FTCF Military Members?

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FTCF Military Members?

January 09, 2008, 12:38:20 AM

FTCF Military Members:

Air Force - 3
Army - 5
Coast Guard - 1
Marines - 1
Navy - 4

Original post:

I know quite a few of us are retired (myself, Vinnie, and very recently Atariman?) and some are still active. How many of you are/were in the military, be it US or otherwise? What branch? Where were you stationed? I keep running into military people and it's got my curiosity to see how many of you were/are too?

Me:
U.S. Coast Guard (Active Duty)

Basic - Cape May, NJ Aug-Oct 03

(The following was while attached to the USCGC Sea Lion)
Pre-Commissioning Crew - Lockport, LA Oct 03
Training Group New Orleans - New Orleans, LA Nov 03
Sea Trials - Key West, FL Nov 03
Central America Tour - Nov-Dec 03
West Coast Tour - Jan 04
Regular Patrol Duty - Bellingham, WA Feb 04-Dec 04 (my injury was in Dec)

I was then placed on Medical and spent some time in the hospitals and at home until May 05, all while still administratively assigned to the Sea Lion. (No hard feelings, it was an accident and not the instructor's fault)

USCG Station Bellingham - May 05-July 06

Thus ended my exactly 3-year tour, Honorably Discharged (I would have re-upped if they didn't medically retire me).

I was a Fireman/Machinery Technician (made it up to E3 right out of Basic thanks to CAP/college, was on the E4 promotion list when injured, they take you off and hold your rank, which sucked).

My favorite awards are the Order of the Ditch (for sailing the Panama Cbuttstuff) and the Plankowner's Certificate for being a Commissioning crew.

So, where did you guys go? Would you do it again? How many wish they were still in? I'd say maybe 50-60% of my high school joined the military (most went Army or Marines, not a real big education state that Florida).

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Reply #1 – January 09, 2008, 12:49:51 AM

im not in the military, i was turned down b/c of my medical issues, basically i'd be too gung ho to enlist so to speak... tried every branch, but nothing. :( but i support the troops, and i dont just say that to be saying it! i give every one of them i see the up most respect. my cousin benny was training for special ops (i dunno what regiment etc he was in, he was stationed for training in Colorado) but while parachuting out of a helicopter his foot got caught in a net with the chute open so guess what happend to his ankle/leg. so he was discharged i believe.

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Reply #2 – January 09, 2008, 01:30:13 AM

USAF -- 10 years total 4 active duty, 6 NYS Air National guard.

Active duty station: Mcguire AFB, NJ
Guard Station: Gabreski ANG station, Westhampton NY

ETS was July 17, 2006.

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Reply #3 – January 09, 2008, 02:48:19 AM

USAF Active

Stationed at Keesler AFB, MS Moody AFB, GA and now USAF Academy, CO.

Been in 3.5 years

Outstanding Unit Award,
National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Air Force Training Ribbon

not much... lol

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Reply #4 – January 09, 2008, 03:27:48 AM

You did not retire. Hope you dont take the wrong but when you say you retired,, and did not,, that takes something away from those who really did. No one gets "medically retired" and if you did,,show proof cause ive never heard about it in my 15 years of service which ended in 01.
Just the bottom right hand corner of your dd214 will do sir.

The national defense metal has nothing to do with busting a russian ship for what ever. Its a "gimmie" medal for the nations troops being in harms way even if your not there and its worth about 2 points for test purposes. I have three of them and was there on all three instances.

SAR was also one of my many NEC's., sill have the orange pocket knife to prove it,,lol.

Nonetheless, your pointing out of specific duty stations and thier mission(s) is not in good stewardship of the on going fight we have at hand and i find in difficult to not tell you ,, so i will,,,,,,,, Take down the ships name(s) and what your missions were. It could have a cause and effect or one of those "unknown Knowns" if your intel is up to snuff. Google is good at finding posts like this when people plan things.

Your whole level of detail is a security risk for ships company tonight on board the boat,, you could be a little more general.

myself..........

