How many of you are in the military?
#1
01-30-2006, 06:39 PM
How many of you are in the military?
Just noticed there have been a few post where some of you have mentioned military service. How many forum members are in the military (active and prior)? I'm active duty Air Force for the last 14 years but I've been a military brat all my life...
#3
01-30-2006, 06:46 PM
Military brat here myself I chose the college path instead but my job is para-military.
Lance what unit were you in my father has in the gulf war too?
Lance what unit were you in my father has in the gulf war too?
#6
01-30-2006, 06:51 PM
Jack Touched Me...I Cried
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Originally Posted by Lances03GT
Was with the 101st Airborne.
Fathers was Airforce, was guna go Navy, but parents talked me into business school here...we'll see if Dubya decides to go into Korea or Iran I might go ahead and enlist...lol numbers are low as hell, and I think i still get PFC/Specialist for college/jrotc credit...oh well we'll see....
How many years did u serve Lance?
#8
01-30-2006, 06:55 PM
Originally Posted by Lances03GT
Just a little over 5.Was a E6 when I got out.
Thats a Staff Sergent if i'm correct for you non military folk
#10
01-30-2006, 07:03 PM
Originally Posted by Icefreezen
Thats a Staff Sergent if i'm correct for you non military folk
E1 = Airman Basic
E2 = Airman
E3 = Airman 1st Class
E4 = Senior Airman
E5 = Staff Sergeant
E6 = Technical Sergeant
E7 = Master Sergeant
E8 = Senior Master Sergeant
E9 = Chief Master Sergeant
#12
01-30-2006, 07:09 PM
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E1 = Dipshyt
E2 = Airman
E3 = Airman 1st Class
E4 = Senior Airman
E5 = LIFER
E6 = LIFER
E7 = LIFER
E8 = LIFER
E9 = LIFER
Hehehehehe
I made staff my first time testing, my sew on date was a week after my enlistment was up. funny thing is i kinda tried to bomb the test. I liked being a senior airman, i still got to go out to the job sites and work, all the Ssgt +'s had to sit behind a desk all day.
ironically enough, i sit behind a desk all day now that im out, but at least they pay the **** outta me. <laugh>
E2 = Airman
E3 = Airman 1st Class
E4 = Senior Airman
E5 = LIFER
E6 = LIFER
E7 = LIFER
E8 = LIFER
E9 = LIFER
Hehehehehe
I made staff my first time testing, my sew on date was a week after my enlistment was up. funny thing is i kinda tried to bomb the test. I liked being a senior airman, i still got to go out to the job sites and work, all the Ssgt +'s had to sit behind a desk all day.
ironically enough, i sit behind a desk all day now that im out, but at least they pay the **** outta me. <laugh>
#13
01-30-2006, 07:09 PM
Originally Posted by dsdaddy
Air Force Enlisted rank
E1 = Airman Basic
E2 = Airman
E3 = Airman 1st Class
E4 = Senior Airman
E5 = Staff Sergeant
E6 = Technical Sergeant
E7 = Master Sergeant
E8 = Senior Master Sergeant
E9 = Chief Master Sergeant
E1 = Airman Basic
E2 = Airman
E3 = Airman 1st Class
E4 = Senior Airman
E5 = Staff Sergeant
E6 = Technical Sergeant
E7 = Master Sergeant
E8 = Senior Master Sergeant
E9 = Chief Master Sergeant
#15
01-30-2006, 07:19 PM
Originally Posted by Jack The Ripper
E1 = Dipshyt
E2 = Airman
E3 = Airman 1st Class
E4 = Senior Airman
E5 = LIFER
E6 = LIFER
E7 = LIFER
E8 = LIFER
E9 = LIFER
Hehehehehe
I made staff my first time testing, my sew on date was a week after my enlistment was up. funny thing is i kinda tried to bomb the test. I liked being a senior airman, i still got to go out to the job sites and work, all the Ssgt +'s had to sit behind a desk all day.
