Military service?
 

Who has been or still is in the military. Any branch, any country, other than Iraq, they do not exist anymore. And what did or do you do?

SVX-ff USAF C130 mechanic

Re: Military service?
 

Hi FF, I spent my three years in the USArmy as an Army bandsman. Toot, Toot Take care, BOBB

Me
 

I will have 17 years in the Air Force as of 3 April. My current duty assignment has me stationed in Ankara, Turkey for a 15 month tour. However this week I am in Wiesbaden, Germany for a TDY to take care of some business. Before Turkey I was at Minot N.D., Spangdahlem Germany, and Offutt Ne. I am sure many people will think I ma nuts when I say that I am really looking forward to getting back to North Dakota...but that is beacuse I want to get back to the Wife and Kids.

Chris.

That's cool Chris. I will be moving to the Twin cities are. about 9 hrs away. maybe we could hook up in Fargo some day. After you have spen time with the wife and kids.

8 Years USAF, got out as an E-5 in October of 2002 right after Stop Loss ended.

2A6X5 Aircraft Hydraulic Systems

2 years @ RAF Mildnehall, UK working on KC-135s, C-130 (Talon II's and refuelers), and MH-53J Pavelow III's...

5.5 years @ McGuire AFB, NJ working on KC-10's

2+ years worth of deployments in the Gulf too

Here I am for the last 2 years working on a Navy Contract... Thats it, leave the Military, to... work for the Military... YAY!

Also... while in Kuwait City, my last deployment, I saw an SVX there!!

Teh GreenMarineSVX is currently still in the Military... :rolleyes:

Branch
USMC

Current Rank
E-4 (Corporal)

Time in Service
3 years

Time left in service
about a year

Job
-- (1st MOS) -- 6531 "O" Level F-18 Weapon System Tec.
-- (2nd MOS) -- 9968 Base Explosive Safety NCO
-- (3rd MOS) -- **** Base Ground Safety NCO
-- (Current MOS) -- Family Team Building Assistany **Not really an MOS**

Where have I been??
Hmmm, well I've been on the USS Harry S Truman for a grand total of about 3 months... Other than that I've not left the Continental US... :rolleyes: Oh well, if I don't deploy then I get to have fun with my SVX :D:D:D

(MOS -- Military Occupational Specialty)

OK, I see not 1, not 2, but THREE SVX owners, that are or were in the Military, and their names are all Chris... WTF...:confused:

Not chris... but
 

I did serve in the Navy during the reign of King Carter the budget cutter... aboard USS Nautilus SSN 571 as QM3 (SS)

I was in the USNR from 1970 to 1975. I was an AW-A E4 flying crew with P-2's and later w/ P-3's out of Glenview NAS (IL) (when it still was a NAS).

My son just landed today (!!!!!) in Ft. McCoy after a 1 year tour of duty with the 652nd Engr. Batallion (Army Reserves) in Iraq. He'll be home in about a week.

We are grateful he is back home safe and sound, but his wife and 1 yr. old daughter are probably more grateful.

-Mark

i was in Air Force basic training until i tore my knee up and got sent home two days before i would have completed it. :rolleyes:


i have a LOT of respect for the people in the military, but i'm glad i got out - i'm too much of a non-conformist jackass. :D

SVX ex-military
 

I grew up an ARMY -brat, moving from Ft. to Ft..
I was Squadron Leader in my High School AF Jr ROTC Unit.
I served active time in the Army during the Nam. Did not see Nam as I was with the 82nd Airborne and then Airborne Artic Infantry in Alaska.

I was so impressed with the Subaru I bought there that I have now owned several of them. When I found out about the SVX model, I had to have one.
I'm sure glad I did. It's the finest car I've ever owned (and I've owned quite a few).
I'M currently trading out the auto tranny for a 5-speed manual gearbox. This is one of the few times I've been enjoying working on my broken vehicle. 9don't tell the wife I ruined the auto tranny on purpose)
I feel it was ahead of it's time and was the best car ever mass marketed in the 20th Century.
but then I've been biased towards Subarus and Chevy's for a long time.
My wife calls it an endearing character flaw.

TXCESSVX

I was a reluctant US Army draftee in '63 during the cold war & hippie era. JFK was assassinated during my 8 week boot camp reality show in Ft. Dix, NJ; & I figured we'd be exchanging nukes with the Rooskis since they, no doubt, were responsible. Fortunately, only Marina Oswald was Russian, not Lee Harvey, so the cold war continued. Nonetheless, I was shipped off to do battle with the Russians at the Monterey, CA Defense Language Institute for a year. Then, filled with a fluent command of the Russian language, especially the picturesque profanity, I was shipped off to a listening post in West Germany to sit in a hut & eavesdrop upon the poor unsuspecting Russian tank corps. I learned that their officers generally got drunker & more often than ours. I got out in '67, after having helped win the cold war for Mr. Reagan 20 odd years later.
My MOS was highly classified & I shouldn't be telling you all this. But as I have done so, I must now go outside & shoot myself.

Ron (Bond - James Bond ..................bang!).

I played fife at the Battle of Bunker Hill. I also was assigned to clean the barn stall of the horse that Paul Revere rode. :D :D


Larry III

Larry, I thought you tended Napolean's horse? :) I have been in the USAF Reserve for 10 years now at McGuire AFB in NJ as a Combat Arms Specialist attached to a Security Forces Squadron. I did 18 months of Active Duty from 11/01-04/03 for Noble Eagle.

Dan

Haha, I was in the 605th, bad boy squadron yeah!!

Funny, I parked my SVX 2 buildings over from the main cop shop for 5 years... but I know... CA is over by the flight sims...