Introductions III - Page 56

29Tudor · 02-24-2008, 08:09

Hello there,

I'm Tyler, I am a senior in college majoring in Pastoral Ministries and as soon as I get my classes set up for Fall I am signing my 18x contract.
And later on in life becoming a chaplain in the Army.

God Bless,

Tyler

crabofwar · 02-25-2008, 13:14

Hi all,
I'm Parker, and live in Virginia. I was only in the Army for 3 years. Two with SF. My tour in Vietnam was six months at B-42 in Chau Doc as admin officer. Second 6 months with C&C Fob 2, in Kontum. On paper I was company commander of a Yard company, and maybe for a very brief time the senior American at the Yard camp out of town.
I went out with a ST a couple times, then went to HF for most of the rest. I never did anything exciting or brave (stupid, yes.). But, am very proud to have been with SF and SOG.
In the field, I was bombed by US planes twice. Strafed by 50 cal from our Vietnamese navy once (during Tet). And minor hit from M-79 our point man used in hammer anvil "exercise". Got minor equipment damage from one of the Yards in my squad, when he chucked a grenade over my head. Damn near fragged by a friend behind the Yard camp, where he was practicing silently releasing grenade spoon. ( It was raining, and grenade slipped.)
Enemy only tried to get me twice. But, they were more successful. Grenade frags while I was going to R&R through Da Nang. They hit the HQ the night I was there, so I spent R&R on the USS Sanctuary.

CPTAUSRET · 02-26-2008, 08:13

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Originally Posted by crabofwar

Hi all,
I'm Parker, and live in Virginia. I was only in the Army for 3 years. Two with SF. My tour in Vietnam was six months at B-42 in Chau Doc as admin officer. Second 6 months with C&C Fob 2, in Kontum. On paper I was company commander of a Yard company, and maybe for a very brief time the senior American at the Yard camp out of town.
I went out with a ST a couple times, then went to HF for most of the rest. I never did anything exciting or brave (stupid, yes.). But, am very proud to have been with SF and SOG.
In the field, I was bombed by US planes twice. Strafed by 50 cal from our Vietnamese navy once (during Tet). And minor hit from M-79 our point man used in hammer anvil "exercise". Got minor equipment damage from one of the Yards in my squad, when he chucked a grenade over my head. Damn near fragged by a friend behind the Yard camp, where he was practicing silently releasing grenade spoon. ( It was raining, and grenade slipped.)
Enemy only tried to get me twice. But, they were more successful. Grenade frags while I was going to R&R through Da Nang. They hit the HQ the night I was there, so I spent R&R on the USS Sanctuary.

I spent a bunch of time in the Chau Doc, AO. Flew a lot of missions in support of those people.

We had been working that area since O dark thirty (one day), hot rearming, hot refueling, we were finally released and landed for hot lunch. My crew was refused lunch and told we could eat our cold "C" rats. So I bombed the mess hall with our "cold "C rat's". Caught a little hell from our BN Co (Bill Maddox), but he was laughing at the time.

Shadow86 · 02-26-2008, 09:11

Quiet Professionals,

To all involved in this site a quick thank you for the wealth of information provided here. Currently I am a dismount M240B gunner in a Bradley platoon. I am not currently looking at trying out for SF, just trying to better myself as a soldier for a swift approaching deployment to Iraq. I also have worked as a EMT-I for the last three years part-time while going to school, so I am especially keen on lurking around the threads composed by you 18D's. Many thanks again for this great site, I plan on continuing to read frequently and speak little, if at all.

Respectfully,

PFC Harvey

TheShootist · 02-26-2008, 22:33

Hello all-

Here doing research. Went to college, got a good job, and despite that I'm still not entirely happy with where I am at...I've dreamed of being in the military since I can remember. I have my own reasons for wanting to serve, and I'm currently trying to decide if I can live with myself for not doing what I want to and doing what those closest to me think I should. I sincerely appreciate y'all for giving outsiders the chance to observe (and apparently all too frequently ask stupid questions prior to utilizing the search function) a little slice of life for the SF soldier.

