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M60CDAT

Branch of Service: Army

Years served: 1963 - 1983

Units served : 1-70 Armor FRG, 1-73 Armor ROK, 2-4 Cav FRG, 3-4 Cav VN, 1-72 Armor ROK, A-13-4 Ft Knox, 4-64 Armor FRG, 2-72 Armor ROK.

Duty stations: Ft Knox KY (4 times), Germany (3 tours, 24ID, 4th AD, 3 ID) Korea (3 tours), Columbus OH (Recruiting Command) and Duluth MN ( Advisor to a NG Tank battalion)

Rank: MSG (E-8)

MOS : 19Z5XC5 (Armor Senior Sgt, Drill Sgt Qualified and M60A1/A3 Tank Master Gunner)

Rifle: M1 Marksman, M16 Expert, Tank Weapons Expert

Weapons trained in: M1 Rifle, M3 Sub MG, 45 Pistol, M37, M73, M73A1, M219 & M240 Tank Coax Mgs. M2 and M85 Tank .50 Cal MGs. 90 and 105mm Tank Main Guns.

Comments: Worked 22 years as a DAC after retiring from the Army. First as a Test Plan Analyst and Equipment Specialist at Ft Knox and the last 15 as an Operational Tester at Ft Hood TX. In my second retirement I now collect, reload for, and shoot my old rifles because the Army would not let me bring an M60A1 MBT home to play with after I retired in 83.

PursuitFRC

Marine
97-00

2nd Bat, 7th Mar, Weapons Company, 81mm Mortar Platoon, Fire Direction Control Squad Leader

29 Palms CA, with stops in Oki (Camp Swuab spl?) Camp Fuji, South Korea

Corporal
0341
Rifle Expert x3

kraigwy

US Army (ABN) - ARNG
Origin. MP Mos, transfered to infantry in Vietnam. 2/502 Inf 101st ABN Div.
Transfered to IRR in 69 and to the AKNG in 1973
1973 - 76 38th SF company, AKNG 38th SF CO. was disbanned in 1976
76-82 207th Inf Gr Recon Plt (ABN)
82-84 XO A co 297th Inf, Cmdr C co 297th INF
84-85 L&O 207th Inf Grp
85-86 Cmdr HHC 207th Inf Grp
86-92 Cmdr SARTS (Small Arms Readiness Training Team
1978 Jump Master School
1978 USAMU Sniper School
1978-79 OCS
1978-1992 AKNG Rifle team (with a couple years off shooting on the pistol team. Rifle Coach/OIC 1980-1992

Dist, Rifle Badge #1071
Retired AKNG 1992, start drawing retirement Jul 07

skytrooper78

U.S. Army 1978-82
Ft Leonard Wood, MO, BCT
Ft Sam Houston, TX, AIT 91B
Presidio of San Francisco, CA, AIT 91C
Ft Benning, GA, basic airborne
Ft Bragg, NC, 82nd Airborne Division, 1/17 Cavalry, 2/325 PIR
SGT E-5, Rifle Expert M-16, Expert Field Medical Badge
Ft Sherman, Panama, Jungle Operations Training Center

SSGT BUTCH

Usmc

1969-1978

Hq.bn.3rd Mar Div, M3/1(rvn),3 Recon(rvn),its, E2/5, Scamp, G-2 1mardiv,1marreg S-2, Mcrd San Dieago.

Ssgt


Mos- 0351, 8641, 8651, 0231, 0269, 8511

Rifle- Exp X5, Pistol- Exp X4

M1,m14,m16,m60,106,3.5,m203,abcm9-7,m40,m1911

Questions?di4

shadow_of_hanzo

Years served: 1999 to present

Mississippi Army National Guard, United States Army, United States Army Reserve. and hopefully soon US Coast Guard if I can get the IT rating :)

Units served: 106th support BN (national guard) 2000 -2001 3rd Sig Bde (active) 2001-2004 4003rd GSU (army reserve) 2005- present

Duty stations ( military station, country)Forth Hood TX, Victory Base, Iraq.

