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jerryd6818 wrote: Fri Oct 16, 2020 8:13 pm Rick did you spend your entire enlistment at Ft. Bragg?
Yes. All but Basic and AIT which were both at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

We drove tractor trailer rigs in support of the 82nd Airborne Division. Whatever they needed hauled, we hauled it. Including people. Remember those "Cattle Cars"? Also known as "80 Packs" designed for hauling troops.

We took a lot of TDY trips up and down the east coast but I was always stationed at Bragg.
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I remember 'em but never heard them called an "80 pack". Learn something new everyday.
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Hey thanks for all that you’ve all done ,and thanks for Serving.
My brief, joined U.S Army 1976, Basic and AIT at Ft Leonard Wood, then some more at Ft Campbell. Over to Europe and elsewhere till 81 then Lebanon , till 83, then back to Campbell,Bragg, ,bunch of stateside stuff till 90 ,then oversea ,then ended with operation Storm and Shield ,back stateside and home. Even managed to keep my most of my stripes, other than When first Sergeant and I got into it over a girl in a Off limits place outside of Campbell. Did walk away as E 7 ,can live with that.
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I was born into the Air Force. Dad did 21 years working Mat Control (supply). He was stationed at Loring AFB, Maine when I was born in '62.
We did time in Maine, Alaska, New York. Fast forward to '78, he retired from the AF and we moved to New Hampshire.
I joined the Air Force right out of high school, 1980.

Lackland AFB, TX for 6 weeks of Girl Scout Cam...I mean basic training, then of to Chanute AFB, IL for tech school. I went in with a guaranteed 325X0 job waiting for me - Automatic Flight Control Systems Specialist. Yup, working the aircraft.

March of '81 and I was off to my first assignment at Wright Patterson AFB, OH. Worked primarily C-135s, but also had a few C-141s and C-130s to work on. Met my soon-to-be wife there. She was enlisted, working Accounting and Finance. We got married in '82 and Becky got out with an Honorable Discharge when she got pregnant with our first, a girl.

Jan of '83 found us at Rhein Main AB, Germany, sharing the runway with Frankfurt International Airport. My first assignment was with OMS, working the enroute C-141s and C-5s as a crew chief first, avionics specialist second. A year and a half in and I was transferred to FMS working just avionics on the 130s and C-9s. Man! The C-130 was a fun plane to work on! Had a couple TDYs to England and one to Italy. My son was born in Wiesbaden Army Hospital in 1984. Three years were up, time to head state-side.

Jan '86 at my final stopping point - McGuire AFB, NJ. I would be there until I retired in 2000, 20 years in. While I worked the C141s my first 12 years, it was in different capacities. First was working both flight line and shop avionics with AMS. I spent a couple of years as a QA inspector, then another 7 as an instructor with FTD (Field Training Detachment, flowers not available), teaching flight line maintenance on the aircraft and in-shop work on the planes' computers and components. The most enjoyable time I had was as an instructor. Loved it! My last two years were with AGS working the KC-10s. While at McGuire, a couple of TDYs to Rota, Spain and to Goose Bay, Labrador and Thule, Greenland.

While at McGuire, the Air Force combined my career field with two others - Inertial Navigation Systems and Flight Instrument Systems. Fun.

Retired as a Technical Sgt, E-6. Growing up Air Force I was aware of the politics in the upper ranks. I knew E-7 would start getting political, and I wanted no part of it.

So there ya go, I started life with a Dependent ID, turned it in for and Active Duty ID, then turned that in for a Retired ID.

