Where did you serve?

Echambers

It seems there are a lot of vets and some active duty here. So where and when did you serve? I served in the 82nd Airborne during the 80s and smoked my first cigar--some nasty a$$ thing from 7-11--when I graduated from jump school.}

Amos Umwhat

Big Red 1. Ft. Riley, Germany, and then later in TX at Ft. Sam Houston, eventually ended up re-enlisting into the NG, planned to return after college, life got in the way.

the_barber

Coast Guard in the mid 90's for 4 years, 2 years at Station Ocean City NJ and 2 years Station New Haven CT. Never really did anything cool, was on land most of the time acting as a supply clerk or whatever else was needed, spent the first of those 2 years in CT as the Chief of staff to the Station CO....well I was really the only staff but nice title eh? And I should mention the Station CO was my Uncle, who was retiring that year....so again I never did anything real cool.

Jetmech_63

Joined the Navy in 97 and am still on active duty. Currently at NAS Lemoore CA but started off in Yokosuka Japan, then Virginia Beach then came to lemoore. Jet engine mechanic by trade but now i run quality assurance for the Navy's largest squadron with 108 aircraft. It has its bad days but i still have zero regrets and couldnt see myself doing anything else.

Rain

5 years at Fort Hood with the 504th BFSB. A year in Iraq with 1st ID and a year in Afghanistan with the French Foreign Legion. Soon I head to the 101st and back to Afghanistan.

Knoxca1

USS Fitzgerald, USS Essex, USS Bonnhome Richard, Fleet Activities Chinhae, NAVAIR, CENTCOM and Naval Postgraduate School. Just passed the 11 year mark and still enjoying it.

KevinFitts

Hanau Germany 87-91 Operation Desert shield - Operation Desert Storm (somewhere in the desert)

Jetmech_63

Knoxca1:

USS Fitzgerald, USS Essex, USS Bonnhome Richard, Fleet Activities Chinhae, NAVAIR, CENTCOM and Naval Postgraduate School. Just passed the 11 year mark and still enjoying it.

7 commands in 11 years? What are you, communications or staff?

Knoxca1

The Essex and BHR was a split tour when the BHR came out to replace the Essex. Chinhae was for only a year since at that time that was the tour length for unaccompanied tours, I believe it has since changed. CENTCOM was for only 6 months as an IA. I'm in the supply corps, a member of the staff corps.

jsnake

Ft. McClellan, AL
Yongsan, South Korea
Ft. Polk, LA
Ft. CLayton, Panama

mr.wendell1979

Ft.Riley, KS for me also 1999-2002 with 24th Inf. Div. on main post

dr_frankenstein56

Jetmech_63:

Joined the Navy in 97 and am still on active duty. Currently at NAS Lemoore CA but started off in Yokosuka Japan, then Virginia Beach then came to lemoore. Jet engine mechanic by trade but now i run quality assurance for the Navy's largest squadron with 108 aircraft. It has its bad days but i still have zero regrets and couldnt see myself doing anything else.

Hey hey Lemoore! I went to C school there!

oneeyedclyed

4 years in the Navy in the mid 80's. When on land home was NAS Oceana. Two trips to the Med with my squadron VA-85. First aboard the USS John F Kennidy and the last on the USS Saratoga.We were the squadron that had the A-6 shot down over Lybia and where out there when the Marine barracks got bombed in Lebanon. Sad day.