Gunner13
Active member
Hi there, sorry to be late with the introductions, but better late than never. :roll:
As my profile says, I've been in the US Army (Active Reserve and National Guard) for 22 & 1/2 years, most of it in the Field Artillery (no, I don't go all the way back to rifled muzzle loaders, everything was breech loading by the time I arrived). I came into the Army via Basic Training and shortly after that, OCS at Fort Benning. Following that I went to Fort Sill, for FA Officer's Basic and the Survey and Target Acquisition Course. I then served in Germany for 4 years where I learned to love good beer, coffee, German wine and most other things German (except the Greens).
I came off of Active Duty and served in the Army Reserve in Oklahoma with an FA Training Brigade for 3+ years and then moved to California and joined the Army National Guard in the Los Angeles area. 12 years later, I'm still here, less activations for the LA Riots, the Non-Riots, Noble Eagle III (11 months in San Antonio, TX) and training exercises in Japan, Korea and Thailand.
I have experience with cannons (towed and self propelled), missiles (Lance), survey operations (conventional and PADS), FA Radars (TPS-25/58, Q-4 and FIREFINDER), Fire Support, FA Operations, Targeting and Intelligence. I currently run a small detachment that controls the Division Rear Area for the 40th Infantry Division (Mech), but I’ll be Cannoneer until the day I die.
My wife is also in the Army (we met at Fort Sill during FAOBC) and we have one child, our son, who is 7.
As my profile says, I've been in the US Army (Active Reserve and National Guard) for 22 & 1/2 years, most of it in the Field Artillery (no, I don't go all the way back to rifled muzzle loaders, everything was breech loading by the time I arrived). I came into the Army via Basic Training and shortly after that, OCS at Fort Benning. Following that I went to Fort Sill, for FA Officer's Basic and the Survey and Target Acquisition Course. I then served in Germany for 4 years where I learned to love good beer, coffee, German wine and most other things German (except the Greens).
I came off of Active Duty and served in the Army Reserve in Oklahoma with an FA Training Brigade for 3+ years and then moved to California and joined the Army National Guard in the Los Angeles area. 12 years later, I'm still here, less activations for the LA Riots, the Non-Riots, Noble Eagle III (11 months in San Antonio, TX) and training exercises in Japan, Korea and Thailand.
I have experience with cannons (towed and self propelled), missiles (Lance), survey operations (conventional and PADS), FA Radars (TPS-25/58, Q-4 and FIREFINDER), Fire Support, FA Operations, Targeting and Intelligence. I currently run a small detachment that controls the Division Rear Area for the 40th Infantry Division (Mech), but I’ll be Cannoneer until the day I die.
My wife is also in the Army (we met at Fort Sill during FAOBC) and we have one child, our son, who is 7.
