The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - What branch of the service and when did you serve?

What branch of the service and when did you serve? (reply)

Art — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 00:31:44 +0000

USAF 1965 to 1969 Headquarters Command. Special weapons and observing the nuclear program of the USSR (spying).

US Army (reply)

mcassill — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 15:08:37 +0000

RC light infantry 1988-1996, back in for a vacation in the desert 2005-2007.

Amen Brien. (reply)

Hoot — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:09:18 +0000

I have been amazed at the members of this board ever since I showed up.

What a wealth of talent and history we have here. nt (reply)

Brien1 — Tue, 31 May 2016 22:50:50 +0000

Ooh. What a small world we live in. (reply)

Miles — Tue, 31 May 2016 18:47:56 +0000

Been retired for two years. And I still get occasional phone calls for 'HALP!'

What branch of the service and when did you serve? (reply)

Laphroig53 — Tue, 31 May 2016 15:11:31 +0000

Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Army, Fort McClellan, AL. January 78 - January 82.

Found it..... (reply)

Otony — Tue, 31 May 2016 14:03:08 +0000

.......and it was 042, but I'm off a year, they pulled our numbers in March of 1974.

They canceled the induction process in June of 1973, which was how I missed the draft. After so many years I confused the two events.

Otony

After so many years, I honestly don't recall what....... (reply)

Otony — Tue, 31 May 2016 13:58:36 +0000

........what my number was, but it was two digits.

Is there a place where we can look it up? Now I'm curious.

Otony

Otony, A friend and I were in the first draft lottery (reply)

MR — Tue, 31 May 2016 13:49:42 +0000

I got #277, and he won the lottery with #1.
He was called for a physical, and was graded USDA Prime.
But he was never drafted.

Ooh. What a small world we live in. (reply)

Jeff Taylor — Tue, 31 May 2016 09:40:46 +0000

Yep. How interesting.
I work in 3X.

What branch of the service and when did you serve? (reply)

Creeker — Tue, 31 May 2016 01:32:14 +0000

Simple soldier, US Army, 1968-1971.

U.S. Army (reply)

Miles — Mon, 30 May 2016 22:41:10 +0000

1989 - 1993 Active Duty
1993 - 1997 Reserves
2005 - 2014 Federal Civil Service DA civilian.
Most of my close friends here know I had to retire earlier than planned due to some serious medical problems.

Ooh. What a small world we live in. (reply)

Miles — Mon, 30 May 2016 22:33:28 +0000

Prodigy Arrow should mean something to you then.

Ooo....AC130. That's the stuff. Any fav stories? NT (reply)

Bryan Pettet — Mon, 30 May 2016 04:26:14 +0000

Sadly, I never served, but Uncle Sam had me in mind.... (reply)

Otony — Mon, 30 May 2016 04:24:44 +0000

.......pulled a low number in 1973, figured I was going to tour an exotic country all expenses paid. The Peace Accords were signed, so the gummint lost interest in me.

I had been giving thought to enlisting in the Army, so I had a better chance of getting a desirable MOS, but signed up with the US Postal Service for what I figured was going to be a couple of years until I decided what I really wanted to do. While I was floundering around, 32 years passed by, then I was forced into retirement. Now I'm losing money farming and working part-time in a gunshop. Never claimed to be too smart, and it shows.

If I could do it all over, and knew then what I know now, I'd have skipped the PO and gone straight into the Army. I have nothing but respect for those who served.

Otony

How about a fleet of ships (reply)

Brien1 — Mon, 30 May 2016 04:20:23 +0000

from an 8 foot dingy and aluminum foil?

Keep em guessing

from 1980 until now! (reply)

Jeff Taylor — Mon, 30 May 2016 04:00:15 +0000

1980-1985 TN Army National Guard and college
1985-2011 USAF C-130, AC-130, and HC-130 pilot
2011-present Gov't Civilian staff officer in USSOCOM
Just keepin on keepin on...

Mech Inf Grunt in FRG.... (reply)

bob — Mon, 30 May 2016 02:58:41 +0000

3rd ACR had returned to Ft. Lewis just before I returned from the RVN, they did a whole buncha boonie searches for D.B. Cooper.
bob

Do you remember the Beach Jumpers name? nt (reply)

bob — Mon, 30 May 2016 02:56:03 +0000

Sorry, no I don't, but that guy could rig a tape recorder and projector onto a PBR that made every VC/NVA in the province take pot shots at us!
bob

What branch of the service and when did you serve? (reply)

Rod M — Mon, 30 May 2016 02:16:45 +0000

I didn't. Came of age after the draft was abolished and before registering for the draft was re-instated. My son, though, at 25 years old and with a college degree joined the Marines and went to Parris Island in January. He signed up for 6 years specifically to get into the infantry. Said he wanted to do something hard. His mother, and my wife, went through medical school and was one of the doctors in Liberia 2 summers ago battling Ebola. I think he's trying to keep up with his mama. Both of them are my heros.