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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Apr 22, 2010 23:44:42 GMT -5
Wrestlecrap members, if you've served in the Armed Forces of whatever country you may live in this is a thread for you. I have, and I'd like to share experiences and what not. I served in the U.S. Army from October 1996 to September 2001, spending most of that in the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, TX. I was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1998-1999. Army, Navy, Air Force, USMC, even Coast Guard! Whatever you are/wee, let's talk!
Warning: Do NOT even think about turning this thread political.
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Post by KStrick on Apr 22, 2010 23:48:29 GMT -5
Air Force April 2003-2009. Worked with the ICBMs. Basic at Lackland AFB, Tech School at Vandenberg AFB, then PDS'd to Francis E. Warren AFB.
Got out on destroyed knees, and am using the Post 9/11 GI Bill to attend Texas Tech University (information on that is in the College Major post).
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Apr 22, 2010 23:56:22 GMT -5
I was a 92Y (Supply). What was your MOS?
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Apr 23, 2010 0:03:53 GMT -5
Haven't served, but just a lil note of thanks guys and girls. Ya are appreciated.
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Post by Rorschach on Apr 23, 2010 0:23:25 GMT -5
US NAVY veteran...served from June of 2000 (they got me right out of high school) to 2006, and only left because they...well....they took mah jerb!
(Not really. The NAVY merely merged the once proud and independant Dental Corps with the Hospital Corps, and they turned all DTs into Corpsmen. So when my EAOS came up, I made like a tree and got out of there.)
Now y'all know a bit more about me. ;D
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Apr 23, 2010 0:34:17 GMT -5
US Army Infantry 2003-2008.
Did a combat tour in Iraq with the 10th Mountain Division. Got wounded, got a Purple Heart, came back to the states to teach at the Javelin Anti-Tank School at Fort Benning. Ended up having too many health problems and got out to go to school on Uncle Sam's dime.
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Post by Hugh Mungus on Apr 23, 2010 0:35:54 GMT -5
US Army, SPC/E4, 31U (Signal Systems Support Specialist; aka I worked w/ the commo unit), from March 2001 (the Tuesday after the end of the Monday Night Wars) to January 2005, including a one-year tour in Baghdad in 2004 (shipped off the night after WM20) (just when I was about to transfer to South Korea).
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Post by Rorschach on Apr 23, 2010 0:36:51 GMT -5
US Army Infantry 2003-2008. Did a combat tour in Iraq with the 10th Mountain Division. Got wounded, got a Purple Heart, came back to the states to teach at the Javelin Anti-Tank School at Fort Benning. Ended up having too many health problems and got out to go to school on Uncle Sam's dime. GI Bill? Me too. Trying to get into civillian Dental Hygiene school. ;D |
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Apr 23, 2010 0:39:32 GMT -5
US Army Infantry 2003-2008. Did a combat tour in Iraq with the 10th Mountain Division. Got wounded, got a Purple Heart, came back to the states to teach at the Javelin Anti-Tank School at Fort Benning. Ended up having too many health problems and got out to go to school on Uncle Sam's dime. GI Bill? Me too. Trying to get into civillian Dental Hygiene school. ;D Well, the GI Bill AND the fact that Indiana pays 100% for tuition for Purple Heart awardees. But I'm transferring schools this summer to one in Hawaii, where I'll be using the new 9/11 GI Bill and grants to pay for most of it. Also, if anyone is interested about reading how I got my Purple Heart, I wrote a memoir about it for school and put it online for friends and family to read about...just one of the many insane days in the early days of the war. highroad214.blogspot.com/ go here to read it  |
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Post by Rorschach on Apr 23, 2010 0:44:44 GMT -5
GI Bill? Me too. Trying to get into civillian Dental Hygiene school. ;D Well, the GI Bill AND the fact that Indiana pays 100% for tuition for Purple Heart awardees. But I'm transferring schools this summer to one in Hawaii, where I'll be using the new 9/11 GI Bill and grants to pay for most of it. Also, if anyone is interested about reading how I got my Purple Heart, I wrote a memoir about it for school and put it online for friends and family to read about...just one of the many insane days in the early days of the war. highroad214.blogspot.com/ go here to read it I'm sure you already have...but if NOT...dude....be very, VERY careful with that new 9/11 GI Bill and read up on it...it has a TON of fine print to it, and loopholes that end up causing vets to end up losing tuition/money on it. |
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Post by Bam Neeley on Apr 23, 2010 0:51:06 GMT -5
Hah. I'm a mere Finnish conscript. I spent half a year enjoying -25C degrees winters routing cables to forests and standing on guard for 3-8 hours.
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Apr 23, 2010 0:55:27 GMT -5
Well, the GI Bill AND the fact that Indiana pays 100% for tuition for Purple Heart awardees. But I'm transferring schools this summer to one in Hawaii, where I'll be using the new 9/11 GI Bill and grants to pay for most of it. Also, if anyone is interested about reading how I got my Purple Heart, I wrote a memoir about it for school and put it online for friends and family to read about...just one of the many insane days in the early days of the war. highroad214.blogspot.com/ go here to read it I'm sure you already have...but if NOT...dude....be very, VERY careful with that new 9/11 GI Bill and read up on it...it has a TON of fine print to it, and loopholes that end up causing vets to end up losing tuition/money on it. Yeah, I've been using the old GI Bill which is pretty straight forward. I'm poor, so I generally get enough grant money each semester to not have to worry about using the GI Bill for anything more than living money for the month. I have been reading up on the new one though. |
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Post by bob on Apr 23, 2010 16:35:06 GMT -5
Haven't served, but just a lil note of thanks guys and girls. Ya are appreciated. this |
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Post by ani on Apr 23, 2010 16:58:49 GMT -5
... Does Army Men on the N64 count?  Seriously, thanks to all of you. |
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Apr 23, 2010 17:02:38 GMT -5
I am a Veteran of a Thousand Psychic Wars.
But my Uncle is in the Navy.He is a Seabee.He was in the middle East for awhile then came back to work in recruitment but now he is in Germany for some reason.
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Apr 23, 2010 18:31:26 GMT -5
I am a Veteran of a Thousand Psychic Wars. But my Uncle is in the Navy.He is a Seabee.He was in the middle East for awhile then came back to work in recruitment but now he is in Germany for some reason. Maybe they have a battleship on the Rhine River.  |
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