Enjoyed every bit of it!
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Steve you had quite an interesting and varied career. I flew back to the U.S. from Germany in a C141. Mostly cargo and myself. Friendly crew. Elsewhere I described my love affair with the mighty C130 Hercules in elephant land. Always enjoyed great support with your branch.
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My ride on a C141 went like this. As a military policeman with the 64th MP Detachment in Worms Germany my 1st Sgt got me prisoner escort detail out the the jail in nearby Manheim. Approximately 15 of us from around the 95th Battalion got to ride along with the prisoners until we reached Ft. Leavenworth.
Those guys didn't have a lot to say when we rolled into that place. We where given a voucher to get back to Germany when our leave was over.
The ride on the 141 was very noisy and the crew provided everyone with orange ear plugs and the seats were all backwards. That was in 1977. Good times, for the MP's that is. Mike
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Sorry I missed this thread. Yes, I too am a veteran. Uncle sent me "greetings and an invite that I could not refuse" during September 1966. I managed to land at Aberdeen Proving Grounds and taught welding at their Ordnance School for the two years I served. I saw many that were shipped out to Viet Nam never to return and consider my so fortunate that I remained stateside. Service made me grow up and I think every young "man" should serve in our armed forces. I would never trade my experiences while in service for anything, they were invaluable to me. I don't often talk about my military service as I feel I did little as compared to all those that served overseas and faced combat. I feel that at that time we served and did our part as it was expected of us, not something that we expected praise for doing. It is a different country that we live in today. I wish I could feel as good about the future of this country and those that will be running it, as I do about our history (as many are trying to rewrite or erase history). A thank you goes out to all my fellow countrymen that served no matter where or when.
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I served in the Navy from 1979 to 1983. Great Lakes for Boot Camp, Pensacola Florida CTO A School, COMIDEASTFOR (Commander Middle East Force) USS Lasalle(The Great White Ghost of the Arabian Coast) USS Peterson, USS Blakely, USS Coronado. Then to Naval Security Station Washington DC. Then back home. Loved my time in the Navy.
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I, too, missed this thread.
A year after high school...I went to the Air Force recruiter and inquired about being a "jet engine mechanic". Went down and took all the tests...long story short...there weren't any "jet engine mechanic" openings...they gave me some choices...they were about 4 sentence job descriptions. About 5 minutes in early cyberspace and I picked "Dental Specialist". Basically a dental assistant. Went to Lackland basic training in March of 79. Up to Shepard AFB for "tech school"...then back to Lackland. Met and married my wife...another dental assistant there. I was enlisted for 6 years...from 1978-84. I got a lot of undergrad college courses completed while I was enlisted. I got out of the Air Force, finished my undergrad. Went to dental school 85-89; then went back in the Air Force in 1989.
1989-92 England AFB,LA.
92-94 Andersen AFB, Guam.
94-97 Ramstein AB, Germany
97-99 Incirlik AB, Turkey.
99-05 Brooks AFB (City Base).
Retired with 22 years, in 2005.
Worked another 10 years, for the Army, as a civilian:
2009-2011 Ft Hood, TX
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As with some others, I did not know this thread existed…so Thank You Jerry for reviving it. I’ve read this entire thread, and it sure has brought back some GREAT memories to reminisce about regarding my Navy days. The reality of what many of you Marines and Army fellows did and went through during the Vietnam War, and the ME Campaigns,…well, my hat is off to each and every one of you. Thank You ALL who served, or were part of a serving family member.

Anyway…I’m going to present a bit of a different perspective of my beginning ‘veteran’ days. I’ll post more about my career in follow up posts.

My Naval career began pretty much out of high-school under the delayed entry & buddy program. Myself and two other high-school buds joined up together and shipped off to Boot Camp, San Diego, in August of 1970. At 19 years old, we ended up in the same Company throughout our 11 weeks of ‘indoctrination’. My first inclination and thought of “Oh, LJ…what in the world have you done?” ::paranoid:: ::hmm:: first came to me when we got off the bus at NTC San Diego at midnight, got into our barracks (open), finally got to sleep in a deathly quiet barracks…and then, at 0500, a 55 gallon metal trash can was thrown down the center of the barracks as our first ‘wake up call’ with about four instructors yelling and cursing at us…and for some reason, calling us “worms”. Here we were, with only about 3 hours of sleep, about 40 of us standing at, what was supposed to be, attention, in nothing but our skivvies and shaking like little girls who just had the boogie-man come out of the closet. Thus, started my career in the Navy. ::nod::

