Who here was in the military?

Swayze

I only know of me, cas, and bellcity.I think I remember one guy saying that he was in the navy.This question isn't just for US strutters either.Just curious.

john_doe

Never in the military, but I'm an Air Force brat.

What up Diz!

PrimeCutsLtd

does the KISS army count?

coselmed

Never in the military, but I'm an Air Force brat.

What up Diz!

I did some Army ROTC in college, too...Needless to say, I never joined the military.

Birdman9

does the KISS army count?

Swayze

does the KISS army count?

I think we are all veterans of the Salvation Army.....


Waddup John!

hogginthefogg

I did some Army ROTC in college, too...

Several of my braincells just fused into one worthless lump.

Post pics of you rockin' fatigues and stompin' in your big black boots!

PrimeCutsLtd

does the KISS army count?

I think we are all veterans of the Salvation Army.....


Waddup John!

and Good Will ambassadors

cpeetz

I was in the Army National Guard for six years to help
with college. I joined when I was 17, and regretted it
nearly the whole time. But getting out was never worth
the serious hassle, plus the extra scratch was nice.
Good thing, Bush the 1st, had enough damn sense not
to invade Iraq or I certainly would have done a tour.

gruntgravel

I was in the Marines from 91-97.

Swayze

There we go.... Anybody else?

faux_rillz

I only know of me, cas, and bellcity.

I think I remember one guy saying that he was in the navy.

This question isn't just for US strutters either.

Just curious.

You can't identify them by their posting style?

My dad claims he can always pick out a fellow Navy man.

Swayze

I can pick out a GI from a mile away in the real world. Online not so easy.

deej

my sister is in the navy and one of my best friends is in the national guard
i got enough money from school to not have to make the choice

el_sparko

I can pick out a GI from a mile away in the real world. Online not so easy.

You should be back out there in that case, then there might not be so much friendly fire...

Swayze

I can pick out a GI from a mile away in the real world. Online not so easy.

You should be back out there in that case, then there might not be so much friendly fire...

zing!

magpie

usaf...
93-97 (4 years, 8 months)...
b1-b avionics specialist...
rank of e-4 (the ones they give)...
honorable discharge (but 2 article 15s )...
GI Bill ($600/ month for 3 years)...
stationed in CO, TX, SD...
free medical care for life (but no dental)...
a few racists, but lots of REAL (genuine) people...


the worst thing is the fact that since everyone who
outranks is your boss, so its like having 10 peers,
a few people below you, and 100 people treating you
like




but overall id say that peacetime military is something that

Swayze

(but 2 article 15s )...

What did you do?!? Not enough starch in the uniform?




(my first soulstrut zoomie joke! yay!)

magpie

underage drinking for the 1st, and the 2nd i kind of bailed on my
cq duties one night...really the 1st caused the second, so....


whose got any great or sad stories?

twoply

So, uh, how come Dolo ain't in this thread?

Mike_Bell

So, uh, how come Dolo ain't in this thread?

Swayze

I've got a story thats crazy as fuck, and I've always kinda meant to tell it, but I never feel like I have the energy to type it all out. But its definitely a doozy. Some other time.

Anyways.......

I was in the army from 94 to 98.
A year and a half at the Defense Language Institute to learn Korean (98G)
6 Months at Goodfellow AFB, TX, for intel school.
6 weeks at Ft. Huachuca, AZ, for more training.
2 years at Camp Humphreys Korea, 751st MI BN (RIP), 501st MI BDE, Voice Operations Branch. My old unit (751st) was disbanded around 2000, which kind of makes me sad.

Saw some cool shit though. My room mate in Korea outed one of my co-workers as being a North Korean spy. He disappeared. We called him the Mad Monk. Kind of weird, but a nice enough guy.

My Cheif was a Korean-American female. A real bitch. She HATED me. The story goes that she used to be a "Juicy Girl" in the ville, married a GI, joined the Army, got a divorce, and became a warrant officer. I didn't beleive that was true, so I asked some of the Old Timer Koreans that I worked with and they said that it was true. She used to be a ville whore. Nutty. God I hated her.


Spend some time sitting on a mountain top at the DMZ. Nice hiking.

Glad I'm not in now, thats for sure.

Mike_Bell

My Cheif was a Korean-American female. A real bitch. She HATED me. The story goes that she used to be a "Juicy Girl" in the ville, married a GI, joined the Army, got a divorce, and became a warrant officer. I didn't beleive that was true, so I asked some of the Old Timer Koreans that I worked with and they said that it was true. She used to be a ville whore.[/b] Nutty. God I hated her.

Wow. I might extend for a year just to go back to the ROK. The money ain't but plus I'm not mad being in that part of the world neither.

So you spent 2 years in training/school? Nice.

