LSR Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 I find myself wondering were some of my old Army buddies are sometimes, and hate I lost contact with them. So this thread is somewhat of a call to see if one of you out there may have served with me. This is also a chance to see if one of you can run into one of your old pals. I will go first. U.S. Army Enlisted (E-4) Armor Specialist aka Tanker (M60A3) Sept. 11, 1986 to Sept. 12, 1989 Basic Training: Fort Knox, KY 9/86 - 12/86 1st Duty: Korea 1/87 - 1/88 ( 2nd Tank - 2/72 Armor/Bravo Company) 2nd Infantry Division 2nd Duty: Fort Lewis, WA 2/88 - 9/89 ( 1-33 Armor /Charlie Company) I Corp No War Duty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomAce Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Just a navy brat, but wanted to say thanks for serving. +1 If you see tsteff on here, tell her the same. If I recall correctly, she lost her husband in our current "conflict" about a year ago. Deep appreciation for those willing to answer the call. ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdwaterHotrod Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 THANK YOU TO ALL THAT HAVE SERVED & ARE CURRENTLY SERVING. YOU ARE WHAT MAKES AMERICA'S FREEDOM SO GREAT. GOD BLESS YOU ALL & COME HOME SAFE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alloy Dave Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Deep appreciation for those willing to answer the call. +1. We take our freedom for granted. No military service here, I don't think I could hack it....too much discipline for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfarmdog Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 I find myself wondering were some of my old Army buddies are sometimes, and hate I lost contact with them. So this thread is somewhat of a call to see if one of you out there may have served with me. This is also a chance to see if one of you can run into one of your old pals. I will go first. U.S. Army Enlisted (E-4) Armor Specialist aka Tanker (1911A1) Sept. 11, 1986 to Sept. 12, 1989 Basic Training: Fort Knox, KY 9/86 - 12/86 1st Duty: Korea 1/87 - 1/88 ( 2nd Tank - 2/72 Armor/Bravo Company) 2nd Infantry Division 2nd Duty: Fort Lewis, WA 2/88 - 9/89 ( 1-33 Armor /Charlie Company) I Corp No Wars Enlisted (E-5) Reactor Operator (Electronics Technician) Oct 85 - June 90 Basic Training: Great Mistakes (Lakes) IL 1 yr - ET school Great Lakes - IL 1 yr - Nuc Pwr School - Orlando (class 87-02) 1 yr - Prototype (Idaho Falls - ID) 2.5 yrs - Uss Michigan (Bangor Washington) - three months in... three months out. LSR - you and I were very close in Washington State. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
09GT500 Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Enlisted (E-5) Reactor Operator (Electronics Technician) Oct 85 - June 90 Basic Training: Great Mistakes (Lakes) IL 1 yr - ET school Great Lakes - IL 1 yr - Nuc Pwr School - Orlando (class 87-02) 1 yr - Prototype (Idaho Falls - ID) 2.5 yrs - Uss Michigan (Bangor Washington) - three months in... three months out. LSR - you and I were very close in Washington State. LT J Welch USN 2000-Present Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdover Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 USN Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class '92-'96 San Diego- Basic Pensacola Guantanamo Bay Charleston Best decision I ever made was joining up. Changed my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratnacage Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Enlisted (E-5) Reactor Operator (Electronics Technician) Oct 85 - June 90 Basic Training: Great Mistakes (Lakes) IL 1 yr - ET school Great Lakes - IL 1 yr - Nuc Pwr School - Orlando (class 87-02) 1 yr - Prototype (Idaho Falls - ID) 2.5 yrs - Uss Michigan (Bangor Washington) - three months in... three months out. LSR - you and I were very close in Washington State. Yo bro! Orlando: 87-89 (Nuc class 8808) Idaho Falls (S5G): summer 89 Norfolk, USS Oklahoma City SSN-723, Reactor Operator (ET1 SS): Oct 89 - Dec 95 (yes, six years and three months on the same boat). I look back and realize that that was the best group of people I'll ever have had the priveledge to work/serve with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdci Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Ex-USAF E-4 April 91 - November 97 Did both Law Enforcement and Personnel Systems Support. Been fixing the internet ever since Aug 97. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsteff Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Ok maybe a little unorthodox, but I'm doing it anyway... tsteff, widow of... SSG Eric Steffeney KIA 23Feb05 ARMY EOD 1997-2005 EOD SCHOOL RedstoneArsenal, Eglin AFB, IndianHead Naval Base...Graduated 1997 AIRBORNE 504th PIR 93-96 Thanks to all who have served and to all for remembering the fallen... you are a great bunch of guys.. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambbo Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Military Brat of the USAF and USN. Lived in San Diego, Sacromento, Phx AZ, Chicago, Groton Conn., Dallas TX, Maine and Sub Base Bangor in Silverdale WA. where I graduated in 87'. Now a Civilian in Baghdad since Jan 03' and DAMN PROUD to serve those that That Keep Our Great Nation Free. God Bless each and everyone of you past, present and future. Your all Hero's in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isellford Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 April 69-June 69 - Great Lakes Basic Training E-3 June 69-Aug 69 - AC "A" School, Gyynco GA [Air Traffic Control] E-4 Sept 69 - June 71 USS RAnger CVA-61 [2 tours in Gulf of Tonkin] June 71 - Aug 71 GCA School Glynco GA [Radar Approach] E-5 Sept 71 - Apr 74 NAS Quonset Point RI [re-enlisted for 3 more] May 74 - Apr 76 NATC Patuxent River, MD E-6 Thanks to all who have served. Here are a couple pic of a very young Isell in 1971; one at work and one on R&R in DaNang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