To me, a naive` young man who didn’t have a clue one about what was going on, started his long and arduous path to becoming a man of discipline, albeit, with trepidation of the unknown. I can only assume, many others among me, and thousands of others in other branches of the military, felt the same exact thing during their first few days of basic. We were “broke down”, then built back up. Learning how to wash & fold our military clothes properly, learning what a ‘hospital corner’ was on a freshly made bed…every morning for 11 weeks. For the first two or three weeks, our standup lockers were torn apart and knocked over, wooden trunks at the end of our beds turned over, items strewn all over the place, clothes tossed to and fro over the floor, mattresses heaved completely off our bed frames…all because several other ‘worms’ just couldn’t get with the program. We learned real quick how NOT to disappoint our Company Commander. (Mine was a Submarine Chief Petty Officer, and we were his first Company…and he was trying to ‘make a name’ for himself. At that time, I didn’t have a clue what a narcissist was) :roll:

Eventually, we learned to work together as a “TEAM” and stopped thinking of just ourselves…a light bulb finally turned on inside our heads and we all realized that this was the only way we were going to make it through the intentional chaos of our chosen paths. We were called names, our mother’s were called names, we were degraded, slapped, kicked and yelled at by instructors two inches from our face and ears. :x (I’m surprised I’m not deaf, even to this day) At night, we would hear some of the mentally weaker recruits sniffling, crying as silently as they could, so as not to bring attention to themselves. Many times, I asked myself again; “what have you done, LJ”. But we all learned, we all grew in stature, we all “became” the kind of men that was required of us. Not all of us made it through the 11 weeks. Some were sent home due to not being able to cope or be military bearing individuals. Some were set back two weeks to other Companies due to injuries, academic failures, etc. We learned how to break down, clean and reassemble our rifles (M-14’s). We learned the 9 and 16 count manual with our rifles. It was a proud day when we learned to work in unison, as a group, three to four feet apart and conduct those counts without hitting your fellow recruit or drop your rifle. (Oh…you DIDN’T want to drop your rifle…no, no, no. If you did, you slept with it. ::teary_eyes:: ) It was a beautiful sight to see us performing…and we learned to just “click” and do our part…as a group and individually. We learned how to march as a well executed group of men, making our 90 degree turns, conducting perfect left and right obliques, half-stepping, right & left faces and moving ‘about-faces’. We became a well oiled machine. ::groove::

After five weeks of intense training, marching, cleaning, folding, looking out for one another, we ‘advanced’ to the other side of NTC…across the bridge to where we began to learn what shipboard life was going to be like, to some extent. We were no longer “worms”…we had become “squirrels”.

We learned how to put out fires, plug holes in a flooding compartment, phone talking procedures and etiquette, what the different alarms were and what they meant…such as the ‘collision alarm’, ‘General Quarters’, ‘flooding alarm’, etc. We learned what it meant to set conditions ‘alpha’, ‘x-ray’ and ‘Zebra’, and the importance of each one. The pride of our Company was becoming more apparent…we were going to make it!

After 11 weeks of drilling, learning, becoming young men who could be counted on, it came to Graduation Day. Dress whites, shined shoes, pure white covers, clean shaved, military haircuts and our immaculately cleaned rifles, it was time to march in front of a crowd of hundreds of people, loved ones, moms / dads / brothers & sisters. In front of Commanders, Chiefs, and the NTC Commanding Officer. We conducted formation drills for the crowd, doing our thing with the rifles (not one of us dropped it, thank goodness) and marching proudly in front of the stands and conducting an “eyes right” salute to the CO. What a proud day that was. ::ds::

