Military Service?

[individual81]

I did not serve. My parents did. Thank you all for serving ya'll are awesome people.

 

[BobbiSueEllen]

Crazy . I did my Basic training at Ft Knox as well at about the same time ,Charlie Company...

Yow! I was Bravo! B-4-46, "The Beast, Hooah!", right around Cheyenne/Chieftain Street...this was 28 JAN 88 to 18 MAR 88. It's all ripped up now, converted into a massive X-shaped building & parking lot for Army Financial. Did those barracks suck or what??? WW2-era "temporary" barracks. What a time...Quite the story ya have, glad ya got through it. Sorry it was bad as it was.

 

[stinkape]

Yow! I was Bravo! B-4-46, "The Beast, Hooah!", right around Cheyenne/Chieftain Street...this was 28 JAN 88 to 18 MAR 88. It's all ripped up now, converted into a massive X-shaped building & parking lot for Army Financial. Did those barracks suck or what??? WW2-era "temporary" barracks. What a time...Quite the story ya have, glad ya got through it. Sorry it was bad as it was.

Yep old WW2 style barracks you could feel the history it was like something was left behind by all the soldiers that bunked there .
Loved the old murals painted on the wood floors.

 

[BobbiSueEllen]

Yep old WW2 style barracks you could feel the history it was like something was left behind by all the soldiers that bunked there .
Loved the old murals painted on the wood floors.

Before I left for home, two other privates and I were ordered to paint a mural on the floor of one of the barracks nearby: it had a vicious dog's head with a drill sergeant's Smokey hat on it and Ye Olde English-style font text around/under it, I forgot. I was responsible for general layout & painting the calligraphy.

 

[Edgewater]

US Army, 1969 - 1971
SP5/E5, 45G30, Track Mobile Missile Launch Systems and other big body and shelled stuff
Flew around Europe keeping the special deterrent technologies online, which kept the Bear behind their wall.
To my fellow Vets around the world, I proudly serve with you! For the family members, we could not have done it without you. And, for all of you who were unable, your support was and is felt, Thank You!

 

[Deleted member 51496]

My father was a sonar technician in the Navy during the Vietnam War. I heard he joined up a week right before he would have been drafted. I have great respect for those who have served in the armed forces as no one but them can know what it's really like to be a soldier, no matter how good you get playing Metal Gear Solid. I considered enlisting a few times in my own life before, but I was turned down while graduating high school since I was on medication for severe depression.

 

[BlameBaby]

And thank you! Lemme tell you a story, I'll try to keep it short...

I enlisted in '87 DEP for Army, Fort Knox, got on the 747 on 28 JAN 88 and flew to Louisville (whaddyaknow...here!) to report. I was feet on the tarmac 10 minutes before midnight, just before 29 JAN, getting screamed at from all sides. That was the beginning. I went Reception, got to my unit, started drilling, bunks, motivational leg-lifts, PT, all that. I had successes, failures, remediation, all that. I was in for a total of 51 days. So...what happened? Gramm-Rudman-Hollings II, an extension of the 1985 Act. In order to balance the budget, they hit up the Pentagon to trim some fat. Myself and some others were called out of the line to a meeting hall where a Colonel walked in, told us we were "redundant"...e.g., we were going home. They over-recruited, consider our contracts null and void. Some of us were incensed at the fact, others disappointed...a few were relieved. I don't know what I was but I sure wasn't like the bulky Philistines the Army kept on. Had I stayed, I'd've been one of the first to go over to Desert Shield/Desert Storm because I was slated to be a 55B...Ammo Specialist. Just how it worked out.

I learned a lot in Army Basic! I put my hands on my life, got motivated, got squared away. Got out with $600, my civvies, my skivvies, a few new paid-for-by-Yours-Truly Army flashlights...and an Elton John CD I bought & smuggled out of the PX, LOL. Don't ask on how, LOL.

Fast-forward to 6 years ago: I just that day moved into Boise, trying to find an ATM to get some badly-needed cash. At a Fred Meyer, there were three Vietnam vets out front, taking up collections for VVA; one of them saw me limping with a cane, asked me if I served (a lot of people ask me that for that reason!)...I told them the short of my story, finishing it off with "I trained partially but I did not serve".

What happened next stunned me: the three of them told me "You served". I very politely disagreed with them, I had to; sitting here were three guys who looked like rough bikers, who saw more hell in one hour in-country than I'd ever seen in my lifetime, telling me I was in. To this day, I cannot accept that. I love 'em all for what they gave up for us but I cannot be one of them. I have no right to be.