US NAVY 1986-2001
Aviation Electroics
several carriers, attached to AIMD and MARDET as well as SEAOPDET
Short stent on s duty at NAS Oceana and NAS Norfolk
Three Med Cruises
Two North Atlantic Cruises
Two Carribian Cruises

Ive worked the flight deck, ran a shops, worked qa, ect ect.

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Reply #5 – January 09, 2008, 06:27:03 AM

US Army, 10 years as of feb 2007. I'm now in the IRR for about another year (2 Total)

Basic was in Ft Benning GA, First MOS was a 92A Automated Logistical Specialist.

I re-classed to Infantry (11B) and did a tour in Iraq from 04-late 95

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Reply #6 – January 09, 2008, 06:33:49 AM

USAF active for 10 years from 87 to 97

Minot AFB, ND: AGE Mech
RAF Greenham Common, England: Ground Launched Cruise Missiles (BGM109 W84 Nuclear Warheads helped end the cold war)
Robbins AFB, GA: AGE Mech
McChord AFB, WA: C141B Flight Engineer was my last assignment.

The flight engineer job was the best job I've ever had to this day!

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Reply #7 – January 09, 2008, 07:34:08 AM

US Navy 1981-84

Air Crew Photographer's Mate

Boot Camp in Orlando FL
Air Crew and Photomate School in Pensacola FL
Duty Station USS Nimitz CVN-68
Medical Discarge (Ulcers and hearing loss)

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Reply #8 – January 09, 2008, 10:15:22 AM

Quote from: jcassity;196631

You did not retire. Hope you dont take the wrong but when you say you retired,, and did not,, that takes something away from those who really did. No one gets "medically retired" and if you did,,show proof cause ive never heard about it in my 15 years of service which ended in 01.
Just the bottom right hand corner of your dd214 will do sir.

The national defense metal has nothing to do with busting a russian ship for what ever. Its a "gimmie" medal for the nations troops being in harms way even if your not there and its worth about 2 points for test purposes. I have three of them and was there on all three instances.

SAR was also one of my many NEC's., sill have the orange pocket knife to prove it,,lol.

Nonetheless, your pointing out of specific duty stations and thier mission(s) is not in good stewardship of the on going fight we have at hand and i find in difficult to not tell you ,, so i will,,,,,,,, Take down the ships name(s) and what your missions were. It could have a cause and effect or one of those "unknown Knowns" if your intel is up to snuff. Google is good at finding posts like this when people plan things.

Your whole level of detail is a security risk for ships company tonight on board the boat,, you could be a little more general.

myself..........

US NAVY 1986-2001
Aviation Electroics
several carriers, attached to AIMD and MARDET as well as SEAOPDET
Short stent on s duty at NAS Oceana and NAS Norfolk
Three Med Cruises
Two North Atlantic Cruises
Two Carribian Cruises

Ive worked the flight deck, ran a shops, worked qa, ect ect.

It's called "medically retired", and yes, I did. I'm 40% disabled and I'd appreciate it if you didn't act all high-and-mighty about it because it sure as hell wasn't by choice.

DD214:
Block 23 - Type of Separation: Retirement
Block 24 - Character of Service: Honorable
Block 26 - Separation Code: SFJ
Block 28 - Narrative: Disability, Permanent

The National Defense Medal is not a "gimee" to the Coast Guard, we don't get deployed unless volunteered, so we actually have to "do" something about it (granted, not much, but we do have to do something outside of our basic SAR/LE/Fisheries mission). The bust just happened to be what they decided we earned it for.

Everything I listed is unclassified and freely found not only on the web, but on the Coast Guard's own website. I will take down the specifics of the missions though, because as you said, even if it's out there we shouldn't "hand" it to them.

Attached is a picture of my DD214, I will take it down once you've seen it, even though it's only the corner.

*Taken Down*

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Reply #9 – January 09, 2008, 11:15:47 AM

Quote from: jcassity;196631

You did not retire. Hope you dont take the wrong but when you say you retired,, and did not,, that takes something away from those who really did. No one gets "medically retired" and if you did,,show proof cause ive never heard about it in my 15 years of service which ended in 01.
Just the bottom right hand corner of your dd214 will do sir.

