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Two Wolves

#30
December 14, 2010, 10:48:07 PM
TravelPatriot,

Thank youfor starting this thread. This is good therapy.

Two Wolves
A moral compass provides a basis for making decisions; an action is good or bad, right or wrong when viewed in the light of the individual's moral bearing. If no moral compass exists for the individual, then decisions and actions are made on the basis of purely subjective thoughts. This leads to "If it makes me happy, or makes me feel good, or if it's something I simply want to do, then it is right and good."

jollynator

#31
December 14, 2010, 11:46:20 PM Last Edit: January 19, 2011, 01:52:53 AM by jollynator
........

MrHappy

#32
December 15, 2010, 11:53:26 AM
USAF 1971-1974  ATC Still Photo Lab Tech. Spent the entire hitch in Selma AL.
Give me Liberty or give me Death
Slaves don't dream of being free. Slaves dream of being Masters ~ August Stetten

CaptG

#33
December 19, 2010, 01:32:50 AM Last Edit: December 27, 2010, 01:52:52 AM by CaptG
Not a vet. Grew up in USAF. My dad flew F-100s & F-105s in SE Asia '66, '67 & '69. I'm a Merchant Marine Officer and have worked as a Civilian Contractor/Consultant off and on since the early '80s. I owe a lot to the 22MAU & 24 MEU. Any of y'all who were around The Eastern Med in '82/83 or E. Africa in '93 won't have to buy beers if I'm around.
G
"If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."
Winston Churchill

George T

#34
December 19, 2010, 09:09:01 AM
Navy

62 - 64

NavComCen Sangley Point Naval Air Station, PI

hankster

#35
December 19, 2010, 10:25:58 AM
USAF 65-73
Pilot training in Valdosta, Ga
KORAT RTAFB 69-70
TAKHLI RTAFB 72
ISSUE WEAPONS:S&W 38 MASTERPIECE; M-61 VULCAN CANNON attached to F-105 THUNDERCHIEF (WILD WEASEL version)

sparks1

#36
December 19, 2010, 06:27:15 PM Last Edit: December 19, 2010, 06:29:08 PM by sparks1
Quote from: hankster on December 19, 2010, 10:25:58 AM
USAF 65-73
Pilot training in Valdosta, Ga
KORAT RTAFB 69-70
TAKHLI RTAFB 72
ISSUE WEAPONS:S&W 38 MASTERPIECE; M-61 VULCAN CANNON attached to F-105 THUNDERCHIEF (WILD WEASEL version



[/quote

hankster...Do you know a Mac Hammond. I think he flew the F-105 over there. Don't know his duty station.


He's my pastor.
Integrity is easier to keep, than to regain.

The Truth is that teamwork is at the heart of great accomplishment. 
(John Maxwell)

CplTurner

#37
December 19, 2010, 08:36:54 PM
USMC '91-'95

3521-Organizational Automotive Mechanic
1993 Far East Division Match competitor (Okinawa)

-Cpl Turner
USMC '91-'95
MOS 3521
4th Award Expert
Competitive Marksmanship Unit
Far East Division Matches

CaptG

#38
December 20, 2010, 08:27:09 PM
Hankster,
My dad (Maj Guy Pulliam) was at Korat in 69 flying 105's with the 34th TFS. They have a really nice website. http://34tfsthuds.us/
Guy
"If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."
Winston Churchill

Cyclops WY

#39
December 20, 2010, 09:24:54 PM
US Army 88 - 92  DAT

Dumb Ass Tanker.

4th ID

M1A1 Tanker.

God Speed.

