Weather was brutal, I saw slush come out of the sky. 40 degrees with 40 knots of wind and raining is terrible, Gore-Tex lasts about 2 hours in that stuff. Best pizza I ever ate was from the Mar-Bar.
Dad: MTB-Torpedoman 1st class, South Pacific( Rabual- Soloman Islands)1942-1945, USN
Mom: 1st Women's Platoon, 1st Marine Div. 1942-1945 USMC S/P, Legal Office
Uncle: Pilot-B25, 71st Bomb Group, New Guinea, 1943-2003(MIA-KIA, Repatriated at Arlington Cemetary) US Army Air Corps
Brother: Door Gunner, 52nd Combat Aviation Gr. RVN 1966-1968, also 25th Inf, Schofeld Barracks, Hi US Army-1970
Nephew: Combat Medic SFC, 2 tours Iraq, 1st Inf Div. US Army, now Indiana National Guard, 2001-2013
God Bless All Who Have Served or Are Serving Now!!!!!!!! THANKS!!!!!!
Father: US Army Air Corps WWI, part anyways Mapping flights over China
Me: US Army Aug 67-Aug70
Basic: Fort Campbell, Ky
A.I.T. Fort Leonard Wood, Mo (62F30 Crane/Shovel Operator)
Pleiku Jan 68-Jan 69 HHC 20th Engr Bn, Crane, driving Dump and Fuel Trucks, Etc
Finished at Fort Lewis, Wa USATC helping pushing Basic Trainees and Battalion Driver, then 3Yrs inactive
USAF, 1979-85, Jet Engine Tech
Kadena, Okinawa 80-81, F-4
RAF Woodbridge UK 81-84, A-10
Mountain Home AFB, ID 84-85, F-111
USAFR, 1985-2010, Grissom ARB, Jet Engine Tech - Logistics Planner
Activated and deployed for Kosovo and Operation Enduring Freedom
Retired at the rank of SMSgt (E-8)