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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.
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.
David L Roberts
U.S. Navy and D/FW International Airport Retired
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
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
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 just to see an Air Force aircraft up close
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).
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 10:16 am
How true it is.
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.
USN 2000-2006
Adaptable and (usually) affable knife enthusiast, unsure of his knife collecting destination but enjoying the journey
Case taste, Rough Ryder budget
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
There is a lot of truth to that one, though.