Cyclops
The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. Thomas Jefferson

Pappy

#40
December 20, 2010, 09:47:27 PM
Hello Group; US ARMY 1978
                  Basic Ft Dix NJ
                  45 B Small Arms Repair
                  Aberdeen MD
                  Ft Stewart Ga, 724 Maint Bn Nov 78-Nov 80
                  Ft Waiwright AK, Direct Support Detatchment (DSD)
                  Alaska National Grd, 19 D Scout, & Co Armorer
                  US ARMY RESERVES, 85th Div Tng. Tanker, & Co Armorer, M-48 M-60.... 1990


         Pappy   
Which has greater value?...... Ammo will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no ammo..

hankster

#41
December 20, 2010, 11:52:35 PM
CaptG, I didn't know your dad. I was in the 44th/6010 Wild Weasel Squadron. Thanks for the link to the 34th. I knew several of the guys in that squadron. Some good memories, some bad.
Hank

TRAdkins

#42
December 26, 2010, 12:16:01 PM
USAF 1976-1980 

Medical Lab Tech.

Maxwell AFB,
Montomery, AL.
If not us..., then who?   If not now..., then when?

BCWhite

#43
December 27, 2010, 11:12:12 PM
US Army, going on 20 years cause of a 2 year Reserve hiatus. 19D Cavalry Scout.

1990 OSUT Fort Knox, KY M16A1 Rifle
1990-1992 B/1-2ACR Bindlach, Germany (Operation Desert Storm) M16A2/M203
1992-1993 HHC/3-69AR Fort Stewart, GA M16A2
1993-1995 HHC/1AD Bad Kreauznach, Germany M9
1995-1996 C/1-1CAV Buendingen, Germany (Operation Joint Endeavor) M16A2/M203
1996-1998 HHC/1-15IN Fort Benning, GA M16A2
1998-2000 479th EN Watertown, NY M16A2
2000-2003 A/3-17CAV Fort Drum, NY M4/M203
2003-2004 C/4-7CAV Camp Garry Owen, Korea M4
2004-2006 HHT/5-15CAV Fort Knox, KY
2006-2008 B/C/3-7CAV Fort Stewart, GA M4 (Operation Iraqi Freedom V)
2008-2009 HHC/1-30IN Fort Stewart, GA M4
2009-Present HHC/2HBCT Fort Stewart, GA M4/M9 (Operation Iraqi Freedom VII/Operation New Dawn)

desertrat144

#44
December 28, 2010, 05:58:04 PM Last Edit: January 07, 2011, 05:18:31 PM by desertrat144
Dad: BM2, Tin Can Sailor (moored astern USS Nevada & AZ during the attack on Pearl Harbor) 1938-46

Me: USN Hosp. Corps, temp Base Security, O.R. Tech 72-76

Son in law: USA, Ortho Surgeon, '90s- current AD.
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond it's limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves." - President Ronald Wilson Reagan

U.S.Cavalryman

#45
December 28, 2010, 08:15:37 PM
US Army 1995-Present

First an Equipment operator then as a Cavalry Scout

Aug 1995-96 A Co 1140th Eng Bn MOANG
Nov 1996-99 HHC 84th ENG BN, Schofield Barracks HI
Jan 2000-OCT 01 HHC 41st ENG BN, FT Drum, NY
Oct 2001 Reclass to 19D
Jan 2002-03 A Trp 4-7 Cav, Camp Garry Owen, Korea
Jan 2003- Nov 04 F Trp 2/2 ACR                               OIF1
Nov 2004- Present  3-71 Cav, Ft Drum, NY                 2x OEF

BC, I got some names we can swap. Guarantee we know some of the same people
"Only Hits count, you cant miss RAPIDLY enough to catch up"

dart67eb

#46
December 29, 2010, 10:22:44 AM
Lotsa 19D's here, it seems.  I was a 67V (scout helicopter crew chief) in 81-82 for B 2/17 cav 101st at Ft Campbell.  We got to cross train as 19D's.  That was fun.
Ignorance may be bliss, but it's not a virtue.

R1SGx2

#47
December 29, 2010, 10:32:02 AM

U.S. Army - Proud

1977 - 1996   95B

1996 - 2001   98C

Lotta places / No Regrets. Served with nothing but the Best...

1SG Ret
"Eyes of the Warrior - Always open"
"What's the weather got to do with it, lets go."
"Appleseed, where good people come together to save a nation."