Regards,

Matt

Watchdog46 · 02-27-2008, 17:10

Greetings, My Name is Nick, I am currently serving as a 180A and Detachment Commander and I have been in the Regiment for 6 years. It is a pleasure to meet and conversate with you all, especially my 18 Series bretheren... from the founders of yesteryears to the newest generation.

patrioticgirl · 02-27-2008, 06:01

I'm Morgan. I had considered SF before, but since I'm a female it isn't exaclty possible. I really enjoy your alls site; lots of info for civilians looking into the job and its interesting (not to mention a good humor). Thank you to all who serve, I know that freedom don't come free. Whether its the NG or AF, in a few years I plan to be a wearing uniform of the United States military.

Thanks again,
patrioticgirl

This will be my first and last post, since in the rules it discourged folks under the age of 17 to post and I joined to read information (and there is a lot on this site!).

chance-alot · 02-27-2008, 07:10

I'm a commo guy by trade and stumbled on this site while searching the net. So far it has been a great resource. I've been doing the job for about 15 years now and most of that in LRS units. I took a 3 year break from tactical comms but am back in the game now so the E threads will be my hangout.

I look forward to learning as much as I can.

Chance

CPTAUSRET · 02-27-2008, 09:34

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Originally Posted by patrioticgirl

I'm Morgan. I had considered SF before, but since I'm a female it isn't exaclty possible. I really enjoy your alls site; lots of info for civilians looking into the job and its interesting (not to mention a good humor). Thank you to all who serve, I know that freedom don't come free. Whether its the NG or AF, in a few years I plan to be a wearing uniform of the United States military.

Thanks again,
patrioticgirl

This will be my first and last post, since in the rules it discourged folks under the age of 17 to post and I joined to read information (and there is a lot on this site!).

Morgan:

I have a Granddaughter named Morgan, you don't happen to live in Co, do you? Father played football (Little All American), now builds custom homes?

Priest · 02-27-2008, 10:05

Hello all, Chris from Vermont...Currently stationed in West Point, I went to SFAS 01-08...Selected as an 18D with Chinese...Head to the Q in April with my wife.

**Bill Harsey** · 02-27-2008, 11:13

Welcome aboard everyone.

el_jefe · 02-27-2008, 14:30

Greetings. . .

Found the site via google while looking for information on CCW holsters, decided to stick around and lurk a bit. Used to be an Air Force cop until they killed that career field. Did 6 years and out, now I play with cars. I'm starting to get in to shooting again (I shot EPP in Europe), so maybe I'll see some of you at the range.

patrioticgirl · 02-28-2008, 05:45

No, I'm not your granddaughter, sir.

CPTAUSRET · 02-28-2008, 14:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrioticgirl

No, I'm not your granddaughter, sir.

Understood!

Welcome aboard, enjoy your stay! Got your PM.

Philkilla · 02-28-2008, 20:08

Greetings all. I found this site through snipershide.com in search of some quality info on SF; From what I have seen so far I am enjoying my stay.

A little background about me: I served four years in the army as a 14E (Patriot Air Defense) and left after my enlistment completely dissatisfied. A lot of that was due to the fellow soldiers in my unit who were either over-weight, unmotivated, or just total dirt bags that only assisted in bringing down the morale of the rest of the troop. Lest I forget a few certain leaders I had that didn't help matters much either. I did manage to earn the rank of Sergeant and attended Air Assault and PLDC, so my time was not spent completely in vain.

So to catch up to present day, I have been working jobs here and there for the past 2 years and trying to get the most out of civilian life that I can, attending college as well. However, I have been throwing around the decision of re-enlisting as an 18X for the past 3-4 years of my life, and I've finally decided I want to do it. After so much soul searching, I believe it is what I am meant to do in life, and I will put every ounce of dedication and motivation I have into it.

Lastly, one of my buddies I came up through the ranks with (E1 to E5) is in SERE school as I type this, and he's been giving me info and helping to fuel my motivation.

That about sums it up for now, I hope I didn't waste to much of your time for you to read this. I'll chime in if I feel I have something productive to add. (Which given the amount of information here, I doubt that will happen for awhile.)

BTW: I have been playing the guitar for 10 years as well, obviously that would be my number one thing to do in life, but it doesn't quite pay out so well unless you are extremely lucky.