ironically enough, i sit behind a desk all day now that im out, but at least they pay the **** outta me. <laugh>
E2 = Airman
E3 = Airman 1st Class
E4 = Senior Airman
E5 = LIFER
E6 = LIFER
E7 = LIFER
E8 = LIFER
E9 = LIFER
Hehehehehe
I made staff my first time testing, my sew on date was a week after my enlistment was up. funny thing is i kinda tried to bomb the test. I liked being a senior airman, i still got to go out to the job sites and work, all the Ssgt +'s had to sit behind a desk all day.
ironically enough, i sit behind a desk all day now that im out, but at least they pay the **** outta me. <laugh>
#16
01-30-2006, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by dsdaddy
Guess I qualify as a lifer...the only sh!tty thing is, SSgts and up don't get a desk in my career field...:wallbash:
I was a telecommunications tech. Riding around in the truck, pulling fiber, going on jobs, crawling through ceilings, hittin on the girls at the medical centers. ROFL
good times. <grin>
#17
01-30-2006, 07:29 PM
Originally Posted by Jack The Ripper
Whats yer job?
I was a telecommunications tech. Riding around in the truck, pulling fiber, going on jobs, crawling through ceilings, hittin on the girls at the medical centers. ROFL
good times. <grin>
I was a telecommunications tech. Riding around in the truck, pulling fiber, going on jobs, crawling through ceilings, hittin on the girls at the medical centers. ROFL
good times. <grin>
And EVERYONE hits on the med chicks!!!
#18
01-30-2006, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by dsdaddy
Crew Chief on the B-1B. Up until a few years ago, TSgts didn't even set foot on the flight line except to sign off forms for the jets or to take a look at something if it was severely f**ked up. No such luck for me. I work more as a Tech than I EVER did as an airman...:wallbash:
And EVERYONE hits on the med chicks!!!
And EVERYONE hits on the med chicks!!!
Heh, didnt mess with the planes much when i was in, however, I remember one time the NAOC plane (i think it was NAOC, maybe NAIC, anyways, it was the one that carrys the NUCLEAR-FUGGIN-WEAPON LAUNCH CODES) landed in WPAFB, and they had a cable spool with a plug that they plug into the plane to get landline phone access.
Anyways, it wasnt working. Me and my supervisor(who happened to be masta killer's brother) were the unfortunate bastards who had to respond. I swear to god everytime i reached in my tool bag i had a freakin 9mm jammed in my temple.. I can understand the need for the security, but man, i dont like having guns pulled on me. <laugh>
We were in that damn plane for about 1/2 hour, and several times i thought i was gonna get carried out in a body bag. Those guys dont play at all. Hard-To-The-Core
ROFL
Good times. LMAO
#19
01-30-2006, 07:37 PM
i been in the air force since april of 2003. been a senior airman for a few months not really ready to be a staff dont want to write EPRS and have troops under me. going to kunsan in 2 months and to ramstein afterwards.
#20
01-30-2006, 07:38 PM
Originally Posted by Jack The Ripper
ROFL Yah. Med chicks are hot. <grin>
Heh, didnt mess with the planes much when i was in, however, I remember one time the NAOC plane (i think it was NAOC, maybe NAIC, anyways, it was the one that carrys the NUCLEAR-FUGGIN-WEAPON LAUNCH CODES) landed in WPAFB, and they had a cable spool with a plug that they plug into the plane to get landline phone access.
Anyways, it wasnt working. Me and my supervisor(who happened to be masta killer's brother) were the unfortunate bastards who had to respond. I swear to god everytime i reached in my tool bag i had a freakin 9mm jammed in my temple.. I can understand the need for the security, but man, i dont like having guns pulled on me. <laugh>
We were in that damn plane for about 1/2 hour, and several times i thought i was gonna get carried out in a body bag. Those guys dont play at all. Hard-To-The-Core
ROFL
Good times. LMAO
Heh, didnt mess with the planes much when i was in, however, I remember one time the NAOC plane (i think it was NAOC, maybe NAIC, anyways, it was the one that carrys the NUCLEAR-FUGGIN-WEAPON LAUNCH CODES) landed in WPAFB, and they had a cable spool with a plug that they plug into the plane to get landline phone access.
