When did you serve??

1985-2005
US Navy, Submarines. Both boomers and fast boats.


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Since a lot of people have put a bit more detail into their postings, here's some more about me:

USS Henry Clay (SSBN-625 Gold crew), Lafayette class ballistic missile submarine
USS Narwhal (SSN-671), the only one of her class with some special capabilities of her own.
USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686), a SpecOps boat, a Sturgeon class. with a stretched hull.
USS Montpelier (SSN-765), a Los Angeles class

S1C Prototype as a student in the nuclear propulsion pipeline.
Instructor on the MTS-536 (USS Sam Rayburn)
Instructor on the MTS-626 (USS Daniel Webster)

The MTS 635 and 626 were converted ballistic missile submarines, James Madison class and Lafayette class respectively.

Rate was Reactor Operator, also qualified Engineering Watch Supervisor and Engineering Duty Petty Officer
 
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Army, 88-08.

88-90- 11C1O, Indirect fire infantryman, aka mortar maggot.

91-98- 91G2O Behavioral Science NCO. Weirder than it sounds & the origin of my forum handle.

99-08- 37F4P Senior PSYOP NCO. It was, er, interesting. Did get to travel to some pretty exotic locales, though 😆

Only spent 2 1/2 years either not at Bragg or overseas, with the end result of spending right at half my career on foreign soil.
 
Crazy Carl said:
Army, 88-08.

88-90- 11C1O, Indirect fire infantryman, aka mortar maggot.

91-98- 91G2O Behavioral Science NCO. Weirder than it sounds & the origin of my forum handle.

99-08- 37F4P Senior PSYOP NCO. It was, er, interesting. Did get to travel to some pretty exotic locales, though 😆

Only spent 2 1/2 years either not at Bragg or overseas, with the end result of spending right at half my career on foreign soil.
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A very cool and underheralded job (psy ops and civ aff).
 
DRFury said:
US Army ‘98-‘00 Parachute Rigger 82d ABN
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I always thought that would be a cool job.

Mitch Rapp said:
1993-2001 USN/USN Reserve
2007-present US Army/ US Army Reserve.
Have an approved retirement date of Dec 31, 2022.
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What did/do you do?

RetiredUSNChief said:
1985-2005
US Navy, Submarines. Both boomers and fast boats.
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Bubbleheads. Smartest bunch of people I have met aside from crypto geeks....

Gunner67 said:
USMC/ USMCR 1985- 1991 Radio Plt 2nd BSSG 2nd FSSG 2nd MarDiv, Comm Co- H&S BN 4th FSSG
NC Army National Guard 1992- 1996 1998-2000. HHC 1/130th Aviation BN , 514th MP Co
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Very impressive variety. I know exactly where Radio Batt is at Lejeune. Comm Co 4th FSSG....Greensboro unit?

chris69 said:
US Army
1988-1992
97G - Counter Signals Intelligence
519th MI BN (TE) (ABN), 525 MI Brigade (ABN), 18th Airborne Corps
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Speaking of crypto geeks, CoSIGINT were some of the most locked-down, guarded group I had seen. Secret squirrel stuff.

Dan0311 said:
USMC Reserves 1986-1992 (joined the NYPD in 1989)
0311 Infantry, 2/25 S.T.A. (Scout/Sniper) Platoon
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STA, showing your age. They haven't been called that in years.
 
Navy 86-92

Ballistic Missile Sub
USS George C Marshall
SSBN-654 gold crew
Interior communication, IC3
Ships diver

Submarine Rescue ship
USS Petrel
ASR-14
Electricians mate, EM3
2nd class diver
 
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Rob said:
Navy 86-92

Ballistic Missile Sub
USS George C Marshall
SSBN-654 gold crew
Interior communication, IC3
Ships diver

Submarine Rescue ship
USS Petrel
ASR-14
Electricians mate, EM3
2nd class diver
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Very cool. Where did you do basic/SCUBA? I think then they still had the courses at the different Navy bases as well as Panama City. What was the 'above and beyond' to get the second class diver?

I did diver at San Diego/Pendleton, then the closed-circuit upgrade at Panama City
 
My family has done their part

Me 1975 - 1978
USMC 0351 Assault Man
A Co 1st Bn 4th Marines
H Co 2nd Bn 6th Marines

My middle son (Marines) served in Iraq with CLB-1 Security Company - running convoy security out of Fallujah in an armored up Hummer. (He's my Ma Duce baby!!)
My oldest is currently a Marine Major flying Harriers (hopefully soon to be a light Col select) Flew missions over Iraq and Syria.
My dad flew Marine Hellcats, Skyraiders and Panther Jets. Did a tour in Korea flying the AD. My son and dad soloed from the same runway at Pensacola many years apart
2 nephews served in the Marines (one still active)
Another nephew was Navy enlisted for 4 years then ended up as an Army Captain. He spent 4 years as a Vet for Army working dogs
My niece married a Green Beret with multiple sandbox tours. Got his bell rung in Afghanistan and medically separated. When Russia invaded Ukraine he took leave from his UNCG researcher job, flew to Poland then crossed the border into Ukraine. He went to just to get some family members (he's Polish) living in Ukraine out (and into Poland). He's back safely at UNCG now

Wow I've never written all that down. Must be in the blood.
 
