Share your war stories here and tales from your days in uniform here!
When and where did you serve? -Jeff L
Before deploying to Vietnam, our company was required to shoot and qualify with all our company weapons. At the 3 inch bazooka range we all fired...
This morning was Fathers' Day and I went out and shot a bit. The RO had a great "COMMAND VOICE" and I asked him if he was a vet GI RO and, yes. This...
This topic occasionally comes up in conversation with non-veterans or prospective recruits. My examples concent the Army, veterans of other services...
On Okinawa, '74-'75, we in the Camp Hansen BOQ paid our mama sans $25 per month. For that my boots and shoes were all kept spit shined, fatigues...
Some might question whether this story will be of interest to many people or whether it even qualifies as a "service life" story but I hope it will...
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I love hearing old war stories from WWII. I was wondering what stories you guys had from friends, family, or acquantances? This is probably my two...
International Police Task Force. Did a year 2000-2001 at Station Bijeljina (be-a-lina) in the Tuzla section of Bosnia. OMG what an F'd up place......
I was in RVN from Aug 66 to Oct 68. 1st Cav out of An Khe for 4 months flying on "Caribou's" - Then went to the 224th Avn Btn (RR) with the 144th Avn...
What was the best meal you had on base, aboard ship etc? -Jeff L
I was Okinawa for a year and there was a good deal about buying guns from Winchester Hong Kong. I assumed the guns would be sent to Okinawa but I was...
Not really looking here for confessions about (ahem) serious matters. I'll lead off with a couple of my wuss dental officer whines. On Okinawa, in...
Old news but worth a look. Collection sold for $35K. :eek: •Link •Auction link...
Non-issue, when you were in combat.
Where were you, what were you doing? I just put one up or, more accurately, Don W did for me. This is me, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1970, Army ROTC...
Or "poseurs". I prefer that word. With the War on Terror having made military service patriotic again, and service in Vietnam now seen as something...
There are certain dates in everyones life that they remember for various reasons, good or bad. Today is one of those days for me. We had been at...
My unit was once deployed to Cold Lake. Being a collector way back then, I looked up Canadian rank insignia. I spotted an officer and saluted him...
When I was in the 1-12 Infantry, 4th Infantry Division in 1983, the arms room had M3s. Not the A1 models either with the finger hole in the bolt,...
How many of you guys wore a bent nail in your utility cover (fatigue hat) for sight adjustment on the OLD M-16 before dial-in sights? They were...
To all that went before me, to those that came after me. happy 237th! :icon_salut:.........SEMPER FI
God I hate these people. I retired in late 2009 and have spent two years sending them paperwork and watching the make decisions that utterly boggle...
A boy and his grenade launcher. http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h116/tinbender-mike/81400007.jpg Nike-Hercules site. D Battery 5/6 ADA. ...
A young MP next to his newly painted vehicle circa 1980. 3 A/D 503rd MP Co. Ray Barracks, Friedberg, FRG. ...
At a local "Kewpee" fast hamburger in restaurant, in Lima, Oh. I saw 5 gentlemen, with hats and jackets with their KOREAN unit emblems, getting...
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