1969-1973
U.S. Navy
Radioman

Minesweepers:
USS Guide
USS Engage
Commander's Staff, Mine Flotilla 1

Months of 8 on/8 off. I got to see Haiphong Harbor in January 73 after Kissinger signed the peace treaty.
I hated every minute of it. The only good thing was the college education benefits that I got after I got out.

US Coast Guard from 1994-2000
Avionics Technition second class/Flight Mechanic aboard HH-65 Dolphin helicopters (think Baywatch). Stationed at San Francisco International Airport.
4 near crashes, on lost engine in a hover, only one to cut the cable with a swimmer on it saving the whole crew.
1 1/2 years aboard the USCGC Munro, patrolled the pacific waters from Equador to the Bering sea in the search of drugs, environmental offenders, and persons in distress. One of the few coasties to go on a WesPac to the litter box in 1999. Saw much of the Middle East and Asia.
Hanging out of a Helo saving people is a hard job to beat.
Mike 5, Death 0 Take that Death

I am/was my brothers keeper.

914 Garage Ten-Hut! I salute you all. The spirit is alive and well here.

USAF Strategic Air Command Band
Offutt AFB, NE
Lead Trombone - 'The Noteables' big band
1977-1981

USA 68-72
WANG 74-91

U.S. Coast Guard (1983- 1989)
Damage Controlman / Engineer / Fire Crew Chief
U.S.C.G.C. CLOVER (WMEC) - Eureka, CA
SUPPORT CEN - Alameda, CA

U.S. Navy Reserve (1990- 1993)
Construction Electrician / SeaBees
Mobile Construction Batallion Unit II - Treasure Island, CA

God -Bless those who serve their country...

USN 1980 - 1984
VF-124 F-14 Tomcats
(decommissioned Sept. '94 )

Pretty rough duty too! 3.5 years of shore duty at NAS Miramar, San Diego. Best of all, it was a 20 min. bike ride to "Blacks Beach" (Torrey Pines), and I looooved to ride my bike!!!.


DrifterJay...... be safe!!

1991 to present Travis AFB CA
C-5A/B Mech

USN 1965-1969
USNR 1970-1978

USS NEWPORT NEWS CA-148
USS W.C. LAWE

Two tours with the tonkien gulf yacht club.

This list is VERY impressive. It feels good to be amung real patriots.

God bless you all.

USNA Class of 1974
USN 1974 - 1979. USS McCard DD-822, USS LaSalle AFG-3
USNR 1979 - 1998. GTMO, Columbus OH, Buffalo NY, Detroit MI

USN 69-73 NAF Cam Ranh Bay 70-71 Just a few rockets and a lot a surfin in the South China Sea. NAS Whidbey Is. 71-73 I salute you combat vets. Everything else is gravy.

83-90
SGT US Army
Germany
Iraq

Aerial Intelligence(OV-1D Mohawk, Eyes of The Deep Battle)

If I could just figure out how NOT to go bankrupt, I would sign up for the reserves.

I still have friends in. I feel guilty for not being there with them!

US Coast Guard 1998-????
Quartermaster(Navigator)/ Operations Specialist
USCGC DURABLE -St. Pete, FL - If you're going to sea, the Caribbean is tough to beat.
Now in SF as a Search and Rescue Coordinator

Brian

USN Spent all of '66 and a lot of '67 as Deck Officer on an LST that was built in 1943. Carried cement (once had a shipload of beer going to DaNang) to many parts of the Indochina penninsula. Do you have any idea how long it takes to sail from Norfolk VA to Saigon when your cruising speed is 8 knots? (that is when the engines run)

USAF, 1968-1972
1 tour in country, mostly based at Tuy Hoa AB, RVN (on the beach next door to a VERY protective ROK regiment), got orders for Myrtle Beach, SC, so I voluntarily extended at Tuy Hoa for another 8 months. HQ, AFSC, Andrews AFB, MD for the balance of my hitch. Combat Documentary Photographer. That's like a photojournalist, only I got to fly A LOT. Spent substantial time "where we weren't", and was able to see a good part of SEA. Got out just before I sewed on E6 stripes ............. The Cap'n, formerly "The Sgt" .................... Hey, "Sgt Krusty" just doesn't have that ring to it ..........

US Army, 101st Airborne 1979-1981
Ky. and Oh Army National Guard 1981-1988
Communication Specialist/Section Chief
1 tour in Panama (that was enough !!)

USMC 1981-1989

L, 3rd Bn, 7th Mar (1981-1985)
MCMWTC, Mountain Leader Instructor (1985-1989)