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| 2005-05-27 |
| Freepers and DU are doing this and I think we Rantburgers should do so as well. I know its copying but its a good way to show our service and recognize those that have served. If you have served in the military sound off, with term of service, rank, and branch (and/or last Unit served). If you have a spouse or parent that served go ahead ans list their service. International Rantburgers are welcome as well. I will start us off: 1980-2000, TSgt, USAF, 48th Intelligence Squadron Beale AFB CA P.S. I want to send a special thanks to all that have served or continue to serve. God watch over you all! |
| Posted by:Cyber Sarge |
| #48 From the first of our family, a "Ranger of the Frontier" in Pennsylvania, who came to this country in 1725 and rose to the rank of major, to my son, a Marine just back from Iraq, the men of my family have fought for America whenever the call came. Father: WWII Army Air Corps, gunner on B-24s & B-29s Me: USAF 1971-80 SAC: EWO on B-52D/G/Hs, Anderson, UTapao, Blytheville & Wright Patt;AFSC/ASD: program manager AFEWES 75 - 79; still working with military electronics Son: LCpl 1/23 USMCR, just back from Iraq. |
| Posted by: RWV 2005-05-27 23:24 |
| #47 Thats an impressive record OS . One thing we have in common is the fractured back part . Goddam aweful in mid-winter , bearable other times . anyway , for the record . 1979 enlist and pass Royal Marines training and selection process Lympstone, Devon (ouch painful thinking about it ) 1980 joined C Company , 40 Commando , served in a few nice places (sarcasm) 1982 Fractured lumbar vertebrae in biking accident and missed my company raising the Queens flag over the the Falklands |
| Posted by: MacNails 2005-05-27 21:22 |
| #46 GreatGreatGrandfather: Muleskinner, Phil Sheridan's Cavalry. GreatGrandfather: National Guard (more of a social thing) Grandad: Cavalry under Blackjack Pershing: Mexico and WW1. Dad: US Navy WW2, Tin Can and Ashore in New Guinea. Uncles: USAAF WW2 (all Bombers - 1 pilot, 2 bombardiers, both bombardiers over Japan, pilot flew liberators over Europe) USMC (Iwo Jima, died there). USARMY (Normandy, 29th Infantry, lost an eye) Step Brothers: USMC 66-68 Vietnam USAF 67-72 Vietnam, Edwards Brothers (all younger): 1-US Navy 4 years (Seabee) reserves 4 years 2-US Army 4 years (Combat Engineer) reserves 4 years 3-USAF-Reserve (Avionics repair) All 4 of us were active in the first gulf war in theater. Wife: US Army (Germany,Ft Meade) Son: Future USMC or Naval Officer (He'll be the first officer in a long line of enlisted). |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-05-27 21:21 |
| #45 1989-1994 US army, Saudi, Korea, Somalia. 1994-Present Tennessee National Guard. Iraq now, Who Knows Where in the future. |
| Posted by: N guard 2005-05-27 21:12 |
| #44 Enlisted National Guard Finished Bachelors 82nd Abn Finished masters 2nd ACR ("Always Ready" to that "Tojour Pret" up there. Best damn regiment in the Army thanks to The Dueler - hell we had Digital Camo 2 decades before the Marines ever thought of it, and I still have my "Border" cap) (Merrell Barracks) Ft Meade MD (you know whats there) reserves while working at a government agency activated Aug 90-late 92, Sandbox and Florida (2ACR again - kicked ass in the sand, then CENTCOM/SOCOM). Hired away to different government work after that. Blown knees, fractured back in the line of duty. Med Retired. Second Bachelors (Computers this time) Contractor now. Working on PhD. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-05-27 20:59 |
| #43 In memory of my uncle, Bill Pepper, Lance Corporal, USMC; Killed in Action August 30, 1968 in Quang Nam Province, Republic of South Vietnam. |
| Posted by: Zpaz 2005-05-27 20:35 |
| #42 Father: 25th Infantry Division-Viet Nam Me: 1990-1999 US Army 501st MI Bde, ROK |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2005-05-27 20:15 |
