Don't pull out the combat boots, but...

[IdofEntity]

I was just wondering who here has ever served in any military capacity? There's probably a thread that already has this but a more up to date one would interest me. Do we have any Veterans from previous wars?

As for myself, I spent 6 years in the U.S. Air Force as a Programmer.

 

[cassar]

yes i did a little time.

 

[Tercha]

Me too.....

 

[Dedwrekka]

Serving now

 

[airhead]

served
USN

 

[Sukigod]

Served

US Army - tanker.

 

[wiccanpony]

I'm a Navy brat .... does that count ...... only combat I saw was between mom and dad....mom could wing a plate and smash a nat at fifty paces

 

[Hinton]

Tried to.

Since a lot of my family were in the Army, I tried joining when I was about 20, but they wouldn't take me. Tried the Marines after that, but same story.

I have a lot of respect those that do serve, no matter what branch it might be.

 

[mud duck]

6 years as a 12B10 Combat Engineer. Ah, to be young and foolish again....

 

[Torn blue sky]

Put in my time.

We are still young and foolish Ducky! (if only in our minds =P )

 

[mud duck]

So I still have a chance with some of those young, up and coming movie starlets?

 

[cassar]

So I still have a chance with some of those young, up and coming movie starlets?

lets not kick the arse out of it lol

 

[War Griffon]

Royal Navy

34 years service, Falklands War, Desert Storm and various major fires and a very major collision at sea.

 

[devoncodain]

I did 10 yrs in the U.S. Army Combat Vet of OIF II. I was a mechanic for a while got bored with that then was a Hvy Equipment operator for a while and Infantry for most of it. Infantry job in Iraq.

 

[wiccanpony]

by the way, Thank You all for at least making my world a little safer to live in

 

[Sand Rat]

Short stint as a squid. Actually have more time as a civilian sand rat.

 

[Dedwrekka]

by the way, Thank You all for at least making my world a little safer to live in

Can't speak for anyone else, but for me this is a job. I tend to slide praise away from me and towards the combat and frontline guys, I think they deserve the majority of the praise. I just fix stuff.

 

[tidoco2222]

Three years British Army I missed the Falklands (too young) still at school (just) and was out before Iraq 1 kicked off but was an reserve for that period.

 

[Torn blue sky]

Can't speak for anyone else, but for me this is a job. I tend to slide praise away from me and towards the combat and frontline guys, I think they deserve the majority of the praise. I just fix stuff.

Without the guys at the back, the guys at the front can't do their job properly though! It's one machine.
(Even if we do have the tendancy to rip the piss out of each other, it's noted)

 

[IdofEntity]

You're welcome, Wiccanpony. Not sure how much I contributed to freedom, and how much I just contributed to the mess of the world, but I took what I wanted from it and went my merry way.