Rank E-5 SGT

MOS 25B computer information stystems.

Rifle / Qualification: M16A2, Marksman; M249, expert automatic rifleman

Weapons trained in: M16A2, M249, M60, M203, AT4,

Comments: Im proud of my service ....the way I meant it to my countrymen and especially to my fellow soldiers ... not so much faith in politicians of any kind. Let it be known that my trust is in God and I know my honor is always safe in him ... I know he will reward my bretheren ( and sisters) that have fallen and all those who have sacrificed.

Jocko

Boot- San Diego Plt 2093 "Golf"

Duty stations- Camp Johnson(Motor -T Mech. School)
3d MTM 3d Maint Bn.Camp Kinser, Okinawa Japan( I left before the bases got locked-down. When the 2 sailor and Marine dumped the local in the gutter outside MCAS Futema) I loved the N.T.A.! Rotated to 29 Palms. 3d MAW. It was called Avation Ground Support Element(AGSE) Later reformed to MWSS 373. A month after I had checked in they sent me to Lackland Air Force base for Fire truck school . Iworked out at the air field (EAF) Supported Combined Arms Exercise (CAX) I got attachted the the Bulk Fuelers and Crash Fire Rescue. Miss that 120 degree heat!

Rank-Corporal E-4
MOS-3521/22/25 mechanic.If it rolled I fixed it. A reserve base MP until I got in trouble.
Weapons- What ever I got my sticky hands on! I hated to see the 6ixty leave.
Comments- No regrets, I would do it again. I was proud of my service..If we cross paths look me up.

Steve Ross

U.S. Navy, 1957-1963 (four active, two reserve)

Airborne Early Warning Squadron VW-11

USNTC Bainbridge, MD
USNBks, Annapolis, MD
(across river from )
NATC Norman, OK
NATC PaxRv, MD
USNS Argentia, NFLD

E4, Air Controlman 3rd

Airborne radar ops/navigator

Navy small arms training for my boot camp company (57-46) consisted of familiarization only. We fired the .22 rifle, .45 auto. Training was one day, class in the morning, shoot in the afternoon. Ten rounds for the rifle, one clip for the .45. I'd hunted as a teenager, and been on the AFROTC rifle team at university before enlistment.

Steve

c5m1a

Army

1970-73

RVN 70-71 101st A B Division

Sp/4

MOS 31M20

M16 SS

ABNINF

US Army
11B
1983-87, 1989 - Present (Got out for two years while I finished my degree)

Units of assignment: CSC/HHC 2-504 PIR, US Military Liasion Mission - Potsdam, D Co 108th MI BN (8th ID LRSD), HHC and Co C 3-327 IN (AASLT), Co B 2-13 IN, UNCSB-JSA, Co C 2-504 PIR, G3 XVIII ABC, E Co 1-22 FA

Schools: RGR, ABN, AASLT, SERE, Sniper, LRS Leaders Course, Jumpmaster, Rappell Master, Drill Sergeant

Weapons Qual: M21 - Expert, M24 - Expert, M16A1/A2/A4 - Expert, M4 - Expert, M1911A1 - Expert, M9 - Expert, M249 - 1st Class, M60 - 1st Class, M240B - Expert, Mk 19 - 1st Class, M203 - 1st Class

Not too bad for a dumb ole hillbilly like me.

Mike

ebe1954

USAF

72-90

Lackland AFB TX, Sheppard AFB TX, Luke AFB AZ, Gila Bend AFAF AZ, Ubon RTAFB, Tan Son Nhut AB,Kunsan AB,George AFB CA, Keflavik NAS Iceland, Bergstrom AFB TX, Keflavik NAS Iceland, George AFB CA.

TSgt (E-6)

MOS: Started as a 43131C (Jet Aircraft Maint Specialist One and Two Engines ((made me "just" a fighter mech)), moved up to the next level as a 43151C, then as a seven level techinician. Then as my time came to a close, they changed the AFSC to a 45274M. That tied in the hydraulic maint types the jet engine mechs and crew chiefs as one big happly family, working on the the Phantom.