| #41 Me: 1978-98 SSgt, USAF Ammo, Strategic Air Command, PACAF, TAC, USAFRS, ACC. My Grand-uncle, Lawrence Kozlowski, Corporal, US Army Coast Artillery and Rail Artillery, 1917-1919 My Dad, Donald Kozlowski, Sergeant, USMC 1954-58 My Uncle, Norbert F. Kozlowski,CPO, USN USS Ranger CV-4 1942-45, USS Phillipine Sea CV-47 45-48 My Uncle, Joseph M. Carpentiere, Major, US Army 1948-54, Silver Star My brother in law, Shane Kreuzer, TSgt, USAF, SAC, PACAF, TAC, and ACC, with service in Desert Storm. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2005-05-27 19:56 |
| #40 US Army, Sep 68- Sep 77; RVN, B 3/503 Inf 173rd ABN 69-72; B 2/508 82nd Abn Div 72-74; MIT 74-77. 11B4P Ssgt E-6. Proud of the US Army, proud of the Infantry, proud of the USA. Father, grandfather, great, and great greats all Infantry. Thank you, Fred, for Rantburg. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2005-05-27 19:39 |
| #39 USMCR 1987 - 1995, SGT. 3rd. Bn/24th Marines 1991 - Al Jubayl, KSA Thank you and God Bless all of you and all that have served past, present, and future. |
| Posted by: djh_usmc 2005-05-27 19:34 |
| #38 I've never served. My family and close relative have. From my heart, thank you for your service |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-27 19:27 |
| #37 1976-1992 USN/USNR. From deck ape to electronics technician, to O-3. Service: Indian Ocean (Iran), Operation Earnest Will (injured during ops; 2 years in-hospital), Desert Shield/Desert Storm I. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-05-27 19:20 |
| #36 I will note my families only death in WWII. It was my Aunt Janey Ruth who died of burns received while getting dressed for a dance. The nearest doctor and hospital were 80 miles away in Thomasville Ga. Only doctors available were either drunks or over 70. All kinda casualties in a war. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-05-27 19:14 |
| #35 Thanks C Sarge. Grand idea. Great Grandfather, 11th TN, Inf. Battle of Atlanta Great Grand Uncle, 11th TN killed at Atlanta Great Grand Uncle, 11th TN, Also Battle of Atlanta Great Grand Uncle, TN 10th Cavalry died in Union Prison (Camp Douglas?) Grand Father missed all the fun Father, WWI, CPL, machine gunner, Argonne Forest Me: USAF 1952-1972 Comm.-Elect. last duty, HQ 14th Air Force |
| Posted by: GK 2005-05-27 19:09 |
| #34 Why does it cost so much for a divorce? Because it's worth every penny. |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-05-27 18:53 |
| #33 well, as long as we're comparing wounds - I had a divorce and won custody of 3 kids...you don't wanna see the collateral damage :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-27 18:26 |
| #32 Great Great Grandfather - James Ellis, Ohio regiment (exact one unknown), Union Army (rank unknown, but family tradition says he fought at Stones' River, likely died there) Great Grandfather - Lafayette Hampshire, Infantry, WW1 (unit & rank unknown) - Grampa 'Lafe might also have been in an earlier war, but never spoke about it Great Grandfather - Charles Ellis, Infantry, WW1 (unit & rank unknown) Grandfather (mother's side) - Verhelst, 1st Infantry Division, WW1 (& WW2?) (unit & rank unknown, wounded in action at least once, European Theater) Father - Donald Ellis, USS Hornet (CV 19), Machinists' Mate, served 1956-60, onboard during incidient in Formosa Straits Myself - No formal military service (served in field 6 years as civilian "advisor" (classified) specializing in systems & data analysis, South America, 1977-83, served primarily alongside Marine & Cavalry units, wounded once in close-in action (knife wound to throat - 14 stitches, also sustained injuries to knees/ankles, light burns to calf muscles on both legs) |
| Posted by: LC FOTSGreg 2005-05-27 18:22 |
| #31 Me: Cpl USMC 1961 - 1965 My sons: John USN Sub Service 1978 - 1984 Kevin: Chief Petty Officer USN Reserve 1982 - Present Michael: Chief Petty Officer USN 1990 - Present Now at IBU21 (United Arab Emirates) P.S. I want to send a special thanks to all that have served or continue to serve. God watch over you all and bless our Nation! |
