United States Air Force 1988 to present
TSgt
Currently a recruiter but returning to what I do best, loading bombs on F-16's in Korea.
AFSC - 462x0 (or 2w1x1 now, but I refuse to acknowledge that)
Assigned to Langley, Upper Heyford, Lakenheath. TDY to more places than I care to remember. Gulf War, Iraqi Freedom, GWOT veteran.
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."
Mark Twain
“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
US Army 13 Nov. 67 - 1 Jan. 80 Specialty 95B50 Military Police, Additional skill as Physical Security Specialist (Arms, Ammunition's and Explosives Security Inspector)
Airborne with two assignments with the 82nd Airborne Division and One assignment with XVIIIth Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg.
Duty overseas in Korea and Germany.
Key positions:
Detachment Sergeant HHD, 728th MP Bn. Camp Carrol Army Depot Korea
Non Commissioned Officer in Charge of XVIIIth Airborne Corps & Ft. Bragg Physical Security Branch of the Provost Marshal(supervised inspection teams of AA & E for Ft. Bragg and state RC.
Operation Sergeant 273rd MP Co DC National Guard (Full time Active Duty Management)
Operations Sergeant Provost Marshal Office Ft. Lee, VA
First Sergeant 4th MP Co Ft. Carson CO
Operations Sergeant, Office of the Provost Marshal 2nd Infantry Div. Tong do Chan, Korea (DMZ)
Coolest things I did: Parachuted onto a sand bar in a river in Korea from 600 feet with full combat gear on a training exercise in 1969.
Worked with the first Project Delta Force commander Col. Beckwith at Fort Bragg setting up security of the Delta Force special weapons and ammo. The Delta Force later conducted a failed mission in Iran during the hostage situation.
"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."
---Thomas Jefferson (or as Al Sharpton calls him: Grandpappy)
U.S. Coast Guard Reserves 1980-86
Search and Rescue
SF Bay Area
And Obama... I never had to threaten anyone's life. I would not claim to having saved a life but I helped save quite a bit of property.
Immie
For it is by Grace you have been saved, through faith -- and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God -- not by works, so that no one can boast. Eph 2:8-9
USAF 1999-2004.
Staff Segreant.
Tech Control!!!
PRAIRIE FIRE by William Ayers: Obama's guide to destory America
"Maybe I missed that part of the Constitution"--Joe Steel
You can't spell Liberals without Lies.
BRANCH: United Sates Marine Corps
DATES: 1982 - 1989
RANK: Corporal of Marines
MOS: 2111 Small Arms Repairman / 8531 Primary Marksmanship Instructor
UNITS:
3D Tank Bn, 3D MarDiv MCAGCC 29 Palms
3D Maintenance Bn, 3D FSSG Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan
HQ Co, HQ Bn, School of Infantry, Camp Pendeleton
POLITICAL ACTIVISTS CREED
"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brushfires in people's minds" -Samuel Adams
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men
stand ready to do violence on their behalf."~George Orwell
USMC
1981-2003 Retired after the unit got back from Iraq
Got a kid in, got a son-in-law in, got another kid talking to the recruiter.
I might just make a fireteam leader yet.
I'm Phil -- 40 something heterosexual white male, fairly self sufficient, great with my kids, wed 29 years to the same woman, and I firmly believe that ones actions have logical consequences. How much more out the box can you get nowadays? -- MSgt of Marines (ret)
Got out of Lackland (home of USAF Basic Military Training for you non-airmen) in December. I am now stationed at Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls, TX. I am in technical school, training for my three skill level. I am going to be a maintanence management systems analyst, assuming of course that I don't give into the temptation to enter some codes into the computer "by hand".
Last edited by Black Lance; 01-31-2008 at 08:36 PM.
"Let me at least not die without a struggle, inglorious, but having done some big thing first, for men to come to know of." - Hector