What is your military experience?

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GuyontheRight

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Are you in the armed forces? What country do you serve in? What Branch? We want to here from you, tell us your experience in the military!

As for me, Im not old enough yet to join, but after collage Id like to get invloved in the US military's Phycological Operations or Civil Affairs. If you have any experience in these units, I would love to have you to share your story!
 
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Norwegian Army, Field Artillery. 4 years
Sergeant school (Field Artillery, 1 year), Officer School (Army, 2 years).
South Lebanon, Macedonia and Bosnia
 
ROTC MSIV Cadet in the Surfrider Battalion out of the University of California, Santa Barbara

So I'm pretty much nothing, but I get my commison as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army next year, and unless they decide they hate me, I'm going to be branched to Armored and get with a Cavalry unit. Doesn't really use either of my majors much (history and general biology) but screw it, I get to blow stuff up. Yeah, we're all hoping I get a burst of maturity before I get put in command of a platoon of M1A2s.
 
haha thanks, actually just about the whole surfrider bat is like me, it's like every country boy and other conservative at UCSB is in ROTC
 
myself...well im in the irish reserve defence forces (fcá)
and all i have clocked up is

1 year Military police
3 years infantry

have yet to serve abroad :cry:
 
Just a Junior in High School right now. Intending on enlisting right into the Army after high school, Airborne/Air Assault infantry, Rangers, that kind of thing. West Point looks like a very interesting prospect indeed, depends on how much ass I'm gonna have to kiss to get brass.
 
I used to think about wanting to go to the point, but now I think Im more toward ROTC, it just adds alot more flexibility. I'll probobly end up going to either Catholic U or American cause I live near DC.
 
Its not the years that count...its the quality

Well, never aspired to be anything but an enlisted man...but i was a pretty unusual enlisted man to say the least.

21 years active military service in the United States Air Force.

primary specialty - 16 years as a nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare defense specialist assigned to the deployable medical assets (Air Transportable Hospital (ATH) Air transportable Clinic (ATC) and DEPMEDS (Deployable Medical System).

Secondary specialty - 5 years as a Military Training Instructor, Air Training Command. Taught Field NBC Defensive operations, Field Hygiene, Disaster medicine operations, and preventative medicine techniques to Health care providers at the all services Joint Medical Training Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Job while waiting for something to happen: Industrial Hygiene, occupational medicine, and health physics technician.

I was a jack of all trades, and a master of a few...as a Technical Sergeant (E-6). Sometimes, i think the guys who shoot have all the fun...sometimes.

Conflicts involved with: Sudan, Persian Gulf, and Bosnia. Plus that big Cold War thing with Soviet Union.

Neat Places i have been to that i would really like to forget (not really): Labador (goose bay, Home of the 30 foot snowfalls) Iceland, Netherlands (Camp New Amsterdam anyone?), Sudan (this really was a wild wood forward area), Oman (Home of the best british mercs pilots), Spain (when we had the base there...it was great), Azores (another Island with great wine), Italy (San Vito de Normandi AB, RIP), and the Aleutian islands, Alaska (Sunny Shemya Island, the 2 x 4 mile grey bar resort).

you guys continue your course to be Officers...cause its better to wave the stick then to play the music. Trust me. :D
 
My experience

I am not actually in the U.S. Navy but I am in an organization sopported by the Navy. The organization is a youth program for the Navy called the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps. You get treated as if you were in the Navy. It is for ages 11-17. So you get disciplined, you also have and co, xo, lpo etc. You get paygrades and rates also that are the same as the navy but you do not actually get paid. You where the uniforms and everything. The URL is www.seacadets.org
 
nothing yet... i want to go into ROTC in collage want to major in history so not like they will need my advise unless they want to know what way mark antany ( gerr spelt wrong ) went into the middle east attacking some pesky persain but if they need me to do that we might as well pack it up....
any ways....

AIR CAV!!!!!
 
I was in the California Army National Guard 40th Inf.Div.(mech) co C 240th Sig.Bn.
I was a wheeled vehicle mechanic 2yrs. and in food service for 4yrs.
 
Just an update because I know you all care haha, I was just sworn in today at my contracting ceremony, guess there's no turning back now, huh? Haha, Army's stuck with me now.
 
Redneck said:
Just an update because I know you all care haha, I was just sworn in today at my contracting ceremony, guess there's no turning back now, huh? Haha, Army's stuck with me now.
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Of course we care.. :D


Congratulations!
Does the Army know what they have done now?? :m16:
 
Haha, thanks guys. No, I don't think they know yet, but they're about to find out. But since they decided to phase out the Abrams, and I switched my first choice to Infantry, I guess they won't have to worry about me running anything over.
 
Re: My experience

SeaCadetE-1 said:
I am not actually in the U.S. Navy but I am in an organization sopported by the Navy. The organization is a youth program for the Navy called the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps. You get treated as if you were in the Navy. It is for ages 11-17. So you get disciplined, you also have and co, xo, lpo etc. You get paygrades and rates also that are the same as the navy but you do not actually get paid. You where the uniforms and everything. The URL is www.seacadets.org
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Heh who da known there was Sea cadets down in the states.. well whatever i'm in the RCAC(royal canadian army cadets) and the ages is for people 12-19 we do get paid and uniforms are manditory unless the entire corp has combats, my corp specialises in repelling, bush craft and Rifle shooting, I myself am still debating wether to wait until i age out of cadets and work as a staff personal for my corp or head into the reserves.
 
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