Some of you who read this may be thinking; ‘wow…how demeaning, abusive and downright intimidating for us and others to go through something like this. Well, yeah…it was to some extent, but we also knew WHY we were treated the way we were. Like I said…we got broke down, then built back up, physically, mentally and psychologically. We eventually understood. Other branches of the military had it worse than we ever did…and I can only imagine some of the stories that could be told. Nevertheless, my ‘personal’ experience of it all help to mold me into who I became…and to this day, I still uphold many of the things I learned about myself and what it took to understand and become a disciplined young man. Had I not experience what I did and adhered to my training throughout my career, I would have made many mistakes and decisions that would have altered my wellbeing as a United States Navy sailor. I have no regrets.

Of course, in this day and age, boot camp is not like this anymore. And throughout my Naval career, I began to witness the results of those who were treated with ‘kid gloves’ and only had to endure 8 weeks of basic. Not to disparage all of those who didn’t go through what I went through, for there are thousands of recruits who ‘got it’ and became great sailors. Others, not so much.

To be continued…
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After boot camp / basic, my first duty station was onboard the USS EXCEL, MSO 439, an all wooden minesweeper about 172 feet long. These small ships were ocean going minesweepers. I was aboard Excel from January 1971 - July 1972 and did one WestPac with her. Our tour included patrolling the North & South coast's of Vietnam, keeping small sampans and boats from going up the Mekong Delta river to supply the NVC. I was part of the 'Blue Team' that manned the .50 Cal. during these interventions. If not on the .50 cal., I was part of the defense force with an M-14. We never saw any action, but stopped quite a few boats. I stepped foot on Vietnam soil twice...once at Vung Tau, and once at Cam Rahn Bay during a supply run. We visited Subic Bay, Olongapo, PI numerous times and Manila, PI once. We also pulled into Singapore for a week and Hong Kong for a week. Some of the best liberty I've ever had and remember. And yes...I remember the 'river' at Olongapo very well. When I was there, the streets were nothing but dirt / mud and the sidewalks were nothing but wooden walkways...much of which was made out of old pallets. Olongapo was an exciting time for me, but I am lucky to not have been mugged or hurt due to my complete naivety of the caustic environment at that time.

During my time aboard Excel, I was a Seaman Apprentice striking for the Quartermaster rating. (QM) This was part of the navigation systems rating where I corrected charts, stood watch on the bridge and plotted destination courses and tracking patterns.

In late July, early August of 72, I transferred from the Excel to Midway Island. Yep...that tiny little island of the great historical battle of Midway. As a rated QM, I was assigned to the Inner Harbor area of Midway where I worked in a 65 foot high Harbor Control Tower talking to and directing in, via radio coms, the ships that would come to Midway for refueling. I was there for 18 months. Lots of great swimming and exploring the island and Eastern Island. I had never seen such crystal clear water in my life. One could look down 30 feet and see the sandy bottom...it was that clear. One of the best duty stations I ever had.

From Midway, I transferred to the USS Tolovana AO-64 in January of 74. Tolovana was an oiler of about 550 feet long. If you've never "mucked" tanks on an oiler, you've never lived. :roll: The ship was getting ready to be decommissioned in 75, so all the holding tanks had to be mucked and cleaned. Mucking consisted of having to go down into the tanks and scooping oily sludge into buckets and hauling it up and out. I can't tell you how many uniforms I ruined during those mucking times. I smelled like diesel fuel and oil for weeks after. I only got underway with the Tolovana one time...it was a short lived duty station.