M-16 Expert
.38 Expert (thanks to being fingered as a cargo courier)
M-14 qualified (thanks to being assigned to a Navy Base and
having to be a part of the ground defense force. Only
happend during my first tour there. Second tour, we
suddenly became, "mission critical" and not allowed to
be part of the GDF.
Got fam training on M-60. Same reason as the M-14

Worked as a crew chief line mechanic on F-4 Phantoms. Got a chance to work on all of the types the Air Force ever had, and a couple of them that didnt belong to us. Like the F-4K and M from the Brits, the F-4F that was strictly a Luftwaffe version. Best time spent overseas was my two tours in Iceland assigned to the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron.


Max

LawDawg

Branch of Service - United States Army, U.S. Army Reserve

Years served - Active Duty 06/90-06/96,
Reserves 30/00-03/02

Units served - A.Co. 1/222 Avn. Regt.,
F.Co. 24th Avn. Regt.,24th ID
A.Co. 7/159 Avn. Regt., 3D COSCOM
D.Co. 1/101 Avn. Regt., 101st ABN DIV
D.Co. 8/229 AHB

Duty stations - BC, FT. Dix, NJ (CONUS)

AIT, FT Eustis,VA (CONUS)

24th INF. DIV. (MECH),
HAAF, Savanah,Ga (CONUS)

Illeshiem Army Airfield, Fed. Rep. of Germany
(OCONUS)

101st ABN. DIV. (Air Assault),
FT. Campbell,KY (CONUS)

US Army Reserves
FT. Knox, KY (CONUS)

Rank - Corporal

MOS - 68 J, Aircraft Armament/Missle Systems Repairer

68 X, Aircraft Armament Missle Systems Repairer/
Aircraft Electrician

Rifle / Qualification - Expert

Weapons trained in - M16A1, M16A2, M203,
M249 SAW, M60 LMG,
M2 HMG, M9, MK19

TK 14 SS

United States Marine Corps
88-92, 95-96

Major duty stations- MCRD SD, MCLB Albany, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Camp Hansen Okinawa (1.5 years), Camp Pendleton (Las Pulgas).

MOS - 2171 (Electro Optics Repair Tech)

Weapons trained- M16A2 (expert, 5th award), M9, M60E3 (actually went through division MG school), M249, M2, M240, M203, MK19, SMAW, AT-4, TOW-2, and Dragon. Also familiarized with Artillery M198, M105, 8 inch, and others along with M60A1-3 and M1A1 seeing as I worked on their fire control "systems" (sights, mounts, optics, and electronics)

Semper Fi

Vermin

United States Army- Texas National Guard

1984-1992

B Co 111th Med Battion 49th AD
C Co 536 FSB 50
Ft Jackson SC
Darnell Army Hospital
Ft Sam Houston Tx
Ft Hood Tx

E-6

91A30 Medic

Expert M-16

I trained with the M-14, H&K-55, MP-5, G-3, M-60, G-1 GPMG, Ma Duce, 4.2 Mortar.

As a Medic I was allowed to qualifi with whatever weapons were on the ranges that I was at. ( Great Plan) I also worked with the U. S Border Patrol Tacital Team, and I was allowed to train with Them as well. That was a really Great experiance, and I was able to do some things that normal Military Personel were not allowed to do. I was able to get Air Assault Quailified with Them. Plus I was able to get Qualified in some exotic weapons, not normally open to the average G.I.

benthere60

Branch - U.S. Army
Years of service - 1966-1969
Duty Stations - Ft. Polk, LA; Ft. Monmouth, NJ; Ft. Leonard Wood, MO; Ft Benning, GA; Ft. Lewis, WA; Ft. Sherman, CZ; RVN
Rank - Pvt. E2 to 1st Lt
Glad to be back!