U.S. Coast Guard Active Duty from May 1978 to July 2003
BM1 / E-6, advanced to BMC /E-7, but declined and retired to take:
GS-11 / Search and Rescue Spcialist, USCG from Aug 2003 to the present - Dec 2014.
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U.S. Coast Guard Active Duty from May 1978 to July 2003
BM1 / E-6, advanced to BMC /E-7, but declined and retired to take:
GS-11 / Search and Rescue Spcialist, USCG from Aug 2003 to the present - Dec 2014.
Educate man, Liberate man
Please remember the family members who Never forget.
As Christmas, and New Years are almost here.
Please remember thousands in Uniform will not be here with their family.
As this music is intended to remind us all.
I love to make Liberals Cry, and Whine.
So, this is for them.
GOD BLESS AMERICA - IN GOD WE TRUST !
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Very beautiful video but I got nauseated every time Obama appeared in it..Originally Posted by namvet
An absolute desecration for that worthless worm being anywhere near such brave and honorable fallen men and women~!-Tyr
18 U.S. Code § 2381-Treason Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
On the Road
My dad was career Army as is my brother. I'm the black sheep by having joined the Marine Corps in 1975 under the PLC(A) program. After graduation in 1978, I was commissioned and sent to TBS then flight school. My Marine flying career was in CH-46s at MCAS Tustin, CA and MCAS Futenma, Okinawa. After two deployments with HMM-164, I was in sent to HMT-301 as a flight instructor before being RIF'd along with 400 other Marine pilots. Many got out, several went Navy including myself. Given a choice of NAS North Island or NAS Jacksonville, and being sick of CA after almost 5 years, I chose Jacksonville where I trained in the SH-3 with an anti-submarine warfare mission. One Med deployment (USS Saratoga) and a 2 month mini-deployment taking the USS Independence from Philly, around Cape Horn and dropping her off in San Diego before flying back to NAS Jax. After two years of shore duty as a flight instructor at NAS Whiting Field, I was part of the downsizing of the Navy when the Cold War ended. I finished my time in the Naval Reserve, retiring in 1997.
PLC training, second increment 1997. I'm the one in green:
Med deployment in 1987:
A year before I retired when the Navy made the mistake of promoting me and I lost my flying billet:
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On the Road
Sorry, the date on that PLC picture is '77 not '97.
Just Me
DO we know each other? Crap, we could be twins except I was a grunt. Father is a retred USAF Chief and brother is a retired Army Capt. Grandfather is a retired Army SgtMaj. But the black sheep of the family had to go join the Corps. My family lived in JAX from 80 -99. Before that we lived in Homestead.My dad was career Army as is my brother. I'm the black sheep by having joined the Marine Corps in 1975 under the PLC(A) program. After graduation in 1978, I was commissioned and sent to TBS then flight school. My Marine flying career was in CH-46s at MCAS Tustin, CA and MCAS Futenma, Okinawa. After two deployments with HMM-164, I was in sent to HMT-301 as a flight instructor before being RIF'd along with 400 other Marine pilots. Many got out, several went Navy including myself. Given a choice of NAS North Island or NAS Jacksonville, and being sick of CA after almost 5 years, I chose Jacksonville where I trained in the SH-3 with an anti-submarine warfare mission. One Med deployment (USS Saratoga) and a 2 month mini-deployment taking the USS Independence from Philly, around Cape Horn and dropping her off in San Diego before flying back to NAS Jax. After two years of shore duty as a flight instructor at NAS Whiting Field, I was part of the downsizing of the Navy when the Cold War ended. I finished my time in the Naval Reserve, retiring in 1997.
PLC training, second increment 1997. I'm the one in green:
Med deployment in 1987:
A year before I retired when the Navy made the mistake of promoting me and I lost my flying billet:
I'm starting to wonder if you flew any of the birds I was on. If so, screw you. Making my LCpl puke on my boots was NOT cool.
Ooh-Rah and semper fidelis.
As an aside, I remember the first time I got on a 46. I asked what the f- is with all this hydraulic fluid? The crew chief responded that it's when the hydraulic fluid isn't there, THEN you need to worry.
