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dlazov -> (1/24/2003 9:11:22 AM)
U.S. Army 4 years, 1 month and 19 days. Served with: C Troop, 3rd Squadron/3rd ACR (87-88) C Company 4th Battalion/34th Armored Brigade/8th Infantry Div as a M1A1 Tank Driver Fought in Desert Storm (our brigade was assigned to the 3rd Armored Division) Our tank knocked out 19 emeny vehicles in one firefight (I can't remeber if it was 7 T-62 or 9 and the rest was a bunch of BMP's). Most remebered: Sgt "Something" said after a firefight "There was a Sabo in the main gun and a bunch of Iraqi's in a truck. I fired the Sabo into the engine of the truck and blew the engine out the other side killed the crew. A bunch of Iraqi grunts jumped out and I flipped the switch to MG and shot them to pieces a few ran into this bunker, that that point the loader had a HEAT round in the tube. On the Way! Boom. Dusted them bastards. Ha Ha Ha" This may sound sick to those who never been in a war, but its either you or them. I pray to God that my kids don't have to see what I saw, and it was only a 4 day war. I could not even imagine the Hell that those heroric boys of the 2nd Marine Div went through on the 20th of Nov 1943 at Tarawa or the boys that landed at Normandy. For you Cav Scouts, Scouts out! When your burning and smoking that when us tankers know where the enemy is. Cav may know this: LLMF To the boys out there now. Good Luck and God's speed.

usmcbob -> (2/4/2003 10:38:39 AM)
Served 20 years in the USMC Retired as a Master Sgt. I served with Hmm-165 CH-46's originally then was transfered to the Harrier Vstol program. I was a jet engine Mech on the Rolls Royce engine/Plane Captain for the AV8A, C, and AV8B. Served with VMA-542 out of Cherry Point North Carolina. Spent more time on overseas deployment then in NC. Also had more ship time then alot of sailors in the Navy. Last years of my career i was the Senior Instructor for the Navy and Marine Corps Jet Engine School Millington Tenn. Now sitting behind a desk as the Director of purchasing for a heavy commercial aluminum window company. **** i miss the smell of JP5 in the morning. I have played Board games for years as a way to pass the long days away from home. New to this forum but have played Steel Panther series for years. Semperfi

Bernie -> (2/4/2003 11:46:04 AM)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by usmcbob [B]Served 20 years in the USMC Retired as a Master Sgt. I served with Hmm-165 CH-46's originally then was transfered to the Harrier Vstol program. I was a jet engine Mech on the Rolls Royce engine/Plane Captain for the AV8A, C, and AV8B. Served with VMA-542 out of Cherry Point North Carolina. Spent more time on overseas deployment then in NC. Also had more ship time then alot of sailors in the Navy. Last years of my career i was the Senior Instructor for the Navy and Marine Corps Jet Engine School Millington Tenn. Now sitting behind a desk as the Director of purchasing for a heavy commercial aluminum window company. **** i miss the smell of JP5 in the morning. I have played Board games for years as a way to pass the long days away from home. New to this forum but have played Steel Panther series for years. Semperfi [/B][/QUOTE] Welcome aboard, Bob! Hope you like our little place here. It's got all the comforts of home, and the neighbors are friendly. :)

CPT Shoe -> (2/9/2003 11:05:12 AM)
Been Active duty since 1984: 1/C/2/505th Parachute Infantry Regiment: M60 Machine gunner Got my Gold bar from West Point class 1989 1/87th INF, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) 1990-1994 1/4th INF, 7th ATC, Hohenfels, Germany (OPFOR) 1994-1997 8th BN, 4th Psychological Operations Group, 1998-2002 3rd BN, 1st Special Warfare Training Group at the present time. SPWAW chews up any free time the Army lets me have, but I do love it so.

VikingNo2 -> (2/9/2003 11:13:45 AM)
OOHRAA Shoe............... oops I meen WHOOA:D :D

acrosome -> MIlitary Life (2/12/2003 3:07:29 AM)
I served four years enlisted active-duty as an electronic warfare technician with the 511th MI Co / 11th ACR in Fulda, Germany, with a small detour to the Persian Gulf at the end of the war. Blackhorse! Then reserves in college doing the same job for the 99th ARCOM, after which I went to USUHS (if you know what that is, I'll buy the beer...), and now I'm active duty again as a surgery resident.