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rocketman said:
My family has done their part

Me 1975 - 1978
USMC 0351 Assault Man
A Co 1st Bn 4th Marines
H Co 2nd Bn 6th Marines

My middle son (Marines) served in Iraq with CLB-1 Security Company - running convoy security out of Fallujah in an armored up Hummer. (He's my Ma Duce baby!!)
My oldest is currently a Marine Major flying Harriers (hopefully soon to be a light Col select) Flew missions over Iraq and Syria.
My dad flew Marine Hellcats, Skyraiders and Panther Jets. Did a tour in Korea flying the AD. My son and dad soloed from the same runway at Pensacola many years apart
2 nephews served in the Marines (one still active)
Another nephew was Navy enlisted for 4 years then ended up as an Army Captain. He spent 4 years as a Vet for Army working dogs
My niece married a Green Beret with multiple sandbox tours. Got his bell rung in Afghanistan and medically separated. When Russia invaded Ukraine he took leave from his UNCG researcher job, flew to Poland then crossed the border into Ukraine. He went to just to get some family members (he's Polish) living in Ukraine out (and back into Poland). He's back safely at UNCG now

Wow I've never written all that down. Must be in the blood.
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About 3 years ago I got into genealogy, found out that we have men (and women, more contemporarily) who have served in every conflict except the Spanish-American War. I can trace starting with my father (and my mom's dad) every grandfather back as far as the French and Indian Wars; not to mention the uncles and cousins.

Must be in the blood indeed. Tip 'o the hat to your family.
 
Chuckman said:
Very cool. Where did you do basic/SCUBA? I think then they still had the courses at the different Navy bases as well as Panama City. What was the 'above and beyond' to get the second class diver?

I did diver at San Diego/Pendleton, then the closed-circuit upgrade at Panama City
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Panama City for basic Scuba.
On the sub, i was basic Scuba.
Did hull searches prior to setting sail on the sub.
On the rescue ship, the scuba guys were "2nd class" the cool guys did the hardhat diving.
We trained quite a bit onboard but, I don't remember what or if there was a difference..
 
Rob said:
Panama City for basic Scuba.
On the sub, i was basic Scuba.
Did hull searches prior to setting sail on the sub.
On the rescue ship, the scuba guys were "2nd class" the cool guys did the hardhat diving.
We trained quite a bit onboard but, I don't remember what or if there was a difference..
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I know there is a world of difference between scuba/combat divers, and real Navy divers, i.e., hard hat divers. But I never really quite understood all of their training or capability. Not my world.

I have a friend here at Duke, another nurse, who is a dive officer and was a master diver, retired, went to nursing school.

Because part of my training was dive medical tech, I did some time riding the chamber for Deco for hard hat divers.
 
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Father was in the Air Force.
An older brother re-joined the USMCR after 9/11, as the oldest E-5 in the Corps! Multiple deployments, got out as a First Sergeant (E-8) in an infantry company.
His son did a 4-year hitch as a company XO (Captain) in 3/6, currently in a Weapons Co. in the Reserves.
Another brother's son did 6 years as a SeaBee. His maternal grandfather was CB on Guadalcanal.

Here's my nephew's first salute. It's from his father.....and at Ground Zero.

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Dan0311 said:
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Father was in the Air Force.
An older brother re-joined the USMCR after 9/11, as the oldest E-5 in the Corps! Multiple deployments, got out as a First Sergeant (E-8) in an infantry company.
His son did a 4-year hitch as a company XO (Captain) in 3/6, currently in a Weapons Co. in the Reserves.
Another brother's son did 6 years as a SeaBee. His maternal grandfather was CB on Guadalcanal.

Here's my nephew's first salute. It's from his father.....and at Ground Zero.

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I love hearing stories like this.
 
USAF
1978- 1988

AFSC 27650 Aerospace Control and Warning, Weapons Tech
612th Tac Control Flight, Prum Air Station, Germany (79-81)
OLAD 678 ADG, Lake Charles AFS, Lake Charles, LA. (81-82)

AFSC 27270 Air Traffic Control Technician
2066 Comm Sq., Myrtle Beach AFB, SC (82-88)
 
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Chuckman said:
A very cool and underheralded job (psy ops and civ aff).
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It has its moments 😆 We typically worked in tandem with CA & for the more benign stuff, it'd be just us & them. Add NSWU bubba's or an ODA to that mix for the more interesting stuff.

The 5th generation of my family is currently serving & at least one member from every generation has served during every American conflict since WW1, with casualties on both sides in World Wars 1 & 2.
 
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Crazy Carl said:
It has its moments 😆 We typically worked in tandem with CA & for the more benign stuff, it'd be just us & them. Add NSWU bubba's or an ODA to that mix for the more interesting stuff.

The 5th generation of my family is currently serving & at least one member from every generation has served during every American conflict since WW1, with casualties on both sides in World Wars 1 & 2.
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In recon we've oscillated back and forth between the SOF world and "Marine Corps" world. Kind of the best of both worlds. But we were always underfunded and incorrectly utilized. We worked with some army pay ops/CA guys from time to time, ODA's, NSW, occasionally AFSOC, almost never Rangers. Really enjoyed mixing it up in their worlds, totally different skill set and mission than what we had re: batt and MAGTF.
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Chuckman said:
I love hearing stories like this.
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Where I come from, working for the military and/or the police/fire departments is called, "Irish Welfare". (my father was FDNY for 24 years, 3 of his sons "broke ranks and went to the dark side", the NYPD, lol).

Well...it used to be that way.
 
Dan0311 said:
Where I come from, working for the military and/or the police/fire departments is called, "Irish Welfare". (my father was FDNY for 24 years, 3 of his sons "broke ranks and went to the dark side", the NYPD, lol).

Well...it used to be that way.
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My family does not have the history of fire/police. But I do know that my family joined the military to get out of a crappy environment.

Edited to add, my father said that the Marine Corps was always easier than being a dairy farmer in Wisconsin.
 
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