People have no perspective. And I know us grunts like to pick on scarewingers. One of the happiest moments of my life was 2 F-18A's coming out of nowhere and leveling the field. And some screwball 46 pilot dropping his bird 1 foot above the sand so we could all climb aboard. We may not always agree politically, but you got my respect for that. THAT mattered. A political message board does not.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
On the Road
LOL regarding making grunts puke since that was common joy. Not completely malicious either. A CH-46 is the biggest f**king target in an LZ. No crewmember wants any grunts lolly-gagging getting on or off. Do it quick so we can GTFO ASAP!DO we know each other? Crap, we could be twins except I was a grunt. Father is a retred USAF Chief and brother is a retired Army Capt. Grandfather is a retired Army SgtMaj. But the black sheep of the family had to go join the Corps. My family lived in JAX from 80 -99. Before that we lived in Homestead.
I'm starting to wonder if you flew any of the birds I was on. If so, screw you. Making my LCpl puke on my boots was NOT cool.
Ooh-Rah and semper fidelis.
As an aside, I remember the first time I got on a 46. I asked what the f- is with all this hydraulic fluid? The crew chief responded that it's when the hydraulic fluid isn't there, THEN you need to worry.
People have no perspective. And I know us grunts like to pick on scarewingers. One of the happiest moments of my life was 2 F-18A's coming out of nowhere and leveling the field. And some screwball 46 pilot dropping his bird 1 foot above the sand so we could all climb aboard. We may not always agree politically, but you got my respect for that. THAT mattered. A political message board does not.
One of the most fun Frags we had was to give post-bootcamp AIT Marines their first ride in a helo. Yes, we did our best to scare the shit out of them and to motivate them to leave the helo as quickly as possible. What they didn't know was that every aircrew I knew would risk their lives to go into a hot LZ to pick up wounded or stranded Marines. We were all Marines, of course....and still are. That doesn't mean we didn't have fun messing with the grunts.
Re NAS JAX, I was there from Jan 86 to late 89.
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Just Me
Y'all did that shit on purpose. That ain't funny.LOL regarding making grunts puke since that was common joy. Not completely malicious either. A CH-46 is the biggest f**king target in an LZ. No crewmember wants any grunts lolly-gagging getting on or off. Do it quick so we can GTFO ASAP!
One of the most fun Frags we had was to give post-bootcamp AIT Marines their first ride in a helo. Yes, we did our best to scare the shit out of them and to motivate them to leave the helo as quickly as possible. What they didn't know was that every aircrew I knew would risk their lives to go into a hot LZ to pick up wounded or stranded Marines. We were all Marines, of course....and still are. That doesn't mean we didn't have fun messing with the grunts.
Re NAS JAX, I was there from Jan 86 to late 89.
As far a lolly-gagging goes, I had two bags I wasn't leaving behind. I sat in the hatch with an M-40A1 just hoping someone would pull some sh*t. I was pissed.
I know what you whack-a-doodles will do. We were always taught y'all sucked. If you got the balls to drop a bird, hold it steady, in a hot hot LZ, and pick us up ....? If you're waiting for a complaint don't hold hold your breath. Sitting target for an RPG.
Just glad you were there.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
On the Road
Like this?
We would never leave Marines behind. Once Marines were dropped (preferably in a cold LZ), the plan was always to have two birds (a primary and an alternate in case the first went down) for medevac with two Cobras as cover.
Just Me
I loved having Cobra's for cover and the pilots were a hoot in Thailand.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
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US Army 1973-1990.
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
Sun Tzu
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“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock
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Rat. Welcome. USN 1964-1995.
I love to make Liberals Cry, and Whine.
So, this is for them.
GOD BLESS AMERICA - IN GOD WE TRUST !
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US Army 1988-95. ETS'd as a SSGT E-6. 7th ID (Light at that time), 24th ID, 2nd ID.
National Guard 1995-2000 and then 2002-2005.
11B all the way through except for the last hitch, I was still 11B but I worked in S-2. Left the Guard as a MSGT E-8.
I don't normally talk about my time in the service, the only civilian I've ever talked about it with was one of my sons when he told he wanted to enlist. It's kind of hard not to here though, there seem be a lot a veterans on this board.
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