How many years in?

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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. :)
 
My uniformed service was: RAF 1957 - 1961.
Army ( 1RTR & AAC) 1961-1980.
'Intelligence Services' 1980 - 1987.
 
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.:biggrin:

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

The rest of it was legit.:biggrin:
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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 :biggrin:
 
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!:tongue: The rumor that we handled and operated deck buffers is classified and can niether be confirmed or denied!
 
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.
 
Enlisted 13 Dec 1979

Retired 1 Jan 2000

All were great assignments but DC and South Korea were favorites.
 
Served 2 yrs and 6 months in the 6th BN Singapore Infantry Regiment. Currently in the Reserves (667th BN Infantry)
 
LifersBrat 1956-1969 Not that its the same thing. 1 tour Embassy Duty Sweden 2 tours Embassy Duty England.
USMC 1973-1985
 
2nd Tankie said:
Signed on may 98
Still in and loving it:biggrin:
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Tankie,sad news about one of your boys who has been seriously injured in Irak. Lets hope all involved will make a good recovery, especially the Driver who has the most wounds. All the best from 1RTR and all members of the WAB
 
Just like to echo the comments of my former brick commander, Dave Lukins, and wish all the guys in 2RTR all the very best of luck, and my wishes for a speedy recovery, to a fellow tank driver,

Joined up June 1972 aged 17yrs 4 months
DBP August 1978,

Served all my time with "A" Sqn 1st RTR, apart from a 6 month posting to "B" Sqn, for a tour of Norther Ireland in 1977, rose to the dizzy heights of L/Cpl, was a driver of MBT Chieftain, AFV Wheeled, Saracen, Ferret, Mks 1, 2, 5, Driver AFV tracked Scorpion and Spartan, Scorpion gunner, and Clansman radio opeator Landrover, and Bedford mk 3 tonner, was, a B1 guided missile operator on Swingfire Mk5, and a ZB298 ground surveillance radar operator, Spartan, Oh and a Regimental Policeman, fired most things the Army had, from pistols up to 120mm, although the 84mm Carl Gustav gave me the biggest fright, never handled a grenade, heavy mortar or a bayonet, and after a UN tour of Cyprus in 75, me and three others thought it would be a jolly jape to hitch hike back to Blighty, which we did, took us three weeks
 
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