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Veterans...

United States Army Reserves, joined at the wrong time, right after everyone came home from Operation Desert Storm E-5 and above and they were gearing up for post-Cold War rifs. No way to move up and no option to go active duty.
 
You didn't have to volunteer to be in this thread. If your country has mandatory service then you are a veteran.
Did you protect your Country?
 
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No, but my husband served in the US Air Force during Vietnam. Four years active duty followed by one year on medical leave. He had an injury that left him 40% disabled.

He's 7 years older than me and, honestly, when I met him I wasn't all that impressed by his military service. I am now! Thinking about the turmoil caused by the Vietnam War, and knowing that he served rather than hiding in Canada makes me very proud. :)
 
So what weapons did you train with. Even clerks could use an M16 quite well in my day.
I was a K9 handler so I have to count my dogs as weapons. Other than that...
We started with our bodies; being in shape is a force multiplier. Then batons and .38's in Law Enforcement school. Airbase Ground Defense school introduced me to the M60 and M79: Managed to burn my hand on the M60 barrel.
Once I got to my AFB I met my final weapon a Colt AR-15. I got one from the original tests. It had x in it's name. Damn I'm old.

So what are the kiddies using now?
 
MoodyBlues said:
No, but my husband served in the US Air Force during Vietnam. Four years active duty followed by one year on medical leave. He had an injury that left him 40% disabled.

He's 7 years older than me and, honestly, when I met him I wasn't all that impressed by his military service. I am now! Thinking about the turmoil caused by the Vietnam War, and knowing that he served rather than hiding in Canada makes me very proud. :)
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Family are veterans too you know. They're your support squad when you're serving.
 
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Family are veterans too you know. They're your support squad when you're serving.
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I appreciate that. :)

However, I wasn't part of his family until the end of his service. Fate led us to meet.

He's from Florida, and his entire family was in the Clearwater/Tampa area--with MacDill AFB right around the corner. But when he was injured overseas, they sent him to Edwards AFB for surgery. Afterward, he decided to stay in LA for awhile, taking an apartment in Hollywood--where a mutual friend introduced us...
 
I'm retired Navy Chief Electronics Technician with 21 years' service. Which means I can set up a Wi-Fi network or home theater without calling Geek Squad.

The Darling Bride is also a Navy veteran: Culinary Specialist First Class with 17 years of service, active and reserve. Being married to a chef, I have to watch my svelte figure: which is somewhere in here underneath all this fat...

:p
 

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A ,38 revolver than. Women have more patience. Speed loaders weren't a thing when I used one.
Never actually used but dropped a bullet from my belt once.
Didn't need it, had a K9. He was like 5 yards away but Upper denied me releasing my dog to handcuff him. Medicated patient., 70's. We had him. But no go. A fat staff Sargeant got kicked in the gonads instead. Somebody cuffed the perp but it wasn't me or him. My dog remained at Heel.
 
Cooks don't usually chase people. Signing never uses dogs. I guess I was a grunt. Out in the dirt with my partner. We never had to lug the M60 together but everything else applied. If Cuba got hinky I'd have probably manned an M60 over his kennel. I can barely believe how young most of those dogs were.
 
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