How many veterans and current military are here?

[Relative]

USAFSS 1963-1968. 6985th out of Eielson AFB in Fairbanks. Long missions, many TDYs.

Mike

[Bruce Cohen]

I have no recollection at this time.

Bruce

[Richard in Smithville]

Thanks guys, for everything you did in the name of freedom.



Dad was a WWII vet. He always told me that he served so that his children wouldn't have to.

[leehljp]

And a thanks from me also to those of you that served!

I am one of the "Tried to" during the Vietnam era but was rejected for what I thought were clerical errors. The only problem I had was that I wore glasses of 20/200. I was never classified as 4F, just not accepted because of eye sight. With glasses on - perfect depth perception; with them off - can't see depth. That was the reason given.

Brother in law, cousins, other relatives and friends were in Service. I did have 2 years of ROTC in college.

[Pappy]

MARINE '69 -'90.

20 years 4 days active, decided I didn't like it enough to make it a career...

[Stytooner]

US Army, 76 to 80. USANG. 90 to 92.

[dkerfoot]

With glasses on - perfect depth perception; with them off - can't see depth.

When I was transferring to submarines, I completely failed the depth perception test but got a waiver. I don't know why they even give the test. If there is one place on earth you don't need depth perception, it is on a submarine. Everything is right in front of your face.

Still, it helped explain my absolute ineptness at baseball and softball. I could always hit well and catch balls coming straight at me, but looked an absolute fool trying to catch a pop fly.

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[scmhogg]

Army, 101st Airborne, 2/187, 1961-1964, Fort Campbell,Ky. Thirty-five military jumps from C119, C123, C124 & C130.

I enlisted with a friend to go to Europe and drive tanks. We had just seen GI Blues. When I arrived at the reception center, I was told that I was ineligible for any combat arms branch, including armored, as I was red-green colorblind.

I was asked to join the 101st while I was in Artillery Survey School at Ft. Sill. I had to take a second physical for the paratroops. I told the spec4 giving the color blindness test that I could not pass. He said I had to take it anyway. So, when he showed me a page full of dots, I said a random number. He passed me and I ended up in the airborne artillery.

The ironic thing is that in Jump Master school, I had to determine whether it was safe to jump, by looking for green or red smoke on the drop zone. Go figure.

All the Way.

Steve

[ragswl4]

Retired Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer. 20 years and 4 minutes total career time. The 4 minutes was just to make sure I would get the retirement check. So far it has shown up for the last 23 years, except for the half that the EX gets. Served from 1966-1986 on seven different ships. Loved every minute, well almost!

[burletue]

usn 73-77

There are a lot of us, huh!

[fbrend123]

US Army 1962-1965.

[mikez]

I was at Ft Campbel in Oct '66 for basic, Fort Ord for AIT and Ft Knox for OCS in '67. Helicopetr Flight School in '68, 134th AHC in Phu Hiep RVN until Nov '69, Ft Rucker, 2nd Avn in TDC Korea, etc, etc and got out in Sep '73.

[gary]

I voted yes because my son is serving right now in Iraq. *sigh*

[tuttlejr]

U.S. Army 104th Infantry Division (Timberwolves) WWII 1943-1945 European Theater of Operations (ETO)

[DUD]

USAF 1963 till 1966, can't tell You what I did. Vietnam Vet. Bill