442forever(noolds) Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Spec6 (ssgt) 1st SFG,1stBTN The eighties.Torri station Japan. Late eighties Gov employed instructor@Ft.Bragg,NC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdover Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Yo bro! Orlando: 87-89 (Nuc class 8808) Idaho Falls (S5G): summer 89 Norfolk, USS Oklahoma City SSN-723, Reactor Operator (ET1 SS): Oct 89 - Dec 95 (yes, six years and three months on the same boat). I look back and realize that that was the best group of people I'll ever have had the priveledge to work/serve with. Are those boats fast-attack or boomers? I am really glad that their are people like you in this world. If everybody was like me, there wouldn't be any subs. I couldn't hack not seeing the sun for months at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfarmdog Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Are those boats fast-attack or boomers? I am really glad that their are people like you in this world. If everybody was like me, there wouldn't be any subs. I couldn't hack not seeing the sun for months at a time. Uss Michigan - SSBN 727 (Gold Crew) boomer. Yo bro! Orlando: 87-89 (Nuc class 8808) Idaho Falls (S5G): summer 89 Norfolk, USS Oklahoma City SSN-723, Reactor Operator (ET1 SS): Oct 89 - Dec 95 (yes, six years and three months on the same boat). I look back and realize that that was the best group of people I'll ever have had the priveledge to work/serve with. Hey Rat! I saw your dolphins earlier! Glad to see another RO. Even though we didn't serve together directly I bet we know some of the same people. It's a small world when you serve in the military. Six years is a long time to be on the same boat. I am in Memphis. Shoot me a PM and let me know where you are and what you are doing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70SCJ Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 USMC 1989-1998 F/A-18 Pilot, Flight Instructor USMCR 1998-Present Forward Air Controller and Air Officer for an Infantry Battalion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadTony Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 1982-1989 US Army - Medic for 3 years and Computer Repair for 4 years 2nd Armored Div (fwd) 1st Cavalry Division 101st Airborne Division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69shelby4me Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 1982-1989 US Army - Medic for 3 years and Computer Repair for 4 years 2nd Armored Div (fwd) 1st Cavalry Division 101st Airborne Division US Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class '71-'75 San Diego Oakland Guam Had almost just completed 3 years of active duty at Naval Hospitals in California when I flew home and picked up my brand new 1973 Mustang Mach I(Q code). Great car, great memories driving the car back to my duty station Oakland Naval Hospital but, my orders came two months later. You guessed it Naval Hospital Guam. Drove the car back to Kansas City where my 16 year old brother got to blow the cob webs out for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSR Posted August 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Ok maybe a little unorthodox, but I'm doing it anyway... tsteff, widow of... SSG Eric Steffeney KIA 23Feb05 ARMY EOD 1997-2005 EOD SCHOOL RedstoneArsenal, Eglin AFB, IndianHead Naval Base...Graduated 1997 AIRBORNE 504th PIR 93-96 Thanks to all who have served and to all for remembering the fallen... you are a great bunch of guys.. T Nothing unorthodox about your post at all. My condolence to you, and anyone else who have lost love ones that where KIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shel-b001 Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Ok maybe a little unorthodox, but I'm doing it anyway... tsteff, widow of... SSG Eric Steffeney KIA 23Feb05 ARMY EOD 1997-2005 EOD SCHOOL RedstoneArsenal, Eglin AFB, IndianHead Naval Base...Graduated 1997 AIRBORNE 504th PIR 93-96 Thanks to all who have served and to all for remembering the fallen... you are a great bunch of guys.. T `tsteff`--- Sorry to hear-- My condolence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfarmdog Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Nothing unorthodox about your post at all. My condolence to you, and anyone else who have lost love ones that where KIA. That goes for me too! Thank you so much for the sacrifice. Words can not express my sincere appreciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnut Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 That goes for me too! Thank you so much for the sacrifice. Words can not express my sincere appreciation. Gee, I feel like an old fart, time for the Old Soldiers Home 1969 -72 United States Army (E-5) Basic at Fort Lewis Washington (still wet) Advanced Training at Fort (Mother) Rucker, Alabama Huey Crew Chief, 3/17 Air Cav 1st Aviation Brigade, Republic of South Vietnam Huey Crew Chief for Pilot Training Company at Hunter AAF, Savannah, Georgia. My salute and prayers to all those who have gone before us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alloy Dave Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Ok maybe a little unorthodox, but I'm doing it anyway... tsteff, widow of... SSG Eric Steffeney KIA 23Feb05 ARMY EOD 1997-2005 EOD SCHOOL RedstoneArsenal, Eglin AFB, IndianHead Naval