| Posted by: Jack Bross 2005-05-27 18:09 |
| #30 US Navy AMS3 1987-1991 USS Enterprise CVN-65 |
| Posted by: radrh8r 2005-05-27 17:54 |
| #29 Did I mention we bleed blue? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-05-27 17:18 |
| #28 Sorry Ranters my Original post was incomplete: Wife SRA 1981-1985 SrA (E-4) 2002 Comm Squadron, Iraklion AS Greece Dad 1956-1976 SSgt, Flight Test Branch Sacramento Logistics Depot Mom 1955-1956 A1C, USAF Sheppard AFB TX Older Brother 1976-1980 SrA, USAF Nellis AFB NV Little Brother 1983-1985 SrA, USAF Eilison AFB AK Father In Law 1950-1955 A1C, USAF, Minot AFB ND |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-05-27 17:14 |
| #27 Grandfather - WWI - deceased Father - WWII - deceased 6 uncles - WWII deceased 1 Aunt WWII & Korea - deceased Self - USMC 1965 - 1987 active FMCR 1987 - 1995 Retired - 199 service: Viet Nam and other exotic places. I proudly salute all past and present members of the United States Armed Services and their families as well. Semper Fi W.C.Jackson MSGT USMC-Ret. |
| Posted by: USMC Retired 2005-05-27 17:02 |
| #26 Aaarrrggghhhh! second line should read "O-6 at retirement" (never got the star). |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2005-05-27 16:58 |
| #25 US Army, 1969-75 E-1 to WO3, Aviator, Vietnam USAR, 1975-99, O-7 at retirement; Aviation and ADA; DS-1, Restore Hope (Somalia). |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2005-05-27 16:55 |
| #24 Father - USN 55-58 - Died 94 and interred at Ft. Rosecrans, Pt. Loma - Dad, I love and miss you so much |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-27 16:50 |
| #23 PS: didn't mean to suck up unnecessary bandwidth by listing other relatives besides my husband and father. I'm just grateful to them for their service ... the WWII guys, especially, came home, sucked it up and quietly rebuilt their lives without complaint. Several of them, Dad, uncle Buffy (Joe the paratrooper) and uncle Lefty (Charles at Bastogne) suffered with pain for the rest of their lives after being wounded, but never mentioned it if they could avoid doing so. |
| Posted by: rkb 2005-05-27 16:47 |
| #22 US Army Vietnam 54th Aviation Company 1967-1968. |
| Posted by: Bill Nelson 2005-05-27 16:26 |
| #21 USNA Class of 88 DCA on USS Dahlgren DDG-43, Navigator on USS Yellowstone AD-41 |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2005-05-27 16:03 |
| #20 Don't have the units and other details with me, but here is the synopsis ... My husband: retired USAF officer, classified space programs; currently faculty at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point) My cousins: Larry, former USAF pilot served in Vietnam; Charles, former USAF missile control officer; currently serving: Larry's son, active duty USAF officer (Academy grad). My father: one of 8 brothers plus a brother-in-law who served in WWII. Of these 9, 8 saw combat (the 9th, my uncle Mike, was sent back to serve stateside after a year since he had 4 children at the time). My father Stephen was a Navy gunner shot down in the Pacific near the end of the war. His brother George (Charles' father) also served in the Navy. The son-in-law Joseph Petro was a paratrooper at Normandy and again at Bastogne, where he was wounded. Bastogne is where my uncle and godfather Charles Kowalchuk earned, as a young Sgt, a Silver Star, a Bronze Star and several Purple Hearts fending off the elite Nordwind attackers. Others of my father's brothers who served in WWII: Andy (retired as an E-9 from the Air Force), Vasyl ('Harry'), Phillip and John. My father's youngest brother Joseph, too young to serve in WWII, served in Korea and Vietnam and retired as an E-9 (E-8?) in the USAF as well. My father's father came to the US as a teenager, did not serve. His father and many generations before him raised/trained cavalry horses and organized/led mounted patrols of the Ukrainian border for several hundred years. ;-) On my mother's side, her father's family came to the colonies in 1732 and their first military service here was when an ancestor in our direct lineage served in the Revolution. Not so strong a tradition of service on that side. I'm grateful to them all and to all our Rantburgers who have helped to make and keep us free. |
