Yeah, at my retirement ceremony I told them "I won't miss the circus, but I will miss you clowns." And I do....Hammer21b said:30 years in, started in 1983 as 13F, then 11B and finished up as a 12B OPNS NCO in 2013. Two deployments, one to Kuwait and the other to Afghanistan. I absolutely hate being retired! I miss the deployments, the new neat equipment, but most of all, I miss the Soldiers and friends that I've made over the years. You never have friends like the friends that you go to war with!
Surprised that being on status & a JM, that the death star would ever let you leave.jmgdfther said:Basic/AIT Ft Benning Aug 89 11B
Airborne School Ft Benning Nov 89
Ft Richardson AK 1/501 90-93
Ft Benning- Basic airborne Instr 93-94
Camp Giant Korea 1/506 95
Ft Bragg 96-00 1/504 and AAS
Signed a dec statement so I didn't have to go to Ft Drum and got out. Miss the jumping, camaraderie and shooting for free but not the bullshit.
It was pre 9/11. There were several fellow E-6's that got levied for the "trail", and recruiter at the same time I got orders to Drum. You could leave the deathstar but chances were the tractor beam would pull you back in after 3 years away.jmgdfther said:Basic/AIT Ft Benning Aug 89 11B
Airborne School Ft Benning Nov 89
Ft Richardson AK 1/501 90-93
Ft Benning- Basic airborne Instr 93-94
Camp Giant Korea 1/506 95
Ft Bragg 96-00 1/504 and AAS
Signed a dec statement so I didn't have to go to Ft Drum and got out. Miss the jumping, camaraderie and shooting for free but not the bullshit.
MuzzerFuzzer;n23662 said:Gaaa... yaw makin me feel pretty dang old !
I was at Ft Jackson for basic
Ft Monmouth USASCS for KW26,KY8,KG13 and assorted other electronical stuff
Field Station Berlin USASA
Then two years reserve
69-75.... Some of ya hadn't been born yet.
Lol, gonna have to find my Basic picture, your still on the right of the placard was still there 2 years later. Rumor was it he was quite nuts.30 years in, started in 1983 as 13F, then 11B and finished up as a 12B OPNS NCO in 2013. Two deployments, one to Kuwait and the other to Afghanistan. I absolutely hate being retired! I miss the deployments, the new neat equipment, but most of all, I miss the Soldiers and friends that I've made over the years. You never have friends like the friends that you go to war with!
SSG. Weakly. The man came in from 82nd and told us daily how much he hated our guts! Had another Soldier land in his chute and broke his back up. He couldn't jump anymore and hated being a DS! And yeah, he was nuts!Lol, gonna have to find my Basic picture, your still on the right of the placard was still there 2 years later. Rumor was it he was quite nuts.
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