Please count me in! That's wonderfully generous.

Grandfather on my mom's side served in the 4th ID during WW I.

Dad volunteered for the US Coast Guard in 1944, but never left the country and was mustered out in 1946, but stayed in the reserves for nearly 10 years. He was a LORAN operator and taught morse code.

My uncle was Coast Guard from about 1948 to '52 or so and served on the buoy tender Jonquil.

I was peacetime US Army, 3ID in Germany from '92 to '95. I'm probably last of the line at an honest day's toil, as none of my children served.

What an incredible Karma!

As my wife carries a p228 I'd enter this for her, and her own O4 USN service.

Please add me to the pile!

Grandpa US Army, Dutch Harbor 1941 - liberation of France 1945

Dad US Army, Vietnam 1969

Me US Army, 2004 - 2011, OIF and OEF, fell in love with the M11 (P228) when the OSI team we helped on a range let us run through their qualifications with it!

Thank you!!

thanks q, us army '69-'71.

I’m in
Dad was tanker in WW2. Was in 5 battle campaigns.
Brother Vietnam era Army
Uncles in Army and Marines WW2.

Amazingly generous karma as usual. I can't pass up the chance.

I was in the Navy Reserves for over 16 years.

First picture I found was from 2001 or 2002 while I was still at the USMMA. This is of the Senior members (first classmen) of the Academy football team. I'm in the first row, third from the right.

Thank you for the very generous karma. Please throw my name in the hat.

Navy 1986-2012 (Ret SCPO)

Please include me.

US Army, 1986-2009. (Mostly Infantry)

Please include me in the karma!

Uncle, US Army, Vietnam
Uncle, US Navy, Vietnam Seabee
Me, USMC 1991-2001
Daughter, USMC 2015-2019

My daughter and I shot that P226 Combat I won in the bible riddle again this past weekend. Shoots like a dream!

She invited me to her last Marine Corps ball last year. As you can see, neither of us ever got caught for any of our drunken escapades...


Tony.

Please add me. I have two siblings (one USN, another US Army) that served and have a cousin currently in USN. Also an uncle that served in USN and another uncle served in Vietnam in USMC. If I win I promise to gift the pistol to one of them. Thank you for the opportunity!

Thanks for the chance. My favorite SIG. Fits my hand like it was molded for it.
Had a Great Great Grandfather that died from Measles in Baltimore during his trip south in the War of Northern Aggression.
Several others served since then, Mostly in and around WW2.

Grandfather in North Africa Theater of Operations, 1943, the last face you can see to the right in this picture. No idea why this was on NIH website as none of these guys were doctors.

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Thanks for your great karma.

USN. Served during the Vietnam era, Fleet Operations Control Center, Pacific Fleet, Kunia HI.

Wow

Served 2004-2010 as a Security Forces Airman, deployed to Afghanistan and Kuwait.

Thank you to all who served.
Don't include me, though. Pretty indirect military family.

Dad's ex-wife's dad was in the army & nephew (ex-step-cousin) in the AF.
Wife's grandfather was in the army.

No direct military service on my side, that I'm aware of.

Once more 12131 delivers!

Please include me in this most generous Karma....


Story time..Hmm...I live in Bin Laden's Kabul home for a spell. It was a lavishly decorated three story mansion with a flush toilet and projection TV. It was a welcome home after a week or so in the field looking for Osama and his cats.
We used to have surf and turf on Friday with Chris G making a damn tasty grill master and the OGA providing the after hour cigars and beverages.
All in all not a bad way to wage a war.


18Z50...TF Dagger alumni.

Sir, you are an amazing and generous individual.

Please include me for the opportunity.

Thank you,

For me, it was spent in the peace time military, Deployed quite often at about 250 plus days a year, first with the 3rd Combat Communications Group, then a special duty assignment that lasted about 6 years. I saw a lot of the world and would do it again.
USAF 1980 - 1989

Thank you for your kind karma. Please include me.

USMC 06-11 Infantry Sgt

I would like to get in on this one. I was aboard the USS Kalamazoo from 1990-1994 and spent most of that time deployed to the Persian Gulf. We launched a couple of sea-sparrow missiles at the French Carrier Clemenceau by accident the first week of the Gulf War, they were using us as a calibration target.
My father was a US Army Artillery officer (LTC) during Vietnam. I was born at Ft. Benning. He never spoke to me about his time in service.
I currently work for DOD as Master of a Naval training support vessel. I do lots of fun stuff I can't talk about.

Very nice karma. The closest I came to serving was the year I spent in ROTC in college. It was fun. I kind of wish I would have continued.

My Dad did serve in Vietnam before I was born and I've had several great uncles that severed in WWII.

Thanks for the opportunity!
Chris

Very generous of you Q (as always!), please enter me. USCG for 20, father USCG for 30, older brother USCG for 5.

Thanks for the chance and to all of the other veterans for their service.