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Welcome to AAPK's Veteran’s Forum. This is a place where veterans can meet, get to know one another better, perhaps swap a story or two, and share any recent information that they have acquired from the Veterans Administration, DoD and Veterans Service Organizations, including but not limited to, DAV, AMVETS, VFW, American Legion, PVA, and MOPH. Another good source of information are branch specific organizations.
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terryl308 wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:37 pm US Army Airborne, E 4 , 1964-1966 Basic training Fr. Leonard Wood , Mo. Medic Training in Ft. Sam Houston, Tx, Jump school in Wiesbaden Germany, stationed at Coleman Barracks and Army Hospital Frankfort, Germany. Made 13 jumps all in Germany and Holland.
Terry ,did some AIT at ft. Lost in the Woods . Didn’t care for the weather there . All the times we flew over Europe we never did jump in there . Would’ve been cool to jump in Holland like my great Uncle did . We did get to fast rope a few times up by Graf during a big NATO workup.
Did my Air Assault training in the 2 nd year of the division switching over . That was a blast and would do that again. Although ,going on 64, it might not work out so well. Once we switched from Airborne to Air Assault we only jumped enough to keep our jump status.
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USN, USNR, Texas Air Natl Guard, Air Force Reserve. DD214 X's 4.
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NorthTX wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:35 pm USN, USNR, Texas Air Natl Guard, Air Force Reserve. DD214 X's 4.
Welcome aboard Sir, it appears that you have had a diverse military career.
Hope you enjoy AAPK.... ::handshake::
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NorthTX...Welcome Aboard AAPK. Hope you stick around and share some of your knife stats.

I echo what David stated; you have a very diverse military career. A career such as yours is unique and far & few between. Thank you for your service. ::handshake::
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Welcome and thank you very much for your service... ::handshake::
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CopOut wrote: Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:40 pm USMC 1983-1987
3/3
An 0300. Where were you stationed?
I jumped to conclusions. There are other MOS's in the Grunts other than 03xx.
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jerryd6818 wrote: Sat Jul 23, 2022 10:13 pm
CopOut wrote: Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:40 pm USMC 1983-1987
3/3
An 0300. Where were you stationed?
I jumped to conclusions. There are other MOS's in the Grunts other than 03xx.
I was in communications... Spent a lot of time running wire. 3/3 was in Hawaii in those days. Did a West Pac in 84 and a fly-away in 85.
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CopOut wrote: Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:40 pm USMC 1983-1987
3/3
Welcome.
Thanks for your Years of Service .
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CopOut wrote: Sat Jul 23, 2022 10:51 pm
jerryd6818 wrote: Sat Jul 23, 2022 10:13 pm
CopOut wrote: Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:40 pm USMC 1983-1987
3/3
An 0300. Where were you stationed?
I jumped to conclusions. There are other MOS's in the Grunts other than 03xx.
I was in communications... Spent a lot of time running wire. 3/3 was in Hawaii in those days. Did a West Pac in 84 and a fly-away in 85.
West-Pac I get but I don't know what a "fly-away" is. Educate me.
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As a Navy Air Traffic Controller a "fly-away" is anytime you have a mass movement of aircraft
to avoid an approaching storm (Hurricane) or when an aircraft carrier is returning to homeport
then aircraft have to leave the carrier while still at sea. The main thing is it's a large movement
of planes.
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Bump.
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Hello to my fellow military veterans !!

In summary:

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Active Duty 1988-2000 - Armor and Military Intelligence
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CONUS assignments: Ft Knox, KY // // Ft. Bennking, GA // Ft. Huachuca, AZ //
OCONUS: US Army V Corps HQ Heidelberg Germany
Deployments: Kosovo //TF Able Sentry Macedonia // Iraq MiTT Team Anbar Province Camp Habbaniyah & FOB Justice Baghdad

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Welcome aboard, stow your gear and let's talk about pocket knives... ::tu::
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Welcome aboard JumpTOC. Glad to have you. Pictures. We love pictures and there's plenty of storage space so don't hold back. :D
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JumpTOC wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 8:50 pm Hello to my fellow military veterans !!

In summary:

Pierre Dupuy
24 years US Army - 1988-2012
E3 - O5
Active Duty 1988-2000 - Armor and Military Intelligence
USAR 2000-2012

CONUS assignments: Ft Knox, KY // // Ft. Bennking, GA // Ft. Huachuca, AZ //
OCONUS: US Army V Corps HQ Heidelberg Germany
Deployments: Kosovo //TF Able Sentry Macedonia // Iraq MiTT Team Anbar Province Camp Habbaniyah & FOB Justice Baghdad

knife collector since age (10) or so
Good to have you Aboard. Thanks for all your years of Service Brother . Welcome Home ::handshake::
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Got a kick out of this one. How true it is.
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Never set foot in an air force aircraft… they flew me commercial between tech school in Wichita Falls TX and Eglin
Had to go to an air show just to see an Air Force aircraft up close :|
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MadeinUSA wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:24 pm USAF 1976-1979
Eglin AFB, FL
Computer jockey
Never set foot in an air force aircraft… they flew me commercial between tech school in Wichita Falls TX and Eglin
Had to go to an air show see an Air Force aircraft up close :|
My Niece is stationed just down the road a piece from where you were at Tyndall, AFB. She and her husband are both lifers and they're happy with it. I think she has 5 years to go before retirement & he has three. She's a Master Sergeant (E-7). He's a Senior Master Sergeant (E-8).
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"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
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jerryd6818 wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 10:16 am How true it is.
::rotflol:: There is a lot of truth to that one, though.
MadeinUSA wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:24 pm Computer jockey
Never set foot in an air force aircraft… they flew me commercial between tech school in Wichita Falls TX and Eglin
I worked on Navy and Marine Corps aircraft (primarily rotary wing), but never flew in one.
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jerryd6818 wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:43 pm
MadeinUSA wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:24 pm USAF 1976-1979
Eglin AFB, FL
Computer jockey
Never set foot in an air force aircraft… they flew me commercial between tech school in Wichita Falls TX and Eglin
Had to go to an air show see an Air Force aircraft up close :|
My Niece is stationed just down the road a piece from where you were at Tyndall, AFB. She and her husband are both lifers and they're happy with it. I think she has 5 years to go before retirement & he has three. She's a Master Sergeant (E-7). He's a Senior Master Sergeant (E-8).
That's great "white sand beaches" territory... Hope they get to stay a while
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Glad to meet fellow vets and knife fans!
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Welcome aboard Tony. ::handshake::
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Glad to have you aboard Tony... ::tu::
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TonyS wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 12:36 pm Glad to meet fellow vets and knife fans!
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Welcome aboard Brother. ::handshake::
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