Who's Been in the Military?.

[Inline6]

I have been in the Army Reserve since May 3,1985 to present. I am now in the process transfering to the National Guard as a gunner. My MOS in the USAR for 14 years was 54BL5. . NBC Recon specialist. Needless to say I have spent a lot of time at Fort McClellan, AL. I too am a patriot and offer my services to whatever need my country ask. My father retired 1SG from the Marines and Army Reserve with 31 years service , and also retired Civil Service of 30 years. Now he drives a Dry concrete Freightliner for fun. Thanks to all the other soldiers and their contributions to sacrifices that have to be made. I salute you.

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[BigDaddy]

BigCarl64,
Back in "74" you guys were at the end of our runway.
Loved buzzin those guys #ad


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2000 DODGE RAM, 2500 HD, 4x4 SLT, Reg. Cab (135” WB), Forest Green, Agate interior, 5. 9L 24V Cummins Diesel, Auto, Shift-on-the-Fly (241HD), 4. 10 Anti-slip Rear, 4-Wheel Anti-Lock, Trailer Tow Group, Camper Group, Michelin
DC: Fog Lights Kit, Tow Rings, Under rail bedliner, VentVisors, Mud Flaps, & Mats.
After-market: K40, Viperw/AutoStart, Clarion 6 Disk CD w/remote, UnidenCB w/Francis antenna, Draw-Tite Activator II, Alpex 255TC2C Air Horns, Liquid Glass

 

[Diesel Freak]

Was in the navy for six years. Machinist Mate 2nd class (nuclear)

 

[Justbeamn]

USMC '83-87. Corporal, Lebanon Security when the s**t hit the fan then Military Police.

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98. 5 3500 SLT Quad Dually 4x4. Waterfall Blk on red. Custom dually flaps, All acc's w/leather
BD exhaust brake, dash mount Banks guages, Mag-Hytec Diff. cover, SS bug screen and fender trim,SS Stull diamond line running boards, Crome 4" turn down.
'97 Explorer
'90 Cherokee
'86 Iroc
'65 Sunbeam Tiger modified
'63 Sunbeam Alpine

 

[Banshe]

USAF '73 - '93. Worked F4E, FB111A and F15A,B,C,D,E. Was assigned to Eglin, Lowery, Luke, Soesterberg, Pease, Keflavik, Edwards and Nellis.

We used modified version of RobH's motto: Nuke 'em til they glow ... "then rent 'em out as light bulbs!"

 

[BillyKidd]

U. S. Navy 1967-1970
1-67/3-67 Boot Camp,Great Lakes
3-67/11-68 U. S. S. Bennington(CVS-20)
Mid-pac,Wes-pac,SHELLBACK
11-68/4-69 Various schools
Army Helicopter Door Gunner Sch. ,
AirCrew Sch. ,S. E. R. E. Sch.
05-69/06-70 Helicopter Attack(light)Sqn. Three
"SEAWOLVES" Republic of South Viet-Nam
Crew Chief/Door Gunner
07-07-70 "Early Out"(released active duty)
01-27-73 "HONORABLE DISCHARGE"

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93,CC,4X4,LE,Auto/3. 54. Banks intercooler/exhaust,K&N,PW injectors, 14cm2 wastegated turbo, "timed" pump, Walker "flow-thru" muffler,Emerald Grn. w/ SS running board,Grizzly Grill Guard.

 

[wdixon]

Navy

Hospital Corpsman - HM3
NAVHOSP Lemore, CA, 1991-1992
MCAS Kaneohe Bay, HI. 3/3 BAS 1992-1994

Now work in the oil field.

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Y2K 2500, Auto, 4x4, QC, Short Box, Garnet Red, Westin Nerf Bars, K&N. Synthetic Lubes, Reese 15k Side-to-Side Piviot Hitch

1998 Sea Breeze 37 Ft Triple Slide 5th Wheel.

 

[Pogodually]

Started my military career in Florida National Guard 1953 to 1955, Enlisted US Air Force in 1955 to 1959 flew in RC121's at McClellan AFB, CA. Decided to Retire with 4 in and 16 out, and 2 yrs 9 months and 16 days later I decided the AF wasn't that bad. Then another tour at Kessler to learn electronics, then Robins AFB working on C-124, then on to Ramey AFB, with the Hurricane Hunters WC-130's and WB-47's. Back to McClellan AFB with WC-135's. Still flying and working on Electronic equipment.
On to Charleston and Dover AFB to work on the first C-5A's. Finished up 20 years at Macdill AFB as NCOIC of 56th wing maintance training developing training programs. Many TDY places in between.

Just my career and many of the best years.
Still have wanderlust thanks to the RV and Massively Over Powered And Repected (MOPAR) dually.

Thanks for the opportunity to do this.
Dick Floyd


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Pogo Dually

 

[KB0OU]

Submarine Navy, MM1(SS), USS Francis Scott Key SSBN Gold and a few other places.

