Ironduke

Wanted to get an idea how many years the military guys on our forum served, perhaps year enlisted and year retired too.

I think Ray could hold claim to the longest time served among the membership, I'm going to guess low to mid 30's.

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Bluesman

Enlisted 18 Feb '86.

Retired 1 Mar '06.

Total time: 20 years, 10 days.

Not counting seven days AWOL that they never found out about.

Oh, and 47 free leave days that I told 'em about, but they couldn't fix, so I took 'em anyway.

The rest of it was legit.

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dave lukins

signed on the dotted line 1966 Signed off the dotted line 1989 all Service with 1ST Royal Tank Regiment...23yrs

Maxor

In uniform 3 years 187 days..... Then alot of terminal leave time and some commander authorized release because I was working in the same command as a contractor at the time and there was a 3 week window for the time I was in for the US stop loss program. (At least in the unit I was in stop loss was terrible for the unit and personal morale.)


Oh and another 18 months as a direct unit operations supporting contractor.

pdf27

I've been in the TA for about 18 months now, for a total of about 100 days served. I'd guess that makes me the most inexperienced on the forum.

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FSV

USMC 2/2/68-29/5/68 Delayed Entry Program, 30/5/68-28/2/89 'On Deck'.

JAD_333

Total 2 yrs 9 months.

Joined Navy air reserves in 1956 while still in high school; military service was still compulsary then and besides they were offering a free trip to Miami (I can still feel the sun burn...);

2 years active duty in Kingsville, TX; separated; and then recalled in 1962 for Cuban Missile Crisis; 7 months active at Pax River and 6 weeks at Gitmos on deployment with VP661.

Many years go by, then work as a civilian at Pentagon for 9 great years.

soutie

called up JAN 13 1986 one year in the first south african infantry battalion ,trained in Mech warfare ,Trench clearlng ,and house clearing ,first year spent 3 month in Mamelodi doing riot control,Dec 86 transferred to 61 mechanised infantry Battalion finished in Dec 1987 ,Spent 10 years in the reseves Cape Town Higlanders .Now living in Spain

neyzen

130 days in labor battalion.

JungleMike

Served active duty USN from Jan '80 to Jul "89.

Went TAD in a special forces unit on CV-66 for 3 mos in '80 called "Mess-cranks"! Learned hand-to-hand plate scraping, got qual'd on a fully auto-galley "dragon". Earned a verbal commendation for skill in hurling full garbage bags of trash off the ship's fantail. I wore my hygienic, disposable paper hat with PRIDE! The rumor that we handled and operated deck buffers is classified and can niether be confirmed or denied!

JCT

I spent 5 1/2 years on active duty in the US Marine Corps from 94-99. I'm still a drilling Reservist with an LAR Bn and have been mobilized twice, spending 2 of the last 7 years on active duty.

Southie

Enlisted 13 Dec 1979

Retired 1 Jan 2000

All were great assignments but DC and South Korea were favorites.

667medic

Served 2 yrs and 6 months in the 6th BN Singapore Infantry Regiment. Currently in the Reserves (667th BN Infantry)

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Firral

Total time: 7 years, 10 months
From which 5 years I was trained and about 3 years I serve directly in army

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