As promised. Me graduating boot camp in Nov 87, along with my Jarhead bother. Last cycle though Tank Hill Ft. Jackson, SC

Wow, what a great Karma and gesture!

Don't put me in the mix, I have 2 and my "veteran" status was 2 years of sham status in West Germany back in the '80's. No red balloons here, give it to someone who can count the cost!

Count me in. USMC 87-91, ILARNG 02-13.

12131, I'd like to enter my brother into this karma. He's nearing 13 years of service in the Navy and is currently deployed in the Middle East. Thank you for the opportunity and for supporting the troops.

Wow. Please include me. I can probably find a copy of my dd214 if I need to!

Please count me in.

Fleet Marine Force 71-75.
My second cruse was aboard a Helo Pad in the first ever NATO Cruse.
Sent to the field with a kidney infection and 102 degree temp. After the deployment I fainted five times while sitting in front of my C.O., as we were waiting for my MEDI-VAC. By now my temp was 104. It was a long wait, as we were waiting for the fog to lift enough for the evac. The crew sent for me crashed into a mountain due to fog and that thought bothers me always. The C.O. insisted on 100% participation. And he got it.

In Please in memory of my Dad's service.
My Dad was a much decorated disabled vet in ww-2. His disability came at the end of his carrier when a motor removed his beloved Garand from his Hands and also took with it part of his left hand. To his dieing day he could recite it's serial #. He earned 4 bronze stars that day as he crawled back and forth under motor and machine gun fire to rescue 4 of his team. He was their commanding officer and refused to leave them. He is and will always be my Hero He passed in 2004 of war related injuries and his widow my Mother received his pension till She passed in 2015. They were a special breed back then for sure.

I am not in, but very generous karma.

Very generous!! I'm been active duty AF for 23 years. Deployments include: Bosnia (1997, 1999), Iraq (2003, 2004), Afghanistan (2008, 2009, 2015, 2016).

I've been attached to: NATO, 10 MTN, 1 CAV (twice! Bosnia & Iraq), I MEF, USS Blue Ridge, and USSOCOM units.

Combat Air Advisor, Afghanistan, 2008


I was my CG's PSD and this was my last detail before I redeployed in Dec 2009


Afghanistan, 2016

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I will put my name in the mix. 25 years in the guard with service at ground zero the. Subsequent mobilization stateside plus tours in Iraq and Afghanistan after that

More great generosity from 12131! Kudos sir.

I would like a chance for this Karma. I was a squad leader in the New Mexico National Guard, 697th AAA Bn, AW, (M), joined in 1956. I did my best to use up all of that surplus 1943 .50 Cal. ammo.

Another generous karma!

Please don't enter me. I qualify, but, already have an AR-15 and really have no need of another. I just wanted to say thanks!

I'll give you a story, anyway

Year was... uhm... had to be '73. Viet Nam was beginning to wind down. I was 11 months short when I got the call to Personnel. Went over, sat down, listened to the spiel as the Personnel sergeant shovelled paperwork in my direction. He came up for breath and I quickly said "Fine, sarge, but, I don't have to go!" "What d'ya you mean you ``don't have to go?``" he growled at me. "11 months short and my MOS isn't critical anymore, so the Army can't send me even if I wanted to go," I replied, with a s**t-eating grin. "Get the f**k outta here," he barked, and I went back to my duty section.

Please count me in for this very generous karma.

I tried to post a pic of my Air Force Basic Training flight but the photo was too large.

Very generous! Please include me, I served in the Army and the Navy!

Another great karma! Count me in too!
That's me kneeling on the left....Grand Forks AFB
in '74!

Very generous. Thank you, 12131.

Just before graduation at the U.S. Army Artillery and Missile OCS.

An incredibly generous karma!

Thank you for your thoughtfullness toward our great nation's servicemembers.

I would like to enter.

US Army, June 1990 - September 2013.

Here I am in Iraq playing with a Dillon Mini Gun they loaned our unit for testing with our birds:



When I wasn't messin' around with aircraft armament, this was my typical view of Iraq, ( Baghdad Airport in the background. )



When we weren't at war with someone, we were training for war. Good ol' NTC:

Please include me. Thank you very much for the chance.
July 1977 thru December 1985
SSgt USMC

USAF 2001-2006