Just curious.
Mine
Naval Special Warfare Group, Beach Jumper Unit One. 1968 to 1972.

Brien

USAF ... Combat Comm ... NOMAD... E&I... Titan II Nukes... 1972-1995

Medical Corps, Brooke Army Med Ctr, Ft. Sam Houston, 1980-83.

Army, 1Lt, CO of 67th Finance Detachment, Ft Riley, Ks. 1966-1968

Combat Engineer 12B30 1971-1973

1975-1977

The oxymoron corps! Army Intelligence. MACV team in the Delta region of the RVN, my field partners were the SF Psy Warfare Officer and his Navy Beachjumper! That guy had amazing capabilities.
bob

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U.S.M.C. 1962-66

US Army, Oct 53-May75, Admin NCO/MSG & Admin Officer to GO, CWO.

1969 - 72, Sgt.

3rd ACR??
bob

3rd Armored, 1/48, Gelnhausen...Fulda Gap 'stopper in the cork for 24 hours'. Best Bn CO ever: Lt Col John W Swaren -- still kicking and an avid fast sports car connoisseur. Best Bn Sgt Major ever...who kept a young NCO fellow from falling into a bad situation. I owe much to the experience of that time.

Stateside and FRG.

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Of the Troops & For the Troops

nt

I didn't. Came of age after the draft was abolished and before registering for the draft was re-instated. My son, though, at 25 years old and with a college degree joined the Marines and went to Parris Island in January. He signed up for 6 years specifically to get into the infantry. Said he wanted to do something hard. His mother, and my wife, went through medical school and was one of the doctors in Liberia 2 summers ago battling Ebola. I think he's trying to keep up with his mama. Both of them are my heros.

Sorry, no I don't, but that guy could rig a tape recorder and projector onto a PBR that made every VC/NVA in the province take pot shots at us!
bob

3rd ACR had returned to Ft. Lewis just before I returned from the RVN, they did a whole buncha boonie searches for D.B. Cooper.
bob

1980-1985 TN Army National Guard and college
1985-2011 USAF C-130, AC-130, and HC-130 pilot
2011-present Gov't Civilian staff officer in USSOCOM
Just keepin on keepin on...

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Colonel, USAF (Ret)
NRA Life Member

from an 8 foot dingy and aluminum foil?

Keep em guessing

.......pulled a low number in 1973, figured I was going to tour an exotic country all expenses paid. The Peace Accords were signed, so the gummint lost interest in me.

I had been giving thought to enlisting in the Army, so I had a better chance of getting a desirable MOS, but signed up with the US Postal Service for what I figured was going to be a couple of years until I decided what I really wanted to do. While I was floundering around, 32 years passed by, then I was forced into retirement. Now I'm losing money farming and working part-time in a gunshop. Never claimed to be too smart, and it shows.

If I could do it all over, and knew then what I know now, I'd have skipped the PO and gone straight into the Army. I have nothing but respect for those who served.

Otony

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Prodigy Arrow should mean something to you then.

1989 - 1993 Active Duty
1993 - 1997 Reserves
2005 - 2014 Federal Civil Service DA civilian.
Most of my close friends here know I had to retire earlier than planned due to some serious medical problems.

Simple soldier, US Army, 1968-1971.

Yep. How interesting.
I work in 3X.

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Colonel, USAF (Ret)
NRA Life Member

I got #277, and he won the lottery with #1.
He was called for a physical, and was graded USDA Prime.
But he was never drafted.

........what my number was, but it was two digits.

Is there a place where we can look it up? Now I'm curious.

Otony

.......and it was 042, but I'm off a year, they pulled our numbers in March of 1974.

They canceled the induction process in June of 1973, which was how I missed the draft. After so many years I confused the two events.

Otony

Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Army, Fort McClellan, AL. January 78 - January 82.

Been retired for two years. And I still get occasional phone calls for 'HALP!'

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I have been amazed at the members of this board ever since I showed up.

RC light infantry 1988-1996, back in for a vacation in the desert 2005-2007.

USAF 1965 to 1969 Headquarters Command. Special weapons and observing the nuclear program of the USSR (spying).