jake Hotsky Navy WWII
My Uncle "Doc" Hohenstein Navy WWII
Herman Cohen Army WWII General Eisenhower's driver in England
Ex-Wrestler Ron Welch Ranger 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 Tail Gunner B-17 WWII European Theater
Ex-Wrestler Jason Ashburn Coast Guard Retired Graduated CG Academy
Ex-Wrestler Captain Greg Kapral retired Military Police Graduated West Point served in Iraq & Afghanistan
Ex-Wrestler Tom Combs Coast Guard Graduated Coast Guard Academy
Bless all that served!

 

[BroadwayVa]

My Dad- United States Navy, Radioman 2nd Class, USS Yosemite 1954-1958

Yosemite, a repair ship? VF 154, USS Yorktown CVA 10, 51-55--we over lap. Thanks

 

[BroadwayVa]

Jake Hotsky Navy WWII
My Uncle "Doc" Hohenstein Navy WWII
Herman Cohen Army WWII General Eisenhower's driver in England
Ex-Wrestler Ron Welch Ranger 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 Tail Gunner B-17 WWII European Theater
Ex-Wrestler Jason Ashburn Coast Guard Retired Graduated CG Academy
Ex-Wrestler Captain Greg Kapral retired Military Police Graduated West Point served in Iraq & Afghanistan
Ex-Wrestler Tom Combs Coast Guard Graduated Coast Guard Academy
Bless all that served!

Coach you had some great kids--obviously they had a great model to follow. Thanks.

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

Coach you had some great kids--obviously they had a great model to follow. Thanks.

Thanks, BV! One of the best times of my life, 1970-2002, coaching HS Wrestling!

 

[Husky fanatic]

USMC 65 to 71 and my father as well in WWII

 

[msf22b]

1962-65
USMA Band
West Point, NY

 

[Fiftyish]

YN2 US Navy 1966 - 1972 Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) Washington DC. Humanitarian reassignment section.

 

[Lee]

US Army 11th Armored Cav. 619 Armored Engineers. Staubing and Passau Germany 1955-58.

 

[Beemer]

Yosemite, a repair ship? VF 154, USS Yorktown CVA 10, 51-55--we over lap. Thanks

Destroyer tender stationed at Newport RI now part of an artificial reef off the Florida coast. Nicknamed the Yo-Yo!

 

[Rayvin56]

Sonar Tech, USS Wainwright (DLG-28), 73-76.

 

[vtcwbuff]

Destroyer tender stationed at Newport RI now part of an artificial reef off the Florida coast. Nicknamed the Yo-Yo!

I did a split tour on the Arcadia (AD-23) moored to the pier across from the Yosemite.

 

[JordyG]

My father came home from New Guinea, 1943 to 45. My uncles Harry and Patrick both died in Europe, 1944. The Veteran's Day and Memorial Day parades are the only ones that matter.

 

[Scud49]

USAF 1968-1972 Sgt, Torrejon AB, Spain

 

[connboy77]

US Navy 1965-1969

 

[Beemer]

I did a split tour on the Arcadia (AD-23) moored to the pier across from the Yosemite.

Oh wow that is so cool

 

[Scud49]

Forget to mention my Dad - WW2, Clark AB, the Philippines, B-24 squadron. He had medals from air combat over Borneo as I recall, but he generally never spoke about the whole experience.

 

[winlots]

There is a special re our Veterans on Fox News at 10 PM tonight that should interest all who have be involved with this thread and others as well.

 

[Ex Nutmegger]

ROTC US Army Signal Corps. Active duty 1961 - 1963 at Fort Gordon, GA and Washington DC. My salute to all of you who served and supported the military, but especially those of you who spent time in the line of fire. I had the privilege of sharing office space with two Lt Colonels who were veterans of the Chosin Reservoir.

 

[oldude]

Thinking of my dad today who served in the USMC during WWII on Midway, Okinawa and Ie Shima. Semper Fi.

 

[Mdoggie]

US Army 87-91

 

[baggerbob]

Army Security Agency 1964-68. Dad was in the Solomon Islands Guadalcanal in WW2.

 

[McFly]

ROTC US Army Signal Corps. Active duty 1961 - 1963 at Fort Gordon, GA and Washington DC.

Basic training at Fort Gordon, late August through October, 1962, including the most dangerous thirteen days in the history of what is ludicrously referred to as civilization. Still remember all the military transports overhead heading south, the intercoms in the PX and EM club ordering soldiers to report to their various units.
On a more personal level, I also remember setting what undoubtedly would have been a world record for the standing broad jump, when I encountered a rattlesnake on the night compass course. If only Guinness had been there. Or preferably Jameson, as I could have done with a shot or two.

 

[Ex Nutmegger]

Yes, there were definitely places in the Fort Gordon “training areas” that made you feel that wearing those heavy old combat boots wasn’t such a bad idea.

 

[huskymaniac119]

US Army 82-86, 71Q, Spec 4.

 

[willtalk]

Army 65-69