I completed my mandatory military service 25 years ago, I was promoted to the rank of Corporal, some officers in my unit asked me to go to the officer school, but I could not because of some schedule issues, I think that I could have been a good officer.
In the USA I participated in some activities of the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office. I even had my own 800-number to the US military computers.
I think that the best thing in the military was people.
Ive been in army for 18 months!
In the USA I also had to register to the Selective Service System. I do not recall everything, but some time after I had registered, I received a letter from somewhere and they asked if I wanted to participate in some Intelnet. I suppose it was some US military intelligence network. Well, that was in 1993, so long time ago. Back in 2003 during the Iraq war I somehow received some info that they use āstrategic Corporalsā in the US military activities.
Yes Sir!
AF ā Four years. And I agree, the standard and code of ethics in todayās military is above and beyond.
I did four years from 1977 to 1981. It was a totally different army back then. I spent two years in Germany, and there was a lot of heroin in the army. We did not have a strong belief in ourselves as an effective fighting force. Everybody thought we wouldnāt be ready if the Russians came across the West German border, and a lot of people said that out loud. Then they started to get the heroin addicts out of the army, and our fitness improved, but we still thought we werenāt up to beating the Soviets in battle. I voted for Reagan in 1980 solely for his policy on defense.
I was in the Navy from May 1973 to October 1977. I got a early discharge. The Navy pdoc said it was up to me if I wanted out. But in his opinion I should get out. I got a honorable discharge.
I was in the Navy and in the Marine Corps. 24 years and ten months from November of 1987 to July of 2012. Was permanently medically retired in November of 2014 so if you count that 27 years.
Iām bad make that May 1973 to October 1975
I joined the ranks of the army august 2001, 911 happened in my basic training and after artillery school I went to airborne school at ft benning. I became a paratrooper and then left to ft bragg to fufill my career in the 82nd airborne. Iāve also worked with navy reserves and active duty marines. I served a tour in afghanistan and got out so I wouldnāt die in some butthole of the world.
Armyā¦EODā¦explosive ordinance disposalā¦wouldnāt recommend itā¦
Iāve āthoughtā I was in the military while I was psychotic. But I never had the opportunity to serve.
Thank you for all of your service though.
Army national guard I loved the military
When I was on active duty with the army our barracks were old and we still wore the older uniforms and had black boots and no digital stuff or velcro unless we added it on. We worked on a much smaller budget back then and Im glad we made a difference in afghanistan. But honestly I donāt want to be the guy that takes orders from a corrupt government anymore. I wouldnāt ever serve again nowadays.
Yeah I agreeā¦I got out a soon as I couldā¦thereās no glory to be had fighting over oilā¦it just left me with nightmares and regretsā¦
Tell me about it, I had to do alot of stuff and moved constantly all over the country of afghanistan where people want to kill me. Iām 19, have a machine gun, and have to listen to a prick give me orders every two seconds. Never again!
Plus its hard enough on Normieās adding an mi makes it unbearableā¦the stress was ridiculousā¦the sociopaths all seemed to be in chargeā¦and I picked bomb squadā¦probably not the best choice of jobsā¦I should a went with something that I could have used my experience to get a decent job afterā¦
I think youāre a life saver when the need comes down to it. My cousin Eric was EOD too. A platoon sgt. he bought his platoon a keg cooler before he retired. Heās a good man, and so are you
The SAW was my primary weapon for most of my paratrooping career.
Iād carry three drums of 200 rounds every mission. I had 600 rounds and did recon and fire clearing for the howitzer team of 2 howitzers to come into the mountains and assualt terrorists with artillery fire. I did recon and artillery at the same time. I also became the NBC non commisioned officer when the primary NCO went to a school. I did alot back then, they liked to keep me busy and nurtured me alot with experience.
Sometimes I really miss serving, but itās something I have to keep trying to let go. But deep down, itās screaming (itās who I am), and itās horrible to see some of these leaders making these decisions after risking lives like our own to ensure they could make the command.