Almost twenty years served now. Done Bosnia, Rwanda, Haiti, The Gulf, Somalia (the worst). Is that enough? I'm due to retire in five months. Dont want to go to war anymore.
Wow, i am really suprised at the diversity of military personnel on here. We have the soon to retire veterans to the lowly booter (me). Makes me feel like i belong to something a little more important.
Oh by the way, to become a SEAL you could enlist in the NAVY. They offer the pretest that if you qualify you can re-classify and go swicc(sp?), EOD, or SEAL. Was another one too i think. I am sure that there are other ways but that was what 4 guys in my division did in BOOT.
Oh by the way, to become a SEAL you could enlist in the NAVY. They offer the pretest that if you qualify you can re-classify and go swicc(sp?), EOD, or SEAL. Was another one too i think. I am sure that there are other ways but that was what 4 guys in my division did in BOOT.
<< Wow, i am really suprised at the diversity of military personnel on here. We have the soon to retire veterans to the lowly booter (me). Makes me feel like i belong to something a little more important. >>
Yeah, I would have expected a lot more Air Force on a tech board...
<< Wow, i am really suprised at the diversity of military personnel on here. We have the soon to retire veterans to the lowly booter (me). Makes me feel like i belong to something a little more important.
Oh by the way, to become a SEAL you could enlist in the NAVY. They offer the pretest that if you qualify you can re-classify and go swicc(sp?), EOD, or SEAL. Was another one too i think. I am sure that there are other ways but that was what 4 guys in my division did in BOOT. >>
so what kind of test do u have to do? im kinda thinking of being a SEAL ie how tall must u be and etc. Either that a pilot i need to be a officer first =)my eye sight is on FIRE i got very very good eye sights.
"so what kind of test do u have to do? im kinda thinking of being a SEAL ie how tall must u be and etc. Either that a pilot i need to be a officer first =)my eye sight is on FIRE i got very very good eye sights. "
don't remember exactly and it is different for each rating you want. i know swicc gets tp run in tennis shoes but SEALs have to run in boots and they have a shorter time limit as well.
i know the test concests of push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, a mile (maybe mile and half) swim, a 1.5 mile run and something else i can't remember.
btw- EOD is explosive ordinance disposal, swicc is special warfare craft crewman, and you know what a seal is.
you can take the test in boot or enlist with a rating(job) that is transferrable to a SEAL rating and take the test while in school.
don't remember exactly and it is different for each rating you want. i know swicc gets tp run in tennis shoes but SEALs have to run in boots and they have a shorter time limit as well.
i know the test concests of push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, a mile (maybe mile and half) swim, a 1.5 mile run and something else i can't remember.
btw- EOD is explosive ordinance disposal, swicc is special warfare craft crewman, and you know what a seal is.
you can take the test in boot or enlist with a rating(job) that is transferrable to a SEAL rating and take the test while in school.
<< Navy 90-94
AT3
AIMD @ Whidbey Island >>
I had a roommate that was an AT3 that worked at AIMD in 1991! Hmm...if I could just remember his name...
Btw, USN 1991-1995 AG2
USN 1997-2001 ET2 with NEC 1413 repairing AG (weather) equipment.
thebestMAX
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Yeah, I would have expected a lot more Air Force on a tech board... >>
Ex USAF here. Electronics career field, Ballistic Missile Analyst, Minuteman Missile, Sgt in four at discharge.
Ex USAF here. Electronics career field, Ballistic Missile Analyst, Minuteman Missile, Sgt in four at discharge.
Air Force too, from 91 till 96, I was a Fuel Systems Tech. worked on B-52's and then on F-15e's. I enjoyed it but I'm happy I got out when I did.
Army 1997-present.
31P (Microwave Systems Operator/Maintainer a.k.a. telecomms) currently working as a 31S (Satellite Systems Operator Maintainer). Just 5 short months to go and Lockheed/Pentagon here I come!
31P (Microwave Systems Operator/Maintainer a.k.a. telecomms) currently working as a 31S (Satellite Systems Operator Maintainer). Just 5 short months to go and Lockheed/Pentagon here I come!
USN/E-6/FC1/1130 NEC - MK 86 GFCS Technician. bla bla bla - currently in Japan on an Aegis Cruiser.
USN '69-'73
ETR3
Gitmo. '70-'71
USS JFK '71-'73
I put in a year at the local CC before I went in, never regretted it.
ETR3
Gitmo. '70-'71
USS JFK '71-'73
I put in a year at the local CC before I went in, never regretted it.
Linflas
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I did 4 years in the Navy and was an AX (Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Technician). The rate no longer exists but we were avionics techs that supposedly specialized in ASW equipment. The reality was that we did the identical job as an AT (Aviation Electronics Technician) but were restricted to ASW billets. I worked briefly on Stoofs (S-2F,G) and then the S3-A once our squadron (VS-31) got ours and we were trained. I spent a year on the USS Independence CV-62 and did a Med cruise on her and spent a few months on the USS Eisenhower before my discharge. Way too much information but what the heck.
Mem
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1979-84 worked in RAF as an Aircraft weapons mechanic,30mm aircraft guns,small arms,1000lb bombs,nukes and laser guided,detonators,plastic explosives,aircraft ejector seats etc,those were the days .Was on UXB team as well,had to go and find unexploded bombs from aircraft practice range and detonate them,that was good fun.
.Was on UXB team as well,had to go and find unexploded bombs from aircraft practice range and detonate them,that was good fun.The military never seemed like what I wanted to do. I appreciate all of you serving our country. My father was in the Army during Vietnam, he was a supply clerk in Tacoma,WA. I believe he was either E-3 or E-4. I would have to ask my mother. He died 10 years ago, but the military never forgets if you serve them. We got the folded flag and the footstone for his grave listing his service. Now that I am older I really appreciate what the military did for my father. He ended up putting his supply clerk service into real life. He went from cleaning toilets at age 16 at a southeast grocery chain to the vice-president of store operation at age 40. I think the army had something to do with his organization and skill with people. I only wish I was as half as organized as he was.
My mother still keeps track of old friends that were stationed in Tacoma with them. One of them I have gotten to know quite well. A nice cajun man from Louisiana who comes to visit twice a year with his wife and family.
Evan
My mother still keeps track of old friends that were stationed in Tacoma with them. One of them I have gotten to know quite well. A nice cajun man from Louisiana who comes to visit twice a year with his wife and family.
Evan
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USAF 3 yrs. MOS 43132 - Airlift/Bombardment Aircraft Maintenance Specialist/Heavy
22nd Heavy Bombardment Wing. "We Lead"
Ride The Lightning
22nd Heavy Bombardment Wing. "We Lead"
Ride The Lightning
Im interested in joining USMC or army/national guard reserves. Would it be more benefitial to do this while im still in college or right after college? Im 3 out of 5 years in school now. Im interested in motor t has anyone else here served in that mos? thanks.
Nope, I'm too wimpy for something like that. I also can't stand people bossing me around so I guarantee I would be the drill sergeant's favorite person.
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