Base...Graduated 1997 AIRBORNE 504th PIR 93-96 Thanks to all who have served and to all for remembering the fallen... you are a great bunch of guys.. T Sorry to hear tsteff. My sincere appreciation for his fight for our freedoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCMO-GT500 Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 tsteff I know everyone on this board wishes that they had the magic words that would bring you and your family comfort for your loss, but it is never that easy. Know that we are all very proud of his efforts on our behalf, and that we are so grateful to him and every other soldier who has served this country. You and your family will remain in my thoughts and prayers. If there is ever any kind of a need, all of us on the board would be more than willing to help out in any possible way; even if all that ends up being is cracking a bad joke or two to keep life loosened up. Never hesitate to ask. take care John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
442forever(noolds) Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 US Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class '71-'75 San Diego Oakland Guam Had almost just completed 3 years of active duty at Naval Hospitals in California when I flew home and picked up my brand new 1973 Mustang Mach I(Q code). Great car, great memories driving the car back to my duty station Oakland Naval Hospital but, my orders came two months later. You guessed it Naval Hospital Guam. Drove the car back to Kansas City where my 16 year old brother got to blow the cob webs out for me. Guam in the early 70's. WOW, like being locked up in solitary. It was still pretty light on people and construction then right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69shelby4me Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Guam in the early 70's. WOW, like being locked up in solitary. It was still pretty light on people and construction then right? Thats for sure. Being a corpsman and having some technical training got you all the responsibility in providing a majority of specialized watches every other night. Sometimes the navy would work us 32 hours and then 16 hours off. You couldn't leave the hospital during your watch since if their was a cardiac arrest or respiratory arrest you were the guy that showed up with all the life saving equipment,but when you got some time off their was a lot of great restaurants,bars, hotels etc. mostly japanese built since it was cheaper for the japanese to vacation in Guam than their own island. Great memories, met my wife there and were still married going on 32 years. Thank you everyone that has served our country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratnacage Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Are those boats fast-attack or boomers? I am really glad that their are people like you in this world. If everybody was like me, there wouldn't be any subs. I couldn't hack not seeing the sun for months at a time. SSBN = Boomer "Queen" (sorry farmdog, just couldn't resist! ) SSN = Fast Attack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomAce Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 April 69-June 69 - Great Lakes Basic Training E-3 June 69-Aug 69 - AC "A" School, Gyynco GA [Air Traffic Control] E-4 Sept 69 - June 71 USS RAnger CVA-61 [2 tours in Gulf of Tonkin] June 71 - Aug 71 GCA School Glynco GA [Radar Approach] E-5 Sept 71 - Apr 74 NAS Quonset Point RI [re-enlisted for 3 more] May 74 - Apr 76 NATC Patuxent River, MD E-6 Thanks to all who have served. Here are a couple pic of a very young Isell in 1971; one at work and one on R&R in DaNang. isell & ratnacage: Thanks for serving and protecting, especially from those of us that didn't but had the benefit of it! We love you guys, even if you do work for dealerships! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdover Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Thats for sure. Being a corpsman and having some technical training got you all the responsibility in providing a majority of specialized watches every other night. Sometimes the navy would work us 32 hours and then 16 hours off. You couldn't leave the hospital during your watch since if their was a cardiac arrest or respiratory arrest you were the guy that showed up with all the life saving equipment,but when you got some time off their was a lot of great restaurants,bars, hotels etc. mostly japanese built since it was cheaper for the japanese to vacation in Guam than their own island. Great memories, met my wife there and were still married going on 32 years. Thank you everyone that has served our country. Sounds like my time in lovely Gitmo, Cuba. About 30,000 Cuban and Haitian refugees and guess who provided the medical care. My 2nd day on base, we processed over 500 Haitians thru the hospital for chest x-rays for TB. Clinton was about to send the healthy ones to the US until Castro decided to open the gates for the home made boat makers. Navy and Coast Guard picked up about 12000 of them so plans changed. All u.s. civilians were sent stateside, which left about a 5 to 1 male/female ratio. Great if your a chick I guess. Needless to say, we had a big alcohol problem after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfarmdog Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 SSBN = Boomer "Queen" (sorry farmdog, just couldn't resist! ) SSN = Fast Attack No problem. I am sure those aren't the words you would have used if you weren't on a public board Regardless It was a memorable time in my life. Met lots of friends and had lots of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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