The national defense metal has nothing to do with busting a russian ship for what ever. Its a "gimmie" medal for the nations troops being in harms way even if your not there and its worth about 2 points for test purposes. I have three of them and was there on all three instances.

SAR was also one of my many NEC's., sill have the orange pocket knife to prove it,,lol.

Nonetheless, your pointing out of specific duty stations and thier mission(s) is not in good stewardship of the on going fight we have at hand and i find in difficult to not tell you ,, so i will,,,,,,,, Take down the ships name(s) and what your missions were. It could have a cause and effect or one of those "unknown Knowns" if your intel is up to snuff. Google is good at finding posts like this when people plan things.

Your whole level of detail is a security risk for ships company tonight on board the boat,, you could be a little more general.

myself..........

US NAVY 1986-2001
Aviation Electroics
several carriers, attached to AIMD and MARDET as well as SEAOPDET
Short stent on s duty at NAS Oceana and NAS Norfolk
Three Med Cruises
Two North Atlantic Cruises
Two Carribian Cruises

Ive worked the flight deck, ran a shops, worked qa, ect ect.

Excuse me!?

I am going to have to come to Aerobirds Defense here. I worked Retirements specifically for a while and know for a fact you CAN get medically retired as well as medically dishcharged. Where do you get off that saying he is medically retired takes away from your retired status!? I am sure he did not have a choice in the matter. The National Defense Service Medal is just that. A (SERVICE) Medal meaning you Served at a time when National Defense was at stake. Not saying I busted any sub or anything just saying what I got..

You talk about him stating his service locations being a risk but then request he posts his 214 on a public website? I don't understand what made you so upset man...

Sheesh....

I edited this a little because I freaked out more than I probably should have lol...

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Reply #10 – January 09, 2008, 11:19:17 AM

US Navy from 1972 to 1998. Lots of places: Moffett Field, Ca. Cecil Field, Fl. Lemoore, Ca. Atsugi puppiesan, China Lake, Ca.

And it's nice being a civilian again. 10 years and counting.:D

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Reply #11 – January 09, 2008, 11:30:28 AM

Quote from: jcassity;196631

You did not retire. Hope you dont take the wrong but when you say you retired,, and did not,, that takes something away from those who really did. No one gets "medically retired" and if you did,,show proof cause ive never heard about it in my 15 years of service which ended in 01.
Just the bottom right hand corner of your dd214 will do sir.

The national defense metal has nothing to do with busting a russian ship for what ever. Its a "gimmie" medal for the nations troops being in harms way even if your not there and its worth about 2 points for test purposes. I have three of them and was there on all three instances.

SAR was also one of my many NEC's., sill have the orange pocket knife to prove it,,lol.

Nonetheless, your pointing out of specific duty stations and thier mission(s) is not in good stewardship of the on going fight we have at hand and i find in difficult to not tell you ,, so i will,,,,,,,, Take down the ships name(s) and what your missions were. It could have a cause and effect or one of those "unknown Knowns" if your intel is up to snuff. Google is good at finding posts like this when people plan things.

Your whole level of detail is a security risk for ships company tonight on board the boat,, you could be a little more general.

myself..........

US NAVY 1986-2001
Aviation Electroics
several carriers, attached to AIMD and MARDET as well as SEAOPDET
Short stent on s duty at NAS Oceana and NAS Norfolk
Three Med Cruises
Two North Atlantic Cruises
Two Carribian Cruises

Ive worked the flight deck, ran a shops, worked qa, ect ect.

You'll get some arguments about "medically retired" from a few thousand vets from the last 5 years especially. You left the service after 15 years. Are you retired in any way? You didn't say.

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Reply #12 – January 09, 2008, 11:33:02 AM

Edited

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Reply #13 – January 09, 2008, 12:35:38 PM

Quote from: Carl;196686

I worked Retirements specifically for a while and know

Can you explain to us what is required to be medically retired versus a medical discharge or severance?

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Reply #14 – January 09, 2008, 01:57:44 PM

Guys, let's just stick the point, and that is he served, now let's hear from others who have too. No use bickering about miscellaneous things and getting the thread out of hand. Michael, perhaps you can keep a running total of how many of us have in the first thread.