Moderators dtel Posted December 5, 2009 Moderators Share Posted December 5, 2009 Only US service members?? The borders of this forum extend much further. Your right there should be more choices, what branch did you serve ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldenough Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Only US service members?? The borders of this forum extend much further. Your right there should be more choices, what branch did you serve ? Hi Dtel, British Army....3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted December 5, 2009 Moderators Share Posted December 5, 2009 [Y] That's one vote for the British, Royal Horse Artillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winchester21 Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 USAF- 58th combat support group- Luke AFB vet Son was 1st SGT for APP State ROTC- Pershing rifles I tend to hang out with Military ret and mercs Not happy with present rules of engagement. Serious collector and shooter of black rifles and military firearms I pray daily for safe return of all troops fightis on our side- regardless of national origin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 British Army....3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery.You shell horses ? That's just wrong . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldenough Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 British Army....3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery.You shell horses ? That's just wrong .No...Your wrong...use Google, you might learn something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o0O Bill O0o Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 Okay the poll will account for Non US Service Members. Please post Service and Country. _Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyduck Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 I've not served. I will use this thread to say thank you, and to honor those who have, including my Grandfather who I never met. Sgt. 5th Marine Division Killed in action on Feb. 23, 1945 Iwo Jima Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Dtel--I wouldn't want you to owe me anything, so perhaps i should get those speakers in your avatar and we'll call it even? Mr. Blacksmith--there are still a few fine coasties out here. in fact, my former CO used to live in your neck of the woods. we were stationed in long beach; but, his wife had a few horses, so he bought a place in riverside for their "ranch." i still don't know how he made that drive everyday. Hymmm, is there something hard about it? I have been commuting from Riverside to Long Beach every day for the last 20 years (65 miles each way on some of the most congested highways in the country). I have worn out 5 cars (200K+) and am halfway through my 6th car at 86,010 miles. I have however recently joined a vanpool and get to sleep both ways 4 days a week not to mention that the car will last much longer and the cost for gas is greatly reduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 OH, I forgot, a hearty thanks for your service to all those in the free world who have stood up for the cause of freedom, protection of the homeland and the right to use all the "carbon credits" we possibly can[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIGARBUM Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 US Army, 1966 - 1968, Viet Nam 1967. Two Purple Hearts and Bronze Star. Some of you folks are truly blessed, said it wasn't bad, well it was bad and I didn't have any fun -at all. CigarBum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Beck Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Does the KISS Army count? Seriously, Thanks for all you folks do and have done for our country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Bob, thanks for the fight. I was in '75 - '78, after the bad years you went through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted December 7, 2009 Moderators Share Posted December 7, 2009 New Christmas Poem TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE, IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE. I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE, AND TO SEE JUST WHO IN THIS HOME DID LIVE. I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE, NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS, NOT EVEN A TREE. NO STOCKING BY MANTLE, JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND, ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES OF FAR DISTANT LANDS. WITH MEDALS AND BADGES, AWARDS OF ALL KINDS, A SOBER THOUGHT CAME THROUGH MY MIND. FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT, IT WAS DARK AND DREARY, I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER, ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY. THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING, SILENT, ALONE, CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME. THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE, THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER, NOT HOW I PICTURED A UNITED STATES SOLDIER. WAS THIS THE HERO OF WHOM I'D JUST READ? CURLED UP ON A PONCHO, THE FLOOR FOR A BED? I REALIZED THE FAMILIES THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT, OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT. SOON ROUND THE WORLD, THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY, AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY. THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS, LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE. I COULDN'T HELP WONDER HOW MANY LAY ALONE, ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME. THE VERY THOUGHT BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE, I DROPPED TO MY KNEES AND STARTED TO CRY. THE SOLDIER AWAKENED AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE, 'SANTA DON'T CRY, THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE; I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, I DON'T ASK FOR MORE, MY LIFE IS MY GOD, MY! COUNTRY, MY CORPS.' THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP, I COULDN'T CONTROL IT, I CONTINUED TO WEEP. I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS, SO SILENT AND STILL AND WE BOTH SHIVERED FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL. I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT, THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR SO WILLING TO FIGHT. THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER, WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE, WHISPERED, 'CARRY ON SANTA, IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE.' ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH, AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT. 'MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND,! AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.' Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skonopa Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Son was 1st SGT for APP State ROTC- Pershing rifles Pershing Rifles! Boy, does that bring back some memories! I was in the Pershing Rifles at Clarion University. Alas, that company no longer exists. Anyway, served 6 years in the US. Army myself (1988-1994). I was Field Artillery - FDC (Fire Direction Control). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan krajewski Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 US Army, 1969 - 1970, Viet Nam 10/1969-10/1970. Two Purple Hearts and BronzeStar. Somehow I made it back in one piece. Not a hero, just a survivor. I saw enough over there to know what war is really about. Every once in a while I'll travel back there in my mind and remember the good stuff. Yes, there were some good memories. I am indeed blessed to have returned without any pyschlogical damage, guilt complexes or recurring nightmares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jheis Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Didn't exactly "selflessly volunteer." Got called up for my draft physical in '68 (before the lottery) & enlisted in the Air Force instead. Basic training at Lackland AFB in San Antonio & a year of Air Traffic Control Radar tech school at Keesler AFB in Biloxi MS. Then three years at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Loved Germany - hated the military. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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