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[vnomus427]

USAF 10 years as JetMech, SAC 319th Bombardment Wing, Grand Forks AFB

[Lithology]

USAF for 24 years, last duty station was Travis AFB, CA. Once upon a time, I served as a flight line heavy aircraft maintainer.

With regard to the second question, the drop off in folks on these forums has been pretty steep over the last six months or so, so I think the idea of a Veterans group might be a bit past its prime.

[GeminiWolf]

Thorn Hallis, on 08 November 2019 - 07:11 AM, said:

I'm interested in this too. When does one count as veteran?

I know what a Veteran is, I have an DD214... I want to know what a Vetereans is.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

GeminiWolf, on 10 November 2019 - 11:35 PM, said:

I know what a Veteran is, I have an DD214... I want to know what a Vetereans is.

That is when you have a DD214 and also dyslexia.

[Phoolan Devi]

BeobArtBtl 131, Mühlhausen, Germany

[Khale MacGregor]

Navy, San Diego 4 years - USS Tarawa ( LHA-1 )
Ohio National Guard Youngstown, Ohio 2 years
Army Reserve, Buffalo, NY 2 years
Army Active 6 years, Ft Eustis, VA - HAAF, GA - Ft Bliss, TX
Virginia National Guard 3+ Years, Charlottesville, VA ( currently serving. )

[Unleashed3k]

PzGrenBtl 152, Schwarzenborn, Germany

[Koniving]

Two and a half years. Deployed to Iraq for 5 months (cut short as my home was destroyed by the hurricanes of early 2000s. If you don't have a home to go back to, they send you back to the States to get your life back together with an under honorable discharge and an invitation to come back once it is.) The army national guard 116th field artillery regiment alpha company as MOS 13 Mike. It's one of the reasons I really like realizing that LRM, BT hex size, and the Catapult all have their origins closely related to the MLRS of the 1980s, which we had a dozen of over at bravo company. Trained at Fort Jackson for basic and Fort Sill for AIT.

When people tell you that Fort Sill is hard, ask them if they went there in the summer. If they did then call them out on their ********. 10 minute punishments followed by 50 minutes rest due to the heat is a joke compared to Jackson where they can have you punished for up to 50 mins and rest for ten due to the cold.

[Reza Malin]

Reconnaissance Sergeant, British Army, 1999-2012: 3 tours of Iraq, 2 tours of Afghan.
Close Protection Officer: 2013, British Embassy, Kabul
Royal Navy: 2018-present.

I have some stories.....not all veterans who play are US.