That kind of sux about your other forums. But its not just here or for the reasons you list. I am only on 2 others, a stereo and a bicycle forum, they have veterans day threads with a lot of post, that said there are a lot of vets that are active on the stereo one.
I am only on 2 other forums now aswell but only 1 of them had a vetrans day thread
US Army. Started in 1953 right out of High School. Basic Training Fort Leonard Wood (Fort Last in the Woods), Misery and on to Fort Carson, CO. Then served in 32d Infantry Division (Wis Army National Guard). OCS in 1957 along with BIOC and Ranger School and then on to US Army Flight School in 1960. Served with 32d Division during 1961 callup for Berlin Crises and then stayed on active duty until 1965 assigned to flight test and evaluation and then ended up as an Instructor Pilot at the US Army Helicopter School while serving with the 49th Armored Division, Texas Army National Guard. Then on to the 50th Armored division, New Jersey army National Guard. Served in Infantry, Artillery, Armor, Cavalry, General Staff, Military Police and Aviation branches of the US Army. Flew all versions of OH-23 and OH-13 helicopters and all models of Bell UH-1 helicopters including gunships and OH-6A and CH-34 aircraft and served as am Instructor pilot in most.
U S Navy 1957 - 1962 Electronics Thanks to all who served.
'71 to '77 USAF... Random thoughts: Thanks to scoring very high, with a very very low draft number, I was able to qualify for a slot and avoid the waiting line at that time. I serviced aircraft Avionics,or "Fire Control" was the old name,,,, ie the attack radar, fire control, gyros and bombing computers , gun and missile computers as well as the heads-up projection sights in the fighter aircraft. Luckly we did not touch the bombs, missiles or ammo as that was the armerment folks next door. (the bb bouncers were animals who faught and wrestled all day long and threw practice bomb at each other) I worked in the air conditioned repair bench and never saw the sun, while the other "guys" in the shop had to work the flight line, and pulled the bad "boxes"s to and from the aircraft, and then played poker and picked their noses between sorties hiding in the supply room..... but then.... I can remember one time where there was no tv for 2 whole miserable weeks. Now that's toughing it out. We were even cooking popcorn way before Mr Amana came along. Don't talk about the case of bulbs we fried with the testing the radar dish's. Supply was not happy, but then they should keep the door closed on their hanger ...hmmmm I did break a tooth and then a wrist twice, while playing inter-barracks unsanctioned football league , so it wasn't all fun and games... no, it actually was all fun and games. Skiing, mountain climbing, real snow, and million dollar machines to play with. Operation Red Flag while stationed in Vegas. Due to shortages on Nellis, we were actually put up in a Casino and bussed each day. Never forget the look of the sleepy gamblers when 30 dudes in uniforms come busting down the hallway at 0530 to catch the buss. All of our meals were in a chow hall, sandwiches in flights. Never slept outside, free transportation to and from the job. Got to shoot a Armorlite AR15 (before the colt ar16 as the air force had the experimental contract) twice in 6 years with real bullets. I remember that we had to get 60 out of 100 rounds on the target, which was pretty easy for most of us. Flying around in c54s, c130s and ever a c47 in transit. I remember HQ like to have pooped when they found out that we were still flying the two engine c47(1945) for parts and support aircraft for the squadron. It was always difficult to get over the rockies in it due to carb icing and wing icing.. and the fact that most of these things worked randomly. Super Sabres and Thuds were our squadrons birds. Do you know what kind of sound a Thud makes when it hits the ground? At least these fighter aircraft were that same age or younger than me by a couple of years... as most of them were built in '56 on. Left the service to go right into engineering. I simply picked my service, training and duty stations..... over being drafted like both of my brothers who served in the Army. HOWEVER.. to by bothers and sisters who had it much harder than I did... Thank you for your Service! Our troops today are volunteers for this caotic and dangerour life.
USAF 1974 to 1994
Navy guys got much better training in Avionics than the Airforce. They trained on multiple birds usually three. We (usaf) trained on one...till it was retired, then the next oldest in the fleet pending on how long you hung around.. However I am/was not a fan of ships or water. Kudos to the Navy for doing it better! And thanks for your service!!!
If they were some of the aircraft that my group worked on,, Jumping was not a choice. : )
Not all Navy sailors served on ships. I was in aviation. Only on a shop for a month off the coast of Vietnam. As a mechanic for our planes that flew patrols off the coast. Stan
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