Went through boot camp twice, Lackland AFB and Parris Island.
....well, to be fair, they probably weren't QUITE the same kind of experience...
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Went through boot camp twice, Lackland AFB and Parris Island.
Haha!! Not at all