How many servicemen do we have here?
beatnic
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It seems to me that the majority of you good BOTLs are somehow connected to the armed forces. Lots of war lingo and such. Drop a note here so we all know. As to myself, I'm an old peace-nic from the 70's. But I've since learned the fallacy of my ways. I'm grateful to all of you that have served.
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Active duty navy, been in for 10 years. Only planned to do 4.0
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beatnic:It seems to me that the majority of you good BOTLs are somehow connected to the armed forces. Lots of war lingo and such. Drop a note here so we all know. As to myself, I'm an old peace-nic from the 70's. But I've since learned the fallacy of my ways. I'm grateful to all of you that have served.
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Not directly related to the Armed Forces but facilitate their overseas work very closely.0
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Air Force veteran here0
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Not at all. I'll even count those we are memorializing today. LOL/jlmarta:beatnic:It seems to me that the majority of you good BOTLs are somehow connected to the armed forces. Lots of war lingo and such. Drop a note here so we all know. As to myself, I'm an old peace-nic from the 70's. But I've since learned the fallacy of my ways. I'm grateful to all of you that have served.
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Marines here.0
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Hey, JL, you got any old tatoos of an anchor, or MOM?. That'l work. LOLbeatnic:
Not at all. I'll even count those we are memorializing today. LOL/jlmarta:beatnic:It seems to me that the majority of you good BOTLs are somehow connected to the armed forces. Lots of war lingo and such. Drop a note here so we all know. As to myself, I'm an old peace-nic from the 70's. But I've since learned the fallacy of my ways. I'm grateful to all of you that have served.
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I guessed that one. Others are equally as obvious.marineatbn03:Marines here.0 -
Figured it went without saying.....beatnic:
I guessed that one. Others are equally as obvious.marineatbn03:Marines here.0 -
beatnic:
Hey, JL, you got any old tatoos of an anchor, or MOM?. That'l work. LOLbeatnic:
Not at all. I'll even count those we are memorializing today. LOL/jlmarta:beatnic:It seems to me that the majority of you good BOTLs are somehow connected to the armed forces. Lots of war lingo and such. Drop a note here so we all know. As to myself, I'm an old peace-nic from the 70's. But I've since learned the fallacy of my ways. I'm grateful to all of you that have served.
Are you referring to active duty?
No, but I've got one on my left forearm that was put there in anticipation of my going into submarine duty. The design closely resembles the submariner emblem and was to be modified into the complete emblem when I was stationed aboard a sub. Only thing is, my discharge came through before my sub billet did so it never got changed. And it doesn't say MOM but it does have my Navy nickname included in it. My, my, the things young studs will do, eh? :-)0 -
Navy vet. VFA-125 NAS Lemoore, CA.0
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Former Tanker, M-60 A1; M-60 A3; M-1; also did a stint as a recruiter; then National Guard as a Tanker again. Also, Army brat, Dad did 30 years, & my son, who left his right hand in Afghanistan, along with losing his right ear-drum, and about 8 broken Vertebrae in his back and neck.0
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Well thank you and your family for your sacrifices.0
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And to you, sir for what you're doing now! For me it was all fun & games, (and hard work and freezing my ass off etc.), but for some it was a lot more. I guess I should also mention 2 uncles who were at Pearl Harbor, when IT happened, and my wife's Dad, who landed at Normandy on day two, not much fighting, but a lot of dead bodies & debris, decidedly affected him for the rest of his life!marineatbn03:Well thank you and your family for your sacrifices.0 -
Good lord, your family has some strong history. I would love to sit down and have a smoke and hear some stories.0
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Pearl Harbor!, Normandy!, a tanker!, submariner! Marine! Anybody jump out of a plane? I'm humbled.0
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Does HALO school count?0
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No dis to you Toombes. You're a great American. LMAO.Toombes:Does HALO school count?0 -
beatnic:
No dis to you Toombes. You're a great American. LMAO.Toombes:Does HALO school count?
You're thinking the wrong kind of HALO, brother...
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Special Forces Jump school.0 -
By far one of the best schoolsToombes:beatnic:
No dis to you Toombes. You're a great American. LMAO.Toombes:Does HALO school count?
You're thinking the wrong kind of HALO, brother...
High
Altitude
Low
Opening
Special Forces Jump school.0 -
marineatbn03:
By far one of the best schoolsToombes:beatnic:
No dis to you Toombes. You're a great American. LMAO.Toombes:Does HALO school count?
You're thinking the wrong kind of HALO, brother...
High
Altitude
Low
Opening
Special Forces Jump school.
And one I never wish to endure again...0 -
You jumped out of perfectly good airplanes? That goes against human nature.0
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Thats just pure fun. What is not fun is jumping out of a plane at 500 ft and HOPING your chute works. Atleast at 13,000 you have time.0
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Bail out at 13K+ and pull at 1700... Water hurts at 57MPH, but damn it was cool!!0
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Active duty Air Force here; aircraft mechanic on the KC-135 tanker0
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24 years as an M1, M1A1, and M1A2 tanker. Desert Storm, OIF3. Still training Soldiers and Marines on a daily basis in Kuwait.0
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Former SIGINT analyst (35N) for the US Army.0
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Air force weapons troop f 16. Son is going into the national guard.. Thanks to all who paid the ultimate price for our freedom...0
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ex Army here (5 years). now i am in afghanistan with them as a civi contractor0
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Airborne Infantry right now, but come november its back home to oklahoma. I have about 20 jumps, mostly C-17, but i also have a black hawk, and a sherpa tail gate jump.0
