Originally posted by Edmond: Damn you guys are old.
Beat me to it lol!
6 years ago for me. In fairness I was 31 at that time. Got a call at boot camp that I’d be getting a divorce. It has turned out to be a really good decision and I’m enjoying it.
10 years to retirement! Just waiting!
Posts: 7307 | Location: Georgia | Registered: August 10, 2009
Originally posted by MikeinNC: I stepped onto a plane to go to bootcamp in Cape May NJ.... Still remember the Company Commanders yelling at us to get off the bus and fall out onto the yellow feet....
One of the few good decisions I’ve made in my life.
Thanks dad for nudging me in the right direction.
51 years ago this November 24. First time flying and going to the same place. No Company Commander until after Jan 1. We just did grunt work every day until boot camp officially started in January. Cape May gets really cold in the winter time for a born and bred Georgia boy. First time being away from home for Christmas was miserable.
It was 49 years last month. Company B-5-2, Ft Dix, NJ. Drill Sergeant James Jones, AKA “JJ” Aka “Poppa Gator.” I joined one step ahead of the Draft to get a job choice. Plan was to hide out three years and go home. However, 27 years later I retired as a SGM. My wife is a nurse and retired after 22 years.
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Originally posted by sjp: I got to Cape May in 2005 for G-172, heard about Katrina in week 6. Attended the MK school for misguided youths at Yorktown in 07 and am counting the days until I'm eligible for retirement.
That said I'm the EPO of a small air station (4 permanent party 1 seasonal H-60) in AK and loving it!
During Katrina, me an another gunners mate were the only two people still assigned to the base that was being shut down (Group Cape Hatteras) my buddy was from MS and his family was still there. We literally sent emails saying that any unit that wanted an item they could come and get it. We spent two weeks doing paperwork reassigning eqpt to other units. Then took the flag down and locked the gate.
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CRS moment. 52yrs ago last month did the oath of office then gave 9 1/2 yrs active duty. Should have stayed for the remainder but had made SSGT(E-6) too damm fast (under 3yrs) and E-7 was at least 5to7 yrs away. Had the time in grade but was lacking the time in service. Peace time rank could be slow in coming depending on the MOS (job skill). Had the honor to serve side by side with one of my AIT Drill Sgts for almost 1 year. .......... drill sgt.This message has been edited. Last edited by: drill sgt,
Posts: 2279 | Location: denham springs , la | Registered: October 19, 2019
I almost forgot! Sept 7, 1966 I got off the bus in Paris island, SC.
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Posts: 2048 | Location: PA | Registered: September 01, 2013
53 years ago yesterday. I caught the train, got off at Reading Station, got on the minibus, got off at Poperinghe Barracks and was instantly a target of some strongly worded advice as I set foot on the hallowed military ground - 'You've just trodden on MILITARY ground in a sloppy fashion, and now I'm upset, so to cheer me up you can start by running ten times around the parade ground, and don't EVER upset me again!!!'
As I started to shamble around the outline of the huge parade ground, I noticed a couple of dozen others doing the same thing...
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59 years ago as of Sept 5th. All I recall from that first day was boarding the bus in Chicago headed to Great Lakes Training center. About 1 hour ride, then getting off and as others have recalled, told to put my toes on the line and STFU. After the DS yelled at us for a few minutes they marched us to the mess hall for a bite to eat before going to the barracks to settle in and prepare for the fun filled next 12 weeks, which turned into 14 weeks.
Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.
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Posts: 11524 | Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Registered: February 07, 2007
October 6, 1958 sworn into USAF in New Orleans, put on a Eastern Airlines flight to San Antonio via Houston. Arrived Lackland AFB late evening and met TI SSGT Locklear from North Carolina. Five weeks there then on to Sheppard AFB TX for completion of basic, plus 13 weeks of tech school. Took short discharge first hitch to reup and get pro pay. Finished with 11 yrs, 5 mos, 17 days when I left to join Burroughs Corp in system software support. Put in 30 years, 8 months with Burroughs, and accepted early retirement package for Dec 1, 2000.
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Posts: 237 | Location: Atlanta, GA, USA | Registered: February 11, 2003