In July of 74, I met my EAOS (end of obligated service) and chose to get out of the Navy. At the time, I thought the Navy had taken four years out of my life for nothing. (see how naive I still was?)
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I need to clarify that; during my 20 year Naval career, I had broken service...which means I had a tenure of my first 4 years, got out, then re-enlisted again. So, after I got out in July of 74, I worked various jobs back in my home state of Nebraska for 7 1/2 years. In October of 1981, my wife and I decided to go back into naval service. I talked to a recruiter and was accepted into the OSVET program (Other Services Veteran) for the Navy. I scored high on my ASVAB tests and was given the rating of Ships Servicman (SH) I attended "C" school in Meridian, MS for 8 weeks prior to checking aboard the Fitch. As an SH, I was part of the supply rating that involved being a barber, a laundryman, running the ship's store, records keeping. I went back in as an E-3 (Seaman) with a wife and two children. The first several years were tough making ends meet, but we hung in there and made it work.

I spent two months at a reorientation venue back in San Diego, was home for Christmas and then on to my "C" school prior to checking into my first duty station...a Pre-Commissioning Unit out of Mayport, Florida for the USS Aubrey Fitch FFG-34, which was being built at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. The ship was commissioned in Bath in October of 82 and home-ported in Mayport. My tenure with the Fitch involved being underway about 85% of the time. It was a very active ship. We were part of the Grenada campaign when the Cubans tried to take Grenada and became the 'stand off' guardian ship around Grenada. I got to go ashore at Grenada and spent about 8 hours there assisting the community and disposing of 'extra' ammo and ordnance. I never did an IO or MED tour with the Fitch, but we did do a North Atlantic Cruise which got me some GREAT liberty in ports such as Edinburgh, Scotland, Germany, Oslo, Norway, along with ports of call in Montego Bay, Jamaica, St. Maarten's, St. Vincent, Rosie Roads, PR, Azores, Bermuda...and of course, good ole GTMO for refresher training.

I started out my tour onboard Fitch as a Seaman and was a Second Class Petty Officer (E-5) by the time I transferred off. During my time on Fitch, I became interested in a lateral conversion to the Master-At-Arms rating. (Navy police, basically) I submitted my package and recommendations and was selected as a MA in 1985. From the Fitch, I went to Anniston, Alabama for MA school, which was 10 weeks long.

In February of 1986, I checked in to my new command at NAS Whiting Field, Florida as a brand new MA2. I spent three years there, picking up MA1 (E-6) within a year of being there. Three months before I transferred from Whiting, I took the Chiefs exam (E-7).

In February of 89, I was flown out to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to begin my 2 1/2 year stint. In August of that year, I picked up Chief Petty Officer and went through my wild and crazy "Chief's Initiation", sucking down raw eggs, eating chocolate covered onions, being put in a coffin filled with ice, eating out of a pig trough of nasty stuff, and head bobbing for Baby Ruth candy bars from an actual toilet bowl filled with water. (think about that...the psychological aspect of having to put your head into a toilet and grading a Baby Ruth and then eating it...all while your hands are behind your back) It was fun, actually...for me. All the Chief's tried to make me puke...but I never did. Oh, the stories I could tell...and I'm sure some of you other Navy guys could too.

In August of 91, I transferred from GTMO to the USS George Washington, CVN 73, another Pre-Commissioning unit out of NOB Norfolk, Va. The GW was being built at Newport News Shipbuilding and I was part of the Phase 3 crew just prior to commissioning. On July 4th, 1992, the GW was commissioned into active duty. Due to too many rated Chiefs in my department, and me being a junior Chief, I was selected to be transferred to another command in April of 1993.

I was transferred to the USS San Jacinto CG-56; however, this was a very short stint for me of about 6 months. I was part of the San Jacinto softball team, and during practice while at Roosevelt Roads, PR, I twisted my knee (again...old prior injury & operation) and was taken off the ship for medical reasons. This put me in a Class 105 medical status for six months while I convelesced and healed. I was on crutches for three of those months. I was assigned temporary duty at NOB Police working with the Chief's overseeing the Military Working Dog (MWD) program. Once my knee healed and became stronger and stable, I worked with the MWD handlers playing the 'bad guy' dressed up in their "catch" suit. Those dogs have one heck of a bite...AND, they hold on until called off. I really enjoyed that temp duty.