Anyways, it wasnt working. Me and my supervisor(who happened to be masta killer's brother) were the unfortunate bastards who had to respond. I swear to god everytime i reached in my tool bag i had a freakin 9mm jammed in my temple.. I can understand the need for the security, but man, i dont like having guns pulled on me. <laugh>
We were in that damn plane for about 1/2 hour, and several times i thought i was gonna get carried out in a body bag. Those guys dont play at all. Hard-To-The-Core
ROFL
Good times. LMAO
#21
01-30-2006, 07:48 PM
i work on AGE equipment crew cheifs hate us. when i was hangin out with some friends on al udeids flightline i almost got jacked up by a SP that was gaurding a J Star. i got more then 10 feet away from my escort. in iraq i could go up to every aircraft on base without getting looked at twice even when i got some snaps of the predator and other UAVs the air force and army have.
#22
01-30-2006, 07:56 PM
Originally Posted by stanger00
i work on AGE equipment crew cheifs hate us. when i was hangin out with some friends on al udeids flightline i almost got jacked up by a SP that was gaurding a J Star. i got more then 10 feet away from my escort. in iraq i could go up to every aircraft on base without getting looked at twice even when i got some snaps of the predator and other UAVs the air force and army have.
#25
01-30-2006, 08:50 PM
My parents talked me out of it multiple times, but if the call goes out, I'd volunteer to be a crew chief on one of the utility helicopters, UH-60, maybe a medevac or the UH-1's... well I hope I'd score on that test to become one, but you know... if the call goes.
#26
01-30-2006, 10:07 PM
I was active duty Navy for 4 years. Left as a LT. I was an engineerng officer on the USS Tarawa and served in the Gulf War. Then, I was in the Navy IRR for about 4 years and eventually become a Capt. in the Army National Guard. I was an S-4 Officer for the 28th Div 109th FA. I served in the Guard for 4 years and separated from all military service in 2002.
#27
01-30-2006, 10:55 PM
Me and my wife are both army brats. LOL I'm 45 she's 41, years old. My Dad was Sergeant Major. And my Father in law was a Command Sergeant Major. We both grew up in pretty strict environments. Which is why I chose to go into the industrial mechanic field at 19 years old. Anything other than the military. I lived it from my earliest memories. I have school friends who I have known since 1st grade that are retired military now. Some decorated war heros in the Granada and Faulkland campaigns. Now they get retirement pay plus are still working good jobs. Plus I lost a few friends too. Any war doesn't come without casualties. 
. But I live 4 miles from Ft. Bragg and I am proud to hear the ground shake when they are doing live round practice in the wee hours of the morn. I love the sound of Howitzers busting *** at 3 AM. :yawn:
. But I live 4 miles from Ft. Bragg and I am proud to hear the ground shake when they are doing live round practice in the wee hours of the morn. I love the sound of Howitzers busting *** at 3 AM. :yawn:
#28
01-30-2006, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by rebelyell
Me and my wife are both army brats. LOL I'm 45 she's 41, years old. My Dad was Sergeant Major. And my Father in law was a Command Sergeant Major. We both grew up in pretty strict environments. Which is why I chose to go into the industrial mechanic field at 19 years old. Anything other than the military. I lived it from my earliest memories. I have school friends who I have known since 1st grade that are retired military now. Some decorated war heros in the Granada and Faulkland campaigns. Now they get retirement pay plus are still working good jobs. Plus I lost a few friends too. Any war doesn't come without casualties. . But I live 4 miles from Ft. Bragg and I am proud to hear the ground shake when they are doing live round practice in the wee hours of the morn. I love the sound of Howitzers busting *** at 3 AM. :yawn:
. But I live 4 miles from Ft. Bragg and I am proud to hear the ground shake when they are doing live round practice in the wee hours of the morn. I love the sound of Howitzers busting *** at 3 AM. :yawn:
#29
01-30-2006, 11:56 PM
Active duty Air Force, almost 10 yrs. E-5. Currently a Flight Engineer. Used to fly on C-5's now I'm switching over from AMC to AFSOC on the AC-130 @ Herbie field.
#30
01-31-2006, 12:12 AM
I am in the Marine Corps Reserves, this is my first year in. I only been in the fleet for 6 months now... I am switching to active duty in June... getting tired or retarded *** civilians all the time...