Dog on a stick, yup! Balut, nope. I have seen plenty people eat it tho. Used to live in Hawaii and had a lot of Filipino friends.

USMC 20 years (1985-2005) Pvt-Corporal, 2ndLt-Major
Boot camp MCRD San Diego
2-23 (81mm mortar gunner)
VT-3 (flight school)
VT-27(flight school)
HT-8 (flight school)
HMM-262 (pilot)
HMM-364 (pilot)
4th Marines (air officer)
VT-27 (Flight Instructor)

I'd like to extent my sincere gratitude for all that have and are serving our country :usa:

Thank You

your welcome!

It was a pleasure. Now that I no longer wear the uniform I think it is even MORE important for us all to defend our constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.

Freedom will continue to require sacrifice from us all so for those patriots on this forum who have not worn the uniform I thank YOU as well, for upholding our national ethic.

Anyone care to start swapping war stories or is that not on topic?

Who is this person whose memorial you posted here? Is that someone who was killed in combat?

Maybe you can give me tips on playing Silent Hunter..:)

Army, Aviation mechanic. I'll be retiring in a few months after 20 years of service. And, since I had to trade my Nismo a few weeks ago, once I retire and get a job I'll be back in a Nismo. (sorry, I felt I had to say it out loud)

Congratulations on retiring. I was originally planning to make it a career but the post 9/11 GI Bill is a sweet deal and I wanted to get my degree before I get too old.

Looks like a retirement gift.

:iagree: This is more important than ever

NAH! not yet anyhow.:eek: Its me.

That is just an "I love me" box the wife put together out of some old USMC stuff laying around the house. I just thought it was worth posting in the spirit of the thread.

Oh! I thought it might have been a brother or someone you knew..Glad to hear that is not the case..

I was just a young man when I was in the Air Force and wanted so badly to get out..now, looking back, it was one of the best times of my life,.,.too stupid at the time to realize that.. My father was a combat wounded vet of WW2 (old army air corps) and he did not want to get out but they dont keep disabled vets on active duty..he wanted me to stay in but i never listened to him...Today i tell my grandson to join the AF get an education and have it paid for...but he doesnt listen to me.. anymore that I listened to my father....
Aint that life!!??

Army Judge Advocate
Iraq:
101st ABN DIV (AASLT) 03-04
2/101 05-06
JSOTF 07, 08, 09

Apparently, great minds think alike with their vehicles.

LOL. I have not had the pleasure of playing that game yet but, i heard it is pretty addictive game.

Shoot first and live!

Do you know Wright, K.? Had to sit next to her for almost the entire 05-06 deployment with the 101st.

Thanks for serving guys. I'm actually planning on serving for USAF. Gotta go to MEPS soon for ASVAB :]. Looking for Security Forces but i'll see.

Any questions about Security Forces? I was Security Police (was that when I went in) and Security Forces (after the name change/job changes), for 15 years:tup:

Yep... Then there is us! lol

I was Security Forces as well, got out in 06 still have friends active duty. Any questions you may have shoot.. tell you this much, dont pay attention to the recruitment video lol its real stuff but not very common..

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United States Air Force 2010-present
AFSC/MOS 3D1x2
SrA/E-4
265th Combat Communications Squadron out of the 101st ARW located in Bangor Maine

This thread was a good idea! We need to start a photo thread with us in uniform next to our cars.

Thank you all for your service! It is greatly appreciated!

Haha, I find I have to adjust my seat because my boots mess up my pedal positioning.

I feel ya. When I was wearing my jump boots, the soles were so thick I could not really feel the pedals......

Haha, it always feels weird driving with my boots on. On a side note, its even more weird parking next to the commanders ford focus...

:iagree: It got to a point where I would drive to formation in my shoes, park and put my boots on.

Ya! I have commanded many a sub and sunk many a ship! Max depth is 165 feet..so they have sunk me many times as well..

I worked with a young, former Marine and and one day I dropped a piece of candy on the floor..Remembering the Seinfield ten second rule i picked it up and ate it.. He was shocked! I told him that my distant uncle was a Marine who served in WW2 and remembers getting down and drinking out of a mud puddle..

I told him i could only conclude that Marines today are not as tough as they were in my day!!!:stirthepot:

Just sayin....:tup:

The time has been shortened to the 3 second rule.

I get an extra 7 second senior citizen allowance..:)

( I was hoping for more of a reaction from the Marines on the site..:stirthepot:)

:) Old AF guy here..

How was the Army Air Core anyway? Haha, we had a cheif that just retired, and we would always give him crap about being in the AF when it was the army!

Hey just curious (not trying to start and argument) why I military for the most part do not tip well at all. I live in Austin tx and bartend/serve at a place that has quite a few people from ft hood that come in. And its pretty widely accepted that you are screwed once you see a military I.d. or credit card.

No idea, and have never noticed this or tipped bad. I have always followed the double the tax rule, or gone higher if excellent sevice. I always tip $2 for a mix drink or $1 for a beer at the bar. Honeslty though, ater I spent 8 years in Japan, I had a hard time getting back into tipping again, as you do not tip in Japan for anything.....

Yeah there definitely pros and cons of a tipping culture

Please tell me someone has seen this guy running around in person there... :bowrofl:








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That's hilarious!

(moms rule is 5 seconds)

back on topic! happy to see all our veterans and current enlisted etc chattign it up!
:usa: <3 :tiphat:

:tiphat: I'm partial to the AF :tup: Hubby, Father, two nephews, and a cousin :tup:

For the most part we don't make a lot of money. People think that military people have lots of cash and that's far from the truth. I lived off of 1800 a month and barely made ends meet. Uniforms are freakin expensive, gas isn't any better, and in my case not a lot of people liked to live on the ship. Hope this helps.