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Lifer - 9/26/2002 7:41:11 PM   
Hussar

 

Posts: 48
Joined: 11/3/2000
From: Leominster U.K
Status: offline 		British Army, 25 years in total, enlisted "The Queen's Own Hussars" March 73, retired from the Royal Corps of Signals in July 1998 with one other capbadge during that time. Crewman on Chieftains (Mks 2 and 3) and Centurion (Mk 9) as operator / loader / driver and then Electronics Technician (Radio) until becoming a Computer Specialist.
It certainly beat working for a living!

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- 9/26/2002 8:19:37 PM   
Warhorse


Posts: 5712
Joined: 5/12/2000
From: Birdsboro, PA, USA
Status: offline 		Four years in the U.S. Marine Corps. Spent half of that on WestPac's(do they have them anymore?) 1/3, and 3/3 0311, 3rd Marines, Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station, Oahu, HI. 1980-1984.

Semper Fi!!:D

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- 9/26/2002 10:59:17 PM   
sandman20

 

Posts: 848
Joined: 7/8/2002
From: Finland
Status: offline 		It seems like many of you guys have a "little" bit longer army career than I have:D
Looks like a 2/3 of players have done military service and some guys will do it in future, and that's great thing. I think that "ArmyTime" was very fun and interesting.:)

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Post #: 33
- 9/26/2002 11:17:22 PM   
DerC

 

Posts: 299
Joined: 5/13/2002
From: Finland
Status: offline 		-Edit October 2003-

3 months of service done, I am now a medic and will spend the following six months in that position. Total service time is 9 months. The exact number of 'mornings' left today is 187 ;)

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French army - 9/26/2002 11:52:56 PM   
Gruvan

 

Posts: 64
Joined: 1/22/2020
From: France
Status: offline 		Hi,

wrote in an other forum hear, ut play the both games, so...

Served for one year as "sous-lieutenant" in France north east head quarter, behind the desk, but after officier military school of course;) .

Gruvan

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- 9/27/2002 10:19:42 PM   
El_Peco

 

Posts: 89
Joined: 5/25/2001
From: Milan, Italy
Status: offline 		Yes, I'm doing my military service here in Italy, where it's compulsory for men.
Near to be done corporal :-)
I will finish 14-5-2003:
- 229 to go!

Regards.

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Post #: 36
- 9/30/2002 12:37:21 AM   
sandman20

 

Posts: 848
Joined: 7/8/2002
From: Finland
Status: offline 		To El_Peco..
:) It looks like you have some "mornings" left!
But good luck and keep it going!

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- 9/30/2002 6:48:34 AM   
dox44

 

Posts: 668
Joined: 5/7/2000
From: the woodlands, texas
Status: offline 		USMC 1974-1978

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Post #: 38
- 9/30/2002 1:06:05 PM   
VikingNo2


Posts: 2918
Joined: 1/26/2002
From: NC
Status: offline 		18 years plus, USMC currently with CSSG-3 K-bay Hawaii, and Warhorse I deal with 1/3, 2/3, and 3/3 every day.

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Post #: 39
- 9/30/2002 8:55:54 PM   
Tommy D

 

Posts: 12
Joined: 7/4/2000
From: Atlanta, GA USA
Status: offline 		21 years US Army--4 years signal corps (platoon leader, company staff) and then 17 years JAG--retired AUG 2000

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Post #: 40
- 9/30/2002 10:56:21 PM   
Warhorse


Posts: 5712
Joined: 5/12/2000
From: Birdsboro, PA, USA
Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by VikingNo2
[B]18 years plus, USMC currently with CSSG-3 K-bay Hawaii, and Warhorse I deal with 1/3, 2/3, and 3/3 every day. [/B][/QUOTE]

Ahh, old stomping grounds!! Were you there in 80-84?! My Mom was escorted on base many years ago, while on vacation there with an Army cousin of mine, she took some pics, man the base has changed alot!! Lot of good memories though, nothing like looking toward the mountain range at night, when the moon is up. Semper Fi, my friend!!

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- 10/1/2002 3:31:01 AM   
Panzer Leo

 

Posts: 526
Joined: 6/13/2001
From: Braunschweig/Germany
Status: offline 		No Germans here ?

So I gotta raise the flag for the Bundeswehr here :D

Served as platoon leader / assistant company commander in the Luftwaffe's most fameous Fighter Regiment, the JG 71 "Richthofen"

[IMG]http://www.richthofen.org/images/Home.h3.gif[/IMG]

My unit was semi-mobile light infantry with training similar to Heeres Jäger troops. It is one of a few German traditional units to honor the pioneers of airwar. As special uniform feature, the members of this unit wear a band attached on the lower arm with "Geschwader Richthofen" on it.
I have now reserve status and sometimes join my old unit for a couple of weeks to train.

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Mir nach, ich folge euch !

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Post #: 42
- 10/1/2002 10:36:39 AM   
Daniel Oskar


Posts: 123
Joined: 12/15/2000
Status: offline 		Maj USMC(ret) '80-'01. Was a Combat Engineer in my enlisted days, made SSgt, then got commissioned. Finished as a CH-46 pilot.

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Post #: 43
- 10/1/2002 6:44:55 PM   
Sardaukar


Posts: 9847
Joined: 11/28/2001
From: Finland/Israel
Status: offline 		4 1/2 years in Finnish Army, just resigned as 1st Lt (tech) from Reserve Officer School staff.

Cheers,

M.S.

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Post #: 44
- 10/1/2002 7:24:17 PM   
Frank W.

 

Posts: 1958
Joined: 10/18/2001
From: Siegen + Essen / W. Germany
Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by Panzer Leo
[B]No Germans here ?

So I gotta raise the flag for the Bundeswehr here :D
[/B][/QUOTE]

i raise the flag of the german airforce with you:

- Luftwaffensicherung Kompanie 143F (Infantry troops that protect Air Force Units and installations)
- 14./TSLW2 (Erndtebrueck - there is ( or was?) a quite big radar and a NATO command bunker)
and
- Flugabwehrraketengruppe 38 (Burbach) with
some modernized Hawk Sams

Made it only to Hauptgefreiter.

15 months at all..

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Post #: 45
- 10/1/2002 8:25:48 PM   
retkit

 

Posts: 28
Joined: 7/31/2002
From: turkey
Status: offline 		Draft of 3/94 into the Turkish army.

I used to drive BTRs around.

When u shoot a halftrack into pieces next time in the game , know that even the halftrack people have feelings...

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Post #: 46
- 10/2/2002 3:18:24 AM   
U235


Posts: 103
Joined: 5/7/2000
From: Chesapeake, Virginia USA
Status: offline 		Currently serving in the Navy, June 79 to May 03 (eight months to go :D ). Worked mostly on Carriers (currently on a gator, or Marine Taxi). Had a lot of fun and some good memories shooting planes off the pointy end, some real classics like the F-4, A-7, F-8 and A-6. I suppose the F-14 will be a classic in a few years too. It's definately time to move on, I missed most of my young adult years, suppose that's why I enjoy SPWAW so much, take me back a bit.

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Post #: 47
- 10/3/2002 9:04:29 AM   
CaptainBrian

 

Posts: 59
Joined: 12/27/2000
From: California
Status: offline 		I am currently a Captain in the United States Marine Corps. I am an artillery officer and serving as a Battery Commander at 29 Palms, California. Got to love having a training area 85% the size of Rhode Island!!!! Semper Fidelis...

Brian

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Post #: 48
- 10/5/2002 1:46:03 AM   
Bernie


Posts: 1779
Joined: 3/15/2002
From: Depot HQ - Virginia
Status: offline 		USN '74-'80 as a Gunner's Mate on a "Gator Freighter" out of Norfolk. Did a few Carib cruises and a Med. Was in Lebannon doing civillian evac by boat and helo.

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- 10/5/2002 4:21:05 PM   
Teräspantteri

 

Posts: 84
Joined: 9/4/2002
From: Finland
Status: offline 		Did eleven months in field artillery. Now 2nd lieutenant in Finnish army reserves.

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Post #: 50
- 10/5/2002 8:53:24 PM   
DoomedMantis


Posts: 1922
Joined: 8/24/2002
From: Sydney, Australia
Status: offline 		2 years in the Australian Army. Got caught messing with a generals daughter though which didn't help the career much, was out in less than 6 months.

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- 10/7/2002 3:48:44 AM   
Randy

 

Posts: 1172
Joined: 8/22/2000
From: Torrance, Calif. USA
Status: offline 		USMC. I was a squadron logistics officer (1st Lt) from 77-80. I was stationed at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in California. I'm glad to see so many non-US vets list their military service. It shows how world wide this gaming community is.

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Post #: 52
- 10/11/2002 3:06:02 AM   
Tuomas Seijavuori

 

Posts: 91
Joined: 1/29/2002
From: Espoo, Finland
Status: offline 		Eleven months in SavPr/PstK back in 1989. I'm a 2nd lieutenant, anti-tank platoon leader in Finnish army reserves.

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Post #: 53
- 10/11/2002 3:31:32 AM   
Belisarius


Posts: 4041
Joined: 5/26/2001
From: Gothenburg, Sweden
Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bernie
[B]USN '74-'80 as a Gunner's Mate on a "Gator Freighter" out of Norfolk. Did a few Carib cruises and a Med. Was in Lebannon doing civillian evac by boat and helo. [/B][/QUOTE]

For us non-navy buffs:

Is "gator" generic for [I]any[/I] Navy freighter, or is it referring to LHA / LHD type ships? uhm... or LSD? :p Like those Amphibious Assault Ships ?

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- 10/11/2002 8:00:54 AM   
AmmoSgt

 

Posts: 1002
Joined: 10/21/2000
From: Redstone Arsenal Al
Status: offline 		US Army Ordnance, Retired in '86 .. spent most my time overseas, including a couple of years with Corp Landjut with the Danes and the German 6th Panzer, and 5 years with the German III Corp, and some Time helping out down at Baden OS with the Canadian 441 Squadron, Princess Pat's and 3rd Mech Comando, as well as alot of time with V Corp, 59th Bde and SASCOM . Very varied assignments. LOL Finally ended up with my own shop in V Corp.

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- 10/11/2002 8:53:10 AM   
AbsntMndedProf


Posts: 1780
Joined: 7/6/2001
From: Boston, Massachusetts
Status: offline 		I'd planned to join the Navy and apply for OCS once I graduated from college, but the diagnosis of epilepsy during my Sophomore year put those plans in a cocked hat. :mad:

Eric Maietta

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- 10/11/2002 12:19:48 PM   
Bernie


Posts: 1779
Joined: 3/15/2002
From: Depot HQ - Virginia
Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by Belisarius
[B]

For us non-navy buffs:

Is "gator" generic for [I]any[/I] Navy freighter, or is it referring to LHA / LHD type ships? uhm... or LSD? :p Like those Amphibious Assault Ships ? [/B][/QUOTE]

"Gator Freighter" refers specifically to the LKA class that was decomissioned back in the early 90's.

I served on the USS El Paso (LKA-117) and I am listed by the DoD as the founder and coordinator of the USS El Paso Alumni Organization.

The LKA's (not to be confused with the WWII LKA class) were originally designated as AKA's (Attack Cargo) and the designator was changed early on to LKA designating them as amphibious warfare ships. The El Paso typically carried a Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU), all their vehicles and equipment, and enough supplies to last them 90 days in the field. She was 535' long with a 65' beam and capable of carrying 20,000 tons of cargo and reaching a max listed speed of 22 knots (though I was on board the day we hit 28 knots during engine trials). We also carried 4 LCM-8 boats, 5 LCM-6 boats, two gigs, two 70 ton booms (fore & aft), two 40 ton booms (also fore & aft) and eight 15 ton booms and could have all boats in the water and headed to the beach in just under two hours. She also had a good sized flight deck for vertical replenishment and airborne assaults. Armament (my department) consisted of four 3" / 50cal twin mounts (6+ mile radar locked range), two of which were later replaced with Basic Point Defense Missile Launcher systems (BPDMS), a pair of Phlanx guns (added after I left in '76) and each landing craft had mounts for four .50 cal. M2HB's. Interesting side note, during the time I served aboard her she also had an assigned sonar operator, though she had no sonar, nor any ASW gear (blame it on BUPERS). The class was also equipped with a dedicated, specially outfitted magazine compartment to store and transport "non-conventional" munitions (read into that whatever you wish).

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- 10/11/2002 2:47:49 PM   
Andrey

 

Posts: 11
Joined: 10/9/2002
From: Omsk, Russia
Status: offline 		I served in Russian Army in 1996 and 1997, repair of tank techic, I am leitenant and I am in Reserve now.

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Post #: 58
- 10/11/2002 9:19:13 PM   
Musti

 

Posts: 19
Joined: 7/26/2000
From: Tampere, Finland
Status: offline 		Did my military service in 1997-98 in the Finnish army. I'm an AT-team squad/team leader. Rank is corporal( I guess). Spent 11 months firing those big recoilless things they call "musti". In the reserve now.

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Post #: 59
- 10/13/2002 1:55:23 AM   
Big Bill

 

Posts: 177
Joined: 3/24/2001
From: LI. NY. , USA
Status: offline 		USN 63-66 AO3 ( aviation ordanance) Barbers Point Hawaii

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