Your Military Service

[BurntBulb]

Give an accounting, what ever you want to say, of your service.
Your rate, your rank, some telling stories of your service.

As usual with my threads, I'll go 1st.

after college, became a reservist officer in the navy.
My 1st deployment was to the fleet in the Med.
What a cesspool. Made me appreciate the U.S.
My 2nd deployment was to the North Atlantic.
Chasing Soviet boomers down the Red Routes.
Next, we were scheduled to go into drydock for a refit.
During a tasking, we got orders to replace a damaged sister ship.
Spent 3 months at sea playing NATO games in the Caribbean.
Next was the South Atlantic, chasing boomers to the Horn and the Cape.
Along with junk freighters and Soviet surface ships running to Africa.
Next deployment was back in the Med. I hate Naples!
Then we finally went to the dry docks, for a major refit.
that's when my Captain and Admiral came to me to re-up.
I demanded they take me off the reservist list and make me active.
Of course, they couldn't do that. All officers must go through the boards.
So, a few months later I was out.

[gerryowen]

1st Bn 46th Infantry
3rd Bn 21st Infantry
1st Sqdn 18th Cavalry
1st Bn 9th Infantry
1st Bn 22nd Infantry
44th Combat Engineers
571st Helicopter Ambulance
1st Bn 228th Aviation
4th Bn 228th Aviation
377th Helicopter Ambulance
571st Helicopter Ambulance
52nd Medical Evacuation Bn
10th Combat Support Hospital
568th Ambulance Company
2nd Bn 361st Infantry
91st Infantry Division Observer/Controller Detachment
5502nd USAH
Retired First Sergeant

[CaseyLizabeth]

Thanks to both of you gentlemen above!

[twright55]

43rd CEC (Combat Engineering Company), 3rd ACR (Armored Cavalry Regiment)
91'-94'

[BurntBulb]

Originally Posted by twright55

43rd CEC (Combat Engineering Company), 3rd ACR (Armored Cavalry Regiment)
91'-94'

Did you work on track vehicles, like the Abrams?

[kasheku]

Originally Posted by gerryowen

1st Bn 46th Infantry
3rd Bn 21st Infantry
1st Sqdn 18th Cavalry
1st Bn 9th Infantry
1st Bn 22nd Infantry
44th Combat Engineers
571st Helicopter Ambulance
1st Bn 228th Aviation
4th Bn 228th Aviation
377th Helicopter Ambulance
571st Helicopter Ambulance
52nd Medical Evacuation Bn
10th Combat Support Hospital
568th Ambulance Company
2nd Bn 361st Infantry
91st Infantry Division Observer/Controller Detachment
5502nd USAH
Retired First Sergeant

way to set the bar lol

I was Army, 11B and 13F


Its tough to follow that guy.

[gerryowen]

Originally Posted by kasheku

way to set the bar lol

I was Army, 11B and 13F


Its tough to follow that guy.

Yea, was 11B for half the career, then switched to medical field.

[twright55]

Originally Posted by BurntBulb

Did you work on track vehicles, like the Abrams?

I realized I didn't post my MOS
12F: Combat Engineer, tracked vehicle crewman
So I was a crewman, but we had to maintain our own vehicles, too.
M728 CEV and M9 ACE were the vehicles I was assigned to. Could operate an AVLB, but was never assigned to one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M728_c...gineer_vehicle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M9_Arm...bat_Earthmover

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M60_AVLB

[gerryowen]

Originally Posted by twright55

I realized I didn't post my MOS
12F: Combat Engineer, tracked vehicle crewman
So I was a crewman, but we had to maintain our own vehicles, too.
M728 CEV and M9 ACE were the vehicles I was assigned to. Could operate an AVLB, but was never assigned to one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M728_c...gineer_vehicle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M9_Arm...bat_Earthmover

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M60_AVLB

My first station after switching to 91B was the 44th Engrs in Korea, wasn't too bad a unit, but I had a patient that had been hit with a buffer while he was in the shower and then bitten. Worse than grunts.

[twright55]

Ha, can't say I've ever seen any buffer injuries before..lol