After being cleared 100% by doctors and placed back into an active status, I received orders to Little Creek Amphib Base, assigned to Expeditionary Warfare Training Group (EWTGLant) as an instructor, after completing 6 weeks of instructor school. During my tenure there, I attended Small Arms Instructor School (SAMI) so that I would be qualified to teach the firearms course we taught.

In November of 1997, I submitted my papers for retirement and was accepted. I took 45 days terminal leave, whereas, on 31 January 1998, my 20 years & 2 months of Naval service came to an official end.

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So you got out as an E-7 ??
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jerryd6818 wrote: Sat Oct 17, 2020 11:05 pm So you got out as an E-7 ??
Yes
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In addition to the many positive experiences you had in the Navy, you were certainly well-traveled seeing an impressive number of places.
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KLJ77 wrote: Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:14 pmIn July of 74, I met my EAOS (end of obligated service) and chose to get out of the Navy. At the time, I thought the Navy had taken four years out of my life for nothing. (see how naive I still was?)
Same here, though inability to get orders to NAS Lemoore was also a factor.

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Great to read the stories from other members, too. Thanks to all who have served!
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Thanks Dan. I appreciate your post. As you can see, my military service was important to me.
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Thanks for your post Dan and thank you for your service. You will see that we have many Veterans here at AAPK, all proud of the service and sacrifices they gave. I had a 26 1/2 year Navy career and retired as a Senior Chief Air Traffic Controller. We'll have the opportunity from time to time to share some sea stories.
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Drafted , Aug. 10,1966. Basic at Ft. Bragg, A.I.T. at Artillery and Missile School, Ft. Sill, 6/92nd Artillery and 1/14th Artillery, Ft. Hood.
198th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, Chu Lai , and artillery liaison and F.O. to MACV, Ly Tin Sub Sector, I Corps, RVN.
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John, thank you for posting that.
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Jerry: I was attached for a couple weeks TDY with a Marine unit of land based F.O's who directed Naval guns just offshore to support some Korean ROK Marines . I can't remember the Marine (US) name for their kind of unit. Ever heard of that or know what that kind of outfit is called?
By the way, they never called missions from the ships while I was there. We were transitioning to land-based artillery from our batteries and they bugged out. Thanks. J.O'.
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Ridgegrass wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:55 am Jerry: I was attached for a couple weeks TDY with a Marine unit of land based F.O's who directed Naval guns just offshore to support some Korean ROK Marines . I can't remember the Marine (US) name for their kind of unit. Ever heard of that or know what that kind of outfit is called?
By the way, they never called missions from the ships while I was there. We were transitioning to land-based artillery from our batteries and they bugged out. Thanks. J.O'.
The only thing I've ever heard them called was "Forward Observers" and if I'm not mistaken they are part of Artillery outfits. Sorry I can't be more definitive.
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Ridgegrass wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:55 am Jerry: I was attached for a couple weeks TDY with a Marine unit of land based F.O's who directed Naval guns just offshore to support some Korean ROK Marines . I can't remember the Marine (US) name for their kind of unit. Ever heard of that or know what that kind of outfit is called?
By the way, they never called missions from the ships while I was there. We were transitioning to land-based artillery from our batteries and they bugged out. Thanks. J.O'.
Anglico....or Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company. Would be my guess anyway.
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Thanks Dan & JO for adding to this thread. It's kind of went dead for a while, so if either of you have some 'mil-sto's' (military stories) to share, jump right in and divulge your antics. ::tu:: They can be humorous, serious, exciting and filled with action, somber or just silly.
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Thanks Guys, They probably changed all that since '67. ::shrug:: J.O'.

Not much for stories. When my WWII decorated Dad put me on the bus for the induction center, (not one to offer a lot of advice), he said, "Son. keep your mouth shut and your hair cut , you'll be fine". Turned out to be good counsel.
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