CSHR

#48
December 30, 2010, 05:52:51 PM
Travler, Two Wolves, Johnny, CharlieHotel, et al,

Thank you for your time.

I was active duty USMC 67-71, VN 70/1

Shot expert with the M14 at Pendleton and never saw uncle disney's rifle until I got to Da Nang....almost got me brig time when I refused the plastic thing, instead wanting a real rifle.

Welcome Home!

CSHR/michael
"But rightful Liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add "within the law" because the law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." -- Thomas Jefferson

BCWhite

#49
December 30, 2010, 09:10:54 PM
Quote from: U.S.Cavalryman on December 28, 2010, 08:15:37 PM
US Army 1995-Present

First an Equipment operator then as a Cavalry Scout

Aug 1995-96 A Co 1140th Eng Bn MOANG
Nov 1996-99 HHC 84th ENG BN, Schofield Barracks HI
Jan 2000-OCT 01 HHC 41st ENG BN, FT Drum, NY
Oct 2001 Reclass to 19D
Jan 2002-03 A Trp 4-7 Cav, Camp Garry Owen, Korea
Jan 2003- Nov 04 F Trp 2/2 ACR                               OIF1
Nov 2004- Present  3-71 Cav, Ft Drum, NY                 2x OEF

BC, I got some names we can swap. Guarantee we know some of the same people

Yeah more than likely we do.

VietVet

#50
December 31, 2010, 08:08:11 PM
Just ran across this thread.

I guess my Forum Name and avatar tells the story.
 
US Army
101ST Airborne
11B (Infantry)
Viet Nam 1968-69

Glad to see so many fellow "Screaming Eagles" here.
Thank you all for your service.
                                    OUR
FOREFATHERS WOULD BE SHOOTING BY NOW!

vernic82

#51
January 01, 2011, 12:35:53 PM
I am US Army '82-'90

However at times I've thought it has been a liability rather than an asset to my learning curve here at AS.

Some of the best Instructors I've had the pleasure of learning from are Non-Veterans.

Perhaps it's that mix of Vets and Non-Vets that helps this Program and those in it grow and evolve to the betterment of all Instructors & Students and the furthering of our Mission?
"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?"
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

"You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant."
~ Harlan Ellison

"Yeah well, that's just, ya know, like, your opinion, man."
- The Dude

devil dog

#52
January 08, 2011, 10:02:52 PM
I guess better late than never!
USMC 82-86
6122 Jet Engine mech/CH-46 "FROG" Crew Chief and Doorgunner
HMM-365

DKZ

#53
January 09, 2011, 06:09:06 PM
US Army 1966-1968, Americal Division; Vietnam 67-68; 3rd/16th Field Arty,
Assistant Gunner 155 Howitzer; 1968 Tet Offensive. Served on Hawk Hill, LZ Bayonet
Sharpshooter M14, M16
"The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us" - Thomas Jefferson

"If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, Our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.-"Samuel Adams, 1776

wausota

#54
January 10, 2011, 01:57:08 AM
US Navy '75 - '81, Electronics Technician, USS New Orleans LPH-11 and NSWG-1.  Entire enlistment totaled 20 rounds fired.  10 rounds of .22 in boot camp,
couldn't tell you the rifles we used but they were good enough for 10 shots in the bull. 

Later ten bulls eyes into the Pacific Ocean from the flight deck - aft, 5 with a 1911 and 5 with an M14. 
"Weapons qualification" during the Jimmy Carter years. ::)

JJAGUNS

#55
January 17, 2011, 02:50:28 AM
US Army 94-99
Ft Lost in the woods Basic, AIT
FT Hood 1st Cav 20th ENG Bat
Friedberg,Germany 1st Armored 23rd ENG Bat
Giessen, Germany 1st Armored 16th ENG Bat
Camp McGovern Brcko Bosnia 96
Camp Bedrock BFE Bosnia 98

12 B Combat Engineer played with explosives and machine guns ;D
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