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96 CC 4X4 2500 SLT AUTO transmission, PrimeLoc, ISSPRO EGT Boost transmission Temp, GUTTED CAT, 150,000+ Miles still goin' strong, Lots of Ham Radio gear, NO IGNITION NOISE!!! Love my diesel!!! # 8 TST Fuel Plate.

 

[LSMITH]

4 years US Navy. Gunners Mate Guns 2nd class. Had a lot of fun but my ears are still ringing. Am wondering if this is normal or... .

 

[Champane Flight]

Basic Ft Bliss Tx,Ft Rucker Al,Hunter Army airfeild Ga,Nam. MOS 67N30. 1st Inf div,101st airborne. Pholoi,Quanloi,Lykay,Phoucvinh,Camp Eagle. 67-70. Champane Flight 1st inf,1st avn bat,company A . Without the Gee.
I don't drink anymore.

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95 Dodge 2500 Luverne grill guard,headache rack,running boards and Amzoiled. Soon to be mildly bombed. 84 Dodge d-150, 318 Hooker headers,Edelbrok intake,mallory ignition,Carter Afb,Accel coil,and Custom dual exhaust. Boat,fifthwheel,motorcycles,and shop,job to support toys. Yuck...

 

[Champane Flight]

Forgot something,Billy remember the Rebels?How about the kid?Knew a few Seawolves. When they went to Cobras I went to the Bulldogs.

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95 Dodge 2500 Luverne grill guard,headache rack,running boards and Amzoiled. Soon to be mildly bombed. 84 Dodge d-150, 318 Hooker headers,Edelbrok intake,mallory ignition,Carter Afb,Accel coil,and Custom dual exhaust. Boat,fifthwheel,motorcycles,and shop,job to support toys. Yuck...

 

[zzman]

74-77 US Army
AIRBORNE RANGER
"ALL THE WAY"

 

[Bart Timothy]

July '66 - drafted into the Army

trained as a vehicle recorery and evacuation specialist

July '67 to July '68 - 5 ton wrecker operator for a 5 ton tractor/trailer company located at Pleiku, central highlands, Viet Nam. The military 5 ton tractors only lasted 20,000 miles over there before frames would crack out due to over loading and being driven too fast on the rough roads. They would load 80 to 90,000 lbs on those 5 ton trailers and drive the trucks as fast as they would go. The multi-fuel engiines out ran both the gassers and diesels of the day by large margins. When the seal was broken on the injection pump to get more fueling, flames would shoot out the stack by a couple of feet under hard use.

Have great respect for the military, but hated every minute I was in it and Viet Nam deffinately wasn't a fun place to be.

 

[TomGolden]

US Army 1985 - 1988, enlisted man (E2)
MOS: 27E Tow/Dragon Missle Technician
Basic: Ft. McClellan, Alabama
AIT: Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama
Perm. Station: Ft. Irwin, California



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Get outta the way: The Cummins is Cummin'!

Tom Golden
Godzilla: Patriot Blue 2001 2500 SLT QC 4X4 LWB ETH/DEE, Tow & Camper packages, 3. 54 Ltd. Slip, 4 wheel disc ABS, Isspro EGT/boost gauges, black SmittyBilt nerf bars, TDR decal, Jack antenna ball
2001 Zinc Yellow SVT Mustang Cobra on order
NRA Life/CRPA/El Dorado #26 F. &A. M. of California

 

[91W350]

No military experience, 20 years in law enforcement. I have been thinking about buying a deuce and a half. Any of you military guys have good or bad things to share with me? Is the multifuel a good or bad thing. How about fuel mileage, I do not have a clue what one would do running down the road. I assume they are 45 to 50 mph trucks. A lot of them have hours that are 20 percent of the mileage figure, or average less than five miles per hour for running time. Thanks, Glen

 

[Rams-n-Hogs]

Someone must have been searching the archives for this thread. 20 years and 1 week in the USAF. Plenty long enough for me.



Glen,



I have a friend that has a deuce. Continental, (if I remember right), multi-fuel. It's really a sweet running truck. It will do 55 but that's about it's limit. I think he was getting about 5-6 mpg. The multi-fuel just means it can run on other fuel if diesel isn't available, but it's not near as efficient. If you have more questions on it, send me a PM, and I will contact him. After he got his, (even before), I wanted one, but I had just got my Cummins. I'm still trying to make my turbo sing like that one.



Jim

 

[DHayden]

8 years active duty Army from 89-97

67N (UH-1H) crewchief

Ft Knox, Ft Rucker, Ft Carson, Wheeler AFB HI



67U (CH-47D) Chinook Flight Engineer

Ft Eustis, Ft Cambell



3 years Army Guard/ Technician GS-10 97-2000

CH-47 Flight Engineer Instructor



3 years Air National Guard 2000-present

4A2 Biomedical Engineer

Fairchild AFB, Kirtland AFB



Been all around this little world and wouldnt trade it for anything

 

[dalton4]

USAF, 1961 - 1982.

 

[Philip]

USAF 1971 to 1979



general purpose auto mechanic.