Swayze

My Cheif was a Korean-American female. A real bitch. She HATED me. The story goes that she used to be a "Juicy Girl" in the ville, married a GI, joined the Army, got a divorce, and became a warrant officer. I didn't beleive that was true, so I asked some of the Old Timer Koreans that I worked with and they said that it was true. She used to be a ville whore.[/b] Nutty. God I hated her.

Wow. I might extend for a year just to go back to the ROK. The money ain't but plus I'm not mad being in that part of the world neither.

So you spent 2 years in training/school? Nice.

Lot of shit has closed down out there though... most of 2 ID, and they are trying to move yongsan down to the Hump. The ville down there has cleaned up a lot though, which in a way is almost kinda sad to me... for some weird reason. I liked how grimy and shitty it was.

That story about the cheif is some shit too. We always called her juicy girl behind her back and made 'drinky' jokes and shit. I actually would have respected her, all things considered, for having made it that far, if she wasn't such a goddam bitch!

Man I got stories for days from that joint.

I'm trying to switch over to a group at work that does lots of travel. they might have some korea trips coming up too, at osan, so if you are out there I swear to god we will hook up!!! soju bowls, son!

Brian

ive never heard them referring to as "juicy girls"

Mike_Bell

ive never heard them referring to as "juicy girls"

Must be a thing amongst soldiers. Another term was "drinky girls".

Diz, we need to drink some soju slushies, hammie!!!

Fatback

I signed up for the Naval Reserves in Sept 2000. Got all the way through the physical and got pulled aside because I listed albuterol on my meds. It was the only Rx in my entire house, but I was trying to be super-duper honest. In reality, I had a 5 year old expired inhaler (that didn't even work) from when I used to get exercise induced wheezing while riding mt. bikes in the snow. The recruiter asked me if minded getting a PFT test from my private Dr. I said sure. Passed with flying colors. Went back and dude still said they were rejecting me. I was honestly doing it to serve my country. Seriously. I know that sounds like bullshit. Anyways, I gave up. I'm in great shape. Ok, good shape. But whatever. Not to mention my recruiter himself was so fat he had hoist himself out of the car.

Swayze

Bummer. I couldn't be in the navy. Fuck that! Remember when I went out to sea on a destroyer and posted on soulstrut from the middle of the ocean? The novelty of being the only strutter to post from the ocean was cool, but living on ship was not fun. I only had to do it for a week too (as a civilian, and actually I didn't HAVE to do it, I volunteered just for the hell of it). Anyways, by the end of the week I couldn't WAIT to get my ass back on land.

I work for the navy now and I STILL can't read their rank. For that matter I still don't understand navy 'culture'. They address each other by their job title, rather than rank. Like "good morning BM1" or whatever. They have a million different uniforms. When I was out to sea they were allowed to wear civilian baseball caps with their uniform.

Navy is cool though. I'm just glad I was in the army............

Mike_Bell

The fat recruiter,
Either they don't have the time or the discipline to do PT on their own.
I like to think it's the former

I work for the navy now and I STILL can't read their rank. For that matter I still don't understand navy 'culture'. They address each other by their job title, rather than rank. Like "good morning BM1" or whatever. They have a million different uniforms. When I was out to sea they were allowed to wear civilian baseball caps with their uniform.

haha, their rank is a trip. I didn't know that they were addressed by job title.
Weird.

Navy is cool though. I'm just glad I was in the army............

I really wish I joined the Air Force (even though promotion is slower than pondwater).

Fatback

The fat recruiter,

That's why it stung--not to mention it was the Navy. It's not like I was trying for the Marines. Anyways, that was Sept 2000. A lot has changed since then.

Swayze

I really wish I joined the Air Force (even though promotion is slower than pondwater).

Yeah, I don't know... I ponder that sometimes... Its like, you could put 10 years in and either be a grumpy E6 or a relatively happy E4.

My MOS was desperately trying to hang on to people so I went from E1 to E5 within 4 years. I was the youngest sergeant in the whole BRIGADE. which was actually pretty cool. PLDC in Korea is the move. Its only 1 month and the place is famous for their hamburgers. I'm not kidding. Ask anybody that went to PDLC in Korea about the hamburgers there. And land nav is easy as shit because its all mountains with plenty of reference points. You'd have to be retarded to not be able to land nav that shit. And still, there were some people that couldn't do it. Night hiking was cool as shit because you'd get to the top of the mountain and be able to see all the city lights of the northern seoul metro area. it was really cool. also there is a subway stop at that post so when you get your 1 day off you can head into seoul for a few hours.

Speaking of the subway, it does all the way to daejon now, which means you can ride from seoul to pyongtaek and cab it to the hump for about 10 bucks.