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11-12-2018, 12:12 PM
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#61
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Katy
Posts: 1
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USAF 1973-1977 Avionics Communications Specialist
Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
Liked it a lot more after I got out 
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11-12-2018, 03:11 PM
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#62
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Chicago
Posts: 1,154
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USMC 75-79. Boot camp MCRD San Diego. Schools Battalion in Camp Pendleton. 76 at Camp Zukeran in Okinawa. 77-79 Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station on Oahu. Great 4 yrs for me. Legal clerk by day and playing basketball on company teams. 
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11-12-2018, 03:31 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,022
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USAF 1970 - 1978
Spent the first 18 months in training then served in three commands:
71 - 72 Pacific Air Force, Osan Korea (...)
72 - 75 Strategic Air Command, McCoy AFB FL and McConnell AFB KS (high altitude gas passer)
75 - 78 Air Training Command, Lackland AFB TX (Officer Training School instructor)
Got to see a lot of places on the US taxpayer's dime, even though I had to fly myself to most of them.
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Numbers is hard
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11-12-2018, 03:32 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Just south of Rochester
Posts: 119
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U.S. Navy 68-72
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11-12-2018, 07:12 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 2,610
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Served as an Army Aviator beginning with two years in Nam where I flew three types of choppers. Following that came additional (more peaceful) aviation assignments until the 12 year mark at which time I branch transferred to the Military Police Corps where I completed a variety of criminal justice posts until year 22 . Then came retirement as an O-5. Best job yet.
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11-20-2018, 04:45 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Lake Livingston, Tx
Posts: 4,204
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67-87. F111/A and F, Ov-10a over 500 hrs combat time
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If it is after 5:00 when I post I reserve the right to disavow anything I posted.
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11-20-2018, 05:24 PM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Le Claire
Posts: 1
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1986-1989 Army Reserve
1989-1994 Air Force Active Duty
1994-2015 Air Force Reserve
Great experience and many great friends!
Served for 29 years and gained an appreciation for our country and what ‘Service before self’ means. Unless you’ve served (however long) it’s tough to comprehend this feeling.
Thanks to all who have or are currently serving.
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11-20-2018, 05:52 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Central, Ohio, USA
Posts: 2,635
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50's 60's & 70's is the way I answered; assume this is ok. All US Army AD. Besides VN, Korea, Turkey, Hawaii (a very short period before heading to VN) and Alaska. E-1 to PSG (E7) then W-1 to W-4. Really missed it after I retired (should have stayed for 35=No).
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Vietnam Veteran, CW4 USA, Retired 1979
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11-20-2018, 06:09 PM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Arvada, CO
Posts: 4
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I was in the Army from 69 to 72 and served in the Signal Corps. in Pleiku, Vietnam.
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11-20-2018, 07:46 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Redmond
Posts: 260
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AD USAF 93-99, Fairchild AFB and Spangdahlem AB. USAFR until 2006.
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Retired in 2014 at 45.
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11-20-2018, 08:05 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: North
Posts: 4,043
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USAF circa 2001 Graduated basic 3 days before 9/11 Operation Iraqi Freedom 30CS Space Monkey...Peacekeeper primarily, Atlas and Titan secondary. Had buddies that went to Kabul and never came back. You never knew how many frienda a soldier has until one is disrespected. Will never ever be able to compare any brotherhood to what I experienced good and bad.
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11-20-2018, 08:05 PM
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#72
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: San Antonio
Posts: 140
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USAF 1974 - 1995 flew F-105G and F-4G Wild Weasels as EWO. AF sent me to NPGS to get a masters in EW Systems Eng. then served as Engineer and Systems/Tactical expert with technical expertise at a few different locations in between flying assignments. Wife did 25 years USAF as an Intelligence Officer at various locations.
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11-20-2018, 08:52 PM
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#73
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,578
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USMC 76-82.
One way ticket from Ireland with a green card and within 10 days signed the contract.
Boot camp in San Diego. 18 mos tech school in Memphis. Rest of the time in Beaufort SC, Yuma, Iwakuni, Subic Bay etc.
When someone "thanks me for my service" I feel guilty as it was some of the funnest years of my life with zero combat. Great place to grow up and get your $hit together.
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11-21-2018, 07:04 AM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Brick
Posts: 16
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US Army Signal Corps Officer 73-84, USAR 84-93 (ROTC Grad)
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11-21-2018, 12:27 PM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: El Paso
Posts: 19
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I retired from the Army as a Major (promotable) after 20 years and served from 1996 to 2016. I enlisted after college and my boss told me to start investing so I did a lot of reading that has paid off. I started out in mutual funds and later added real estate investing.
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11-21-2018, 12:45 PM
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 31
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United States Marine Corps 1990-2016; an honor to serve along so many good men and women. Thankful to have a very supportive wife and family throughout my career.
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11-21-2018, 05:55 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 147
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by Offgrid Organic Farmer
Hey, there MT2.
I am a Nav ET.
I cranked on the USS Canopus, and worked in W-5 on the USS Simon Lake.
I made patrols on the Casimir Pulaski SSBN 633, the George C Marshall SSBN 654 and the Alaska SSBN 732.
If you had stayed in you could have retired at 38.
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Enlisted in the Navy at 19,Nav ET . SSBN 658(B) Vallejo. Discharged to go to AFROTC. KC-10 Pilot USAF sold my wings to the airlines bah hah. Mil leave of absence from airlines” I not too smart”lol took almost 30yrs to get a 22 yr AD retirement. ER class of 16 and enjoy all my holidays and weekends back.
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11-21-2018, 06:32 PM
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#78
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Madison
Posts: 1,337
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US Navy 1978 to 1999. Flew A-6 Intruders and P-3 Orions. Retired CDR O-5
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Wild Bill shoulda taken more out of his IRA when he could have. . . .
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11-30-2018, 06:17 PM
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#79
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Germantown
Posts: 99
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USMC 84-88
0311 Infantry
Semper Fi
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12-01-2018, 09:07 AM
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 26
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The book From Opposite Sides of the Periscope maybe of interest.
It's based around US Navy fast attack submarine tracking a Russian sub during the Vietnam War and careers of both commanders .
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