CPT Shoe -> (3/21/2003 11:22:26 AM)
[IMG]http://www.usuhs.mil/images/jpg/usulogo.jpg[/IMG] Above People's Drug Store in downtown Bethesda, Maryland Make it a Guiness!!!!

Supervisor -> You Old Crow (3/29/2003 12:06:27 PM)
I can't believe I overlooked this one. EW huh, going on 18.5 years strong now. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

sandman20 -> Re: You Old Crow (3/29/2003 1:22:54 PM)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by gmenfan [B]I can't believe I overlooked this one. EW huh, going on 18.5 years strong now. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences [/B][/QUOTE] Better late than never! :rolleyes: ;)

mandreads -> I did 8 months (4/1/2003 10:42:26 PM)
I did my tour of duty in shortest available time, 8 months. I was trained to be in a FO team. Gotta love spotting for those 120mm with live ammo!

Kaiutin -> (4/8/2003 8:02:10 PM)
Helsingin Ilmatorjunta Rykmentti 1998-1999 (Helsinki AA-Regiment) First at AA FireControl and after that supply. Rank "Alikersantti" and that is like us sergeant (?) Correct me if im wrong: Tykkimies = Privat Korpraali = Corporal Alikersantti = Sergeant

sandman20 -> (4/8/2003 8:32:23 PM)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Kaiutin [B] Correct me if im wrong: Tykkimies = Privat Korpraali = Corporal Alikersantti = Sergeant [/B][/QUOTE] That's correct.:D Tykkimies, J��k�ri, Pioneeri or whatever:rolleyes: = Private "Alikersantti" or "Kersantti" = Sergeant "V�nrikki" = 2nd Lieutenant And welcome to the forum Kaiutin! ;)

aamuli -> (6/10/2003 3:23:13 AM)
Well, I guess I'm going to be the first one to say that I haven't done any military service and I won't do any. However, that doesn't stop me from finding the game fascinating and great fun! :-) Not surprisingly, I have found the learning curve to be very steep as I have no basic knowledge of anything military. Just... gotta... try... harder...

Sonni -> Finnish ranks in english (6/10/2003 1:36:43 PM)
I have to correct those ranks a bit... Sotamies = Private Korpraali = Private 1st. class / Lance Corporal Alikersantti = Corporal Kersantti = Sergeant I served in Finnish Rapid Deployment Force, a PfP (Partnership for Peace) organization of the Finnish Army, and we used NATO-standards in everything so I should know.

Losqualo -> (6/10/2003 2:52:58 PM)
I did my military service in the german Bundeswehr as gunner on an M-109 self propelled howitzer. It was back in 1989 and the duration for the service was 15 months. For those interested I was in the 3./PzArtBtl 285 in M�nsingen, Germany. That's my Avatar: it shows me (yes, I'm there :)) in front of the M-109.

RolandRahn_MatrixForum -> (6/11/2003 12:16:41 AM)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Losqualo [B]It was back in 1989 and the duration for the service was 15 months. [/B][/QUOTE] My condolences... how close did you miss the reduction of the military enlave..., err, compulsory service to 12 months? (Happened in 1991 IIRC)

Losqualo -> (6/11/2003 1:32:42 AM)
Well I entered service in January 1989 and IIRC the recruits which entered January 1990 had only to do 12 months. But honestly I don't think it was too bad. I learned a lot about social behavior and comradship.:)

Frank W. -> (6/11/2003 1:41:24 AM)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Losqualo [B]Well I entered service in January 1989 and IIRC the recruits which entered January 1990 had only to do 12 months. But honestly I don't think it was too bad. I learned a lot about social behavior and comradship.:) [/B][/QUOTE] i was lucky and made only 12 months in 91 ( IIRC )... but i too think it was not that bad.

