Please include me. My father was in the navy in the early 50's, and my grandfather was infantry and fought at the Bulge and marched into Germany. My father still has a German officers dagger that he brought home as a souvenir.

Thanks for the chance on yet another astounding karma.

Thank you for the opportunity and your generosity. I would like a chance at it.

USAF, 1990-2014.

USMC 1997-2001. Appreciate this great karma!

Thank you my Friend.....921st AC&W St. Anthony Newfoundland. 1967.......Zebulon

Please include me.
A two time basic training graduate
Summer of ‘82 Fort Dix
Summer of ‘83 Lackland AFB TX (truncated basic)
Army National Guard 1982-83
U.S. Air Force 1983-1990
Air National Guard 1990-92

Please add me in, USAF EOD early 90’s. Not sure why I chose this story to share but it stuck out. It’s not a pleasant story and involves two pilots death so stop reading here if that bothers you.



The only time I’ve seen death (outside of hospitals) was during my AF enlistment. An F16 crashed in northern Utah with two pilots on board. My team was on call so we loaded up and joined a long caravan and drove to the crash site (we were out of Hill AFB). Anytime aircraft crashed EOD responded but normally we responded on our own, this time we were stuck following every goober on base you could imagine. We left late afternoon but due to the long caravan didn’t arrive at the crash site until after midnight.

Para Rescue had already verified both pilots were dead long before the caravan left base. The good thing was that it was November, it’s was snowing and below freezing so it prevented the bodies from decomposing and kept odor to a minimum.

When we arrived at the crash site we went and secured a path free of ordnance for others to go in and out. It was dark so we couldn’t see much and since it was late at night the OIC called it a day. The next morning we went out to the site escorting the flight surgeon. One pilot was married and his wife refused to believe her husband was dead. She wanted to view his body but agreed to accept his death if his wedding ring could be found. Honestly there wasn’t much of his body to see, the F16 clipped a hill and broke apart. The pilots were torn apart as the plane disintegrated.

One pilot was still strapped in his seat, the top of his head removed above the bottom jaw, one foot broken off at the ankle and laying elsewhere. The other pilots limbs were gone and all that remained was his torso, from his neck to his pelvis. The flight surgeon dug through his flight suit still on his torso trying to find the ring. The flight surgeon wasn’t even wearing gloves when he felt around the torso and as he pulled his hand out it had streaks of blood. He said they were supposed to remove jewelry and place them in a pocket before flying but it wasn’t on him.
There were body parts laying around, it didn’t even seem real. A foot here, parts of scalp there. My memory is not the best but the images are still in my head after 25 years. BTW, the govt paid civilians to use metal detectors to find the ring and they did. We lived in tents at the cash site for a week and then rotated out and back home with the next team.
Not a pleasant story but I can understand how death affects people, I work with and am friends with people who saw much more horrific things in combat during Vietnam and war in the Middle East. My appreciation goes out to all who served.

I'll go in on this. Thanks!

No exciting stories unless you wanna hear about the time I messed up my back picking up a generator

US Army 99-06

Also, how many of these things do you have?

Very cool. Please count me in. Dad served in Vietnam in the mid 60's before I was born. He never really talked much about it. I loved wearing his field jacket when I was in high school.

Thanks,
Chris

Please include me for your generous karma!

USAF 66-70
Vietnam 69-70

Please add me and thank you.

Son has been in the Army for the past four years. He plans on being a lifer.

Don't know if I told this before but I got a strange text from an unknown number that said:

Roberts jumped with his phone and it's gone.

My son lost his phone during a jump and tracking my iphone showed nothing so I assumed it broke up on impact. I sent him another spare phone and ordered a SIM card. Yes, I know, he's 27 and he's still on my phone plan.

As usual, your generosity is amazing. Please count me in. USAF 1984-1995. DOD 1995-present.

In 1990 I left Hawaii for a remote tour in Alaska for a year. After that year, I got stationed at Nellis AFB, in Las Vegas. Upon arriving at my new job, I ran into a guy I was stationed with in Hawaii. WHen I said hey to him, he looked at me like he had no idea who I was.

"I can't believe you don't remember me, it's only been a year since we were at Hickam together!"

"Oh no,That was my twin brother Ron, I'm Don."

Father served in Germany during WW11 ,lost an Uncle in Nam. I am in.

USCG-retired
My dad was in the USCG too, 66-70

Thanks for the chance

USMC 1960 to 66
Thanks for the wonderful karma.

Once again Q your generousity is amazing. Thanks you for recognizing our veterans. Please enter me, US Coast Guard from 1982 - 2002. Dad was USCG from 1954 to 1984 and my older brother from 1981 - 1986.

Thanks.

DO NOT ENTER ME.

Just wanted to once again express my appreciation for Q's generosity and honor of the military. I was blessed with a Noveske M4 in his 2017 Veterans Day karma.

My father is a Marine, and my father-in-law was an Air Force officer. Thanks for a chance.

Please put me in for your Karma.

US Army Security Agency. 69-72. It was a four year enlistment but was given a year early out. Served in Berlin on the hill.

I worked in the building with the the three antenna domes. bottom floor, electronic maintenance.

It was a real pain going to West Germany. With the clearance I had could only fly or take the night duty train.

I did not serve but my Father in law did. If I win, It will be a great Karma for him. He has been looking for a new pistol

Please put my name in the hat! USAF from 2004 to present including 6 months with the Army in Kabul.