| Posted by: rkb 2005-05-27 15:44 |
| #19 Dad: US Navy WWII Lt. Cmdr. New Caladonia Uncle: US Army WWII Cpt. London Me: USARV 82nd. Airbone 1967 - 1971 Nephew: US Army Cpt. sandbox, "the Stan" 2000 - |
| Posted by: bman 2005-05-27 15:42 |
| #18 OOps... daughter now a Cpl. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2005-05-27 15:37 |
| #17 Father, US Army Artillery (Forward Radar) ROK, 1953-54 Myself: USAF (TSgt) 1976-1996 Daughter: LCpl, USMC 1998-present |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2005-05-27 15:36 |
| #16 Father: USAF 1957-1964 Brother #1: GySgt USMC 1988-2003, USAR 2003- Pres Brother #2: Cpl USMC 1986-1990 Me: LCpl USMC 1980-1984 2 Great-Uncles, US Army, deployed at various times in the ETO during WWII. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2005-05-27 15:19 |
| #15 Dad: USMC: 1944-1948. Okinawa, Northern China. USMCR: 1948-1952. Inchon, Seoul, Chosin Resevoir. I miss you, dad. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-05-27 14:54 |
| #14 US Navy 20 years from 1978 to 1998, PO1, NSF Diego Garcia was the most interesting. Father USN WWII CV18 USS WASP |
| Posted by: Dave 2005-05-27 14:50 |
| #13 Father: Navy inspector, Higgins Plant PT Boat Program, est. 1942-1945. Died 1992. Thanks, Dad, and thanks to you all. |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-05-27 14:12 |
| #12 Thank you, Liberalhawk, on my parents' behalf. I've done nothing special, myself, except teach my children to appreciate those who serve. Which should not be special. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-05-27 14:03 |
| #11 U. S. Navy Atlantic fleet (Service Fleet)1966-1970 E-3 (Machinist)USS Amphion, USS Alstede, USS Arcturus |
| Posted by: Jim David 2005-05-27 14:01 |
| #10 1972-1980, SSgt, USAF, 2150th Comm. Sq. (AFCS) Last Post: Minot AFB, No. Dakota (SAC) |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-05-27 13:48 |
| #9 Dad: USS Saint Paul (CA-73) 1944-1947 Me: USS Elliot (DD-967) 1980 - 1984 NROTC Purdue 1984 - 1987 Naval Reserve 1987 - 2003 |
| Posted by: Sailor_Man 2005-05-27 13:31 |
| #8 1989-1993, Cpl, USMC |
| Posted by: BH 2005-05-27 13:27 |
| #7 Father: U.S. Army coast Artillery, 1 hitch pre-WWII U.S. Army, 5th Field Artillery Group, WWII Thank you and God bless you to all who served. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2005-05-27 13:18 |
| #6 thats quite something, TW. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2005-05-27 13:18 |
| #5 Dad: United States Navy 1943-45 USS Kitkun Bay Me: US Army 2nd AD, 1/67th Armor 1972-73 |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-05-27 13:17 |
| #4 Father - USN, midshipman from 1942(?),ensign, assigned to a Destroyer as gunnery officer at Okinawa, 1945, claimed hits on kamikazes (as did the entire fleet, he told me) Saved from death by Trumans decision to drop the bomb (he was assigned as forward naval artillery spotter in event of invasion of Japan) Demobilized, as Lt JG, 1946. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2005-05-27 13:17 |
| #3 And heartfelt thanks to all of you who have put yourselves and/or your family members on the line to keep me and mine free. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-05-27 13:12 |
| #2 I'm afraid I don't have exact dates or ranks, but here goes: Father: WWII: British Army in Persia, attached as civilian Russian translator; Israeli Haganah in the 1940's to at least 1948. Mother: civilian runner for the anti-Nazi Dutch Underground during WWII, despite being hidden herself. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-05-27 13:08 |
| #1 1978-1980, Sgt, ARMY, 3/2 ACR, Amberg, Germany 1980-1986, USAR, 91st MTC, Camp Parks, CA Toujour Pret! |
| Posted by: Leigh 2005-05-27 12:54 |