Know what it's like to be affirmed like that? You have to fight every inner urge to cry. The drill instructors back in '88 told me I wasn't worth what I got, regardless of the reason I was being mustered out. They weigh down on you until your stubble-haired, civvied backside gets off their Holy Land. As far as they care, you're better off having not been born. Three vets saw differently. That messes with your head something fierce. So don't you ever feel bad, okay? You had a bigger fire for it than I did. You got robbed. Don't ever feel bad or ashamed about what you strived for. Don't! And don't feel ashamed for what you've become, all these years later. Chin up, chest out. And again, bless and thank you!

Tried to keep it short, didn't make a guarantee, LOL.



You play a bigger role than you or others would have you believe. My daughter was a Navy wife, became a civilian wife after her hub separated after 4 years of honorable service. It's not easy being a military wife: you hit the ground running more often than others would believe, you help your partner get their game on. On top of that, you help military friends, too! Plus, if ya got kids...it's triple-duty. Don't ever feel sheepish, ashamed or less than anything you rightly are for your role. What your partner earns, you earn all the more. Wear it proud! And bless and thank you for your service, too!

No Thank you again

 

[Tommy10]

Horno.

I'm sorry.....

Pog for me, but the best kind: engineer! I was on main side, 1st SRIG (which became I MHG). We did field stuff in Horno for MEFX/UFL, and swim qual (loved the Horno pool, the one on main side was full of d-bag officers), but dang that place is in the middle of nowhere and what seemed like the furthest from a gate lol. I was spoiled on main side, I had the bowling alley across the street from my barracks, so "staggering distance" on friday nights was minimal lol! I honestly loved my time at Pendleton; I surfed and snowboarded in the same day (just to say I did it, but still fun); L.A. wasn't too far, San Diego either, and T.J. was fun (once, which was one more time than neccessary). You gotta admit, We had at least the second best duty station (I think "K Bay" in Hawaii might have been better). Anyway, I can go on and on and on....

We were definitely at the same place at the same time, which I think is really cool!

 

[Ticore]

Army 00-06

 

[Diaperchris95]

Usmc 2014-2020

 

[fredy552]

Active Army 1974-1986 MI & Ca. ARNG 1986-1998 (Retired) Retiree Recall Active Duty 2006-2010
I wore off and on when I could looking back, I think it was anxiety and diapers helped me cope with the stress. I am now 24/7 Incontinent. And I am glad to see that there are other military people willing admit wearing for whatever reasons welcome and Thank You.

 

[Deleted member 35235]

US Air Force 2019-present

Nice! Would love to chat if you’re open

 

[Andy]

I was drafted into the Army for the Vietnam War. Once in decided to go for it. MOS 11b, went to NCO school then airborne training. I got to Vietnam in late 1969, assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Never was diapered during my time in the Army, but when the sh** hit the fan it might have been nice. After returning to the world I was into diapers and plastic pants a couple of weeks after leaving the service.

 

[InfantyDen]

If the Coast Guard is not in the list does it count? USCG 1970-1974. Blue-Nose...

 

[BobbiSueEllen]

If the Coast Guard is not in the list does it count? USCG 1970-1974. Blue-Nose...

Of course it counts! Not sure why the CG is so often overlooked but it counts.

 

[LittleAndAlone]

Didn't serve but be sure to also thank your private civilian engineers too for the radars, missile seekers, acquisition and tracking systems, IFF discrimination systems, optics, guidance and navigation systems, fire control systems, propulsion and aero, RF, cryptography, software, user interfaces, field manuals, transport cases, etc. for being the best in the world so we don't end up like a certain somebody using falling apart 1950s junk right now.

 

[LittleCamo]

My Daddy served but doesn't talk about it at all. He was in 82nd Airborne and all he does say is lost a lot great friends. Then he starts crying, so all of us don't bring it up that much anymore. But he is a certified skydiver and continues to skydive every chance he gets.

 

[pampers4U]

If the Coast Guard is not in the list does it count? USCG 1970-1974. Blue-Nose...

I was a WMEC out of Portsmouth for a while

 

[Edgewater]

If the Coast Guard is not in the list does it count? USCG 1970-1974. Blue-Nose...

And, Yes It Counts!!

 

[PamperedMarine]

USMC 2003-present.