Invitation to all veterans here at the Outhouse.

[rdaniell]

Panther's thread about Danang got me to thinking about a photo thread. I think it would be interesting if veterans from all the different branches of service and countries represented here at the Outhouse would post a photo of their time in the military. I'll start by posting a photo of me as a 17 year old Airman Basic taken at Lackland AFB, Texas, in June of 1963.

RD

[TARPSBird]

Hey, this could be fun! Me in 1971, USS Midway cruise book photo.

[n4gix]

Demonstrating how to "stack arms" to a group of "Rats" (aka: Plebes) at Kentucky Military Institute, Lyndon, KY 1966 as a newly commissioned Cadet 2LT U.S. Army ROTC, while Cadet Company Commander and the other two cadet platoon leaders observe.


Fresh out of U.S. Army Signal School, Ft. Gordon, GA 1968, and ready to head off to OCS.

[Willy]

My ex destroyed all of my old pics. The only pic that I have left of me in uniform is on my Navy retired ID card.

[Jagdflieger]

Darn Willy. Those ex wives can sure be rough on a guy.

Most of my old photos went missing during a PCS (change of station) move in the mid 80s. Just got'a love those military contract movers. It's amazing that we have any usable furnature left. I've been a lot more careful from the mid-90s on when digital photography became the norm. It's a lot easier to store digits. Unfortunately, almost all of my VN and Central America photos are history, much like those campaigns.

I looked around and found the following photos on digits.

[Jagdflieger]

Oh yeah, one more from couple of weeks ago with my son at Fort Benning.

[rdaniell]

Oh yeah, one more from couple of weeks ago with my son at Fort Benning.

Was that photo taken at the conclusion of his jump training? I noticed the jump wings on his chest.

RD

[rdaniell]

Just for fun here's a photo of my foot. I was sitting on the ramp during a paratroop drop.

RD

[TeaSea]

Yes.....I had hair once.....sort of.....

[Milton Shupe]

Last day of basic training Ft. Jackson, SC;
Home before AIT at Ft. Monmouth, NJ;
Viet Nam August '67

[Jagdflieger]

Was that photo taken at the conclusion of his jump training? I noticed the jump wings on his chest.

RD

RD,

Yes, it was! The new paratrooper got real "blood wings" on Eubanks Field that day.

It was old home week for me at Fort Benning. Ran into three old comrades at the ceremony from days gone by and had a real gab fest catching up on all our airborne brothers in arms from over the years.

Great photos guys. A very enjoyable thread.

For all of you "Airborne" guys or anyone else for that matter, here's a great link to a day in the office for a Para in the US Army.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DZPIGhL3bY

[modelr]

I was in the USAF Feb 1969- Feb-1973. Worked in munitions maintainance, (bomb dump.) My overseas assignment was Kadena AB, Okinawa, PACAF, 18 months. Everything the USAF TAC used in 'Nam went thru us, both in and out. I spent my first 12 months in the 20MM shed, inspecting and relinking the 20MM rounds that had been fed thru the M61A1 guns, but not fired, had to be inspected, sorted by lot#s, then relinked for the slower firing guns, usually on the Spads and Navy A-4s. My last six months were spent working with EOD section destroying out of date/damaged munitions. We had a big, very thick heater drum, like asphalt plants use, to blow smaller stuff, up to anti-tank mines.
the bigger stuff we would take out to a large area on the Marine base where we would bury it and blow with DET cord and squibs. (Blasting caps.)

The only pics I can find were from when I came home on leave after initial training at Lowery AFB in Denver, Colo., and a pic taken for our squadron yearbook at George AFB, 479th FMS, TAC. just before I went overseas. Don't have any in my fatigues, as we did not wear them when off duty, and cameras were not allowed in our work areas. That good looking woman in the second pic is my proud mom. I was 19 at the time.

[PRB]

Cool idea for a thread. I don't have very many pics of me, but I like these two. The fisrt is 1982 or 83, on the flight deck of USS Enterprise, when I was in VA-94. The second is 1991, on Nimitz, when I was in VFA-147. This was the "Tiger Cruise" from Hawaii to Bremerton, and that's my brother beside me.

[Duckie]

The only one I could find for the moment. Fort Lewis, July 1969 during first summer active duty training. 2nd flight in the OV-1.

If you were "ER" or "NG" you weren't issued NOMEX during training. Your home unit was responsible for that issue. AIT at Ft. Huachuca. AZ, Jan - Jun '70, same thing!

[beana51]

1954..22yrs old.....Ft. Bliss Texas.. was a .D.I. First 8 weeks basic...