Berserk -> (6/11/2003 4:17:35 AM)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Rune Iversen [B]Mechanized Recon in either APC/GD (jeeps). Transferred to National Guard Motorized Infantry, where i am currently serving part-time. [/B][/QUOTE] Den her har jeg da heller ikke h�rt om f�r. Den er vist p� linie med den med marine corps

RolandRahn_MatrixForum -> (6/11/2003 4:24:30 AM)
Well, I made my experiences in 1986/87 and during one reserve exercise in 1989. If the battery commander of a M109-battery doesn't know that there is 155mm ammo that can be laser-guided (of corse not in the german inventory), if a battalion commander isn't able to tell that approx. 50% (Numbers of the mid-80s) of the Bundeswehr consists of conscripts (that question was asked by a civilian on an open day), then the rememberances aren't too well. I remember one 1st Lt. telling me that he belived that the Federal republic of Germany is a country woth to be defended when he entered the Bundeswehr. He would still have this cconviction, however after several years in the Bundeswehr he doubted that the Bundeswehr is the kind of organization that could be used for this task.

Rune Iversen -> (6/11/2003 4:29:42 AM)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Berserk [B]Den her har jeg da heller ikke h�rt om f�r. Den er vist p� linie med den med marine corps [/B][/QUOTE] Har du ikke h�rt at hjemmev�rnet for fremtiden skal opstille en stor del af Kampgruppernes MotInf;). Temmeligt sjovt, jeg laver n�sten det samme men f�r ingen penge for det:p

S-type -> (6/11/2003 6:02:44 PM)
12 months 1975-76 and ended up as sergeant in the artillery, swedish army. Trained on 105 mm howitzers, as support for a armoured batallion. Later transferred to air-force as an air-feld engineer (being a civil engineer in my profession)

rudy -> (6/18/2003 9:34:45 AM)
US Marine Corps Active 1981-1985, Cryogenics Tech. Liquid Oxygen and Nitrogen for aviation suport. Cherry Point, NC 81-81 and Kaneohe Bay, HI 82-85. I see from a couple of posts I may have shared a beer or two with a couple of you. Active Reserve 85-87, A Co., 1/25, Albany, NY. 0331/0311 (Guns up!) Finished up as a Sgt. Great time. Semper Fi!!!

kevarms -> RE: (3/21/2004 12:25:31 AM)
4 years as a radio operator in the British Army. Learnt skills such as morse code which I have found particularly useful in civilian life. Served in Germany as ground support for RAF helicopters and Gulf War I (I guess it's gonna be know as that right?) as recce for Div HQ

Fatkat -> RE: Lifer (3/30/2004 10:47:43 AM)
4 years US Navy as a Gunner's Mate from 1981 to 1985 on the USS Moosebrugger.

Warmonger -> RE: Lifer (3/30/2004 12:17:05 PM)
4 Years in the US Army as an M1A1 Tanker Finished as an E5 (Sergeant) Tank Gunner

critter -> RE: How many players have done military service? (4/28/2004 7:39:51 AM)
USN 4 yrs.. USS. EISENHOWER CVN-69..Was 7 days out to sea when the Nimitz launched that fubar attempt to free the Iran hostages. Spent 9 months dodging russian ships?bears tring to screw up our landing patterns. Best wishes to our brothers in Iraq

DerC -> RE: How many players have done military service? (4/29/2004 1:10:50 AM)
9 months in Finnish Army as medic, rank jaeger. Now in reserve, hoping to attend refresher courses sometime soon. :)

FlashfyreSP -> RE: How many players have done military service? (5/6/2004 8:42:45 AM)
6 years USN 4 years onboard USS ARKANSAS (CGN-41) out of Alameda Naval Air Station, California. Combat Systems Department Data Systems Technician (DS2) Specialty: NTDS (Naval Tactical Display System) I worked on the consoles that displayed the radar and sonar data, and the computer gear that ran the programs to display it. Became a shellback on 3 July 1986, on the way around Africa. And my avatar is the ship seal. GO NAVY!

JaegerJ -> RE: How many players have done military service? (5/8/2004 5:34:13 AM)
1985-88 Alpha Co. 38th Signal Battalion, 56th Field Artillery Command at Bismark Kaserne, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany(Active) 1988-89 26th Arty, Yankee Division, Rehobeth, Mass. (Reserve) I remember reading,"Red Storm Rising", while in the woods in Germany and wondering if an Eastern Bloc bomb was gonna travel down my radio signal and waste us! Oh the Reagan Regime! Thank god we never pulled triggers back then. I never knew there were so many Finns into wargaming! Thanks to those who served and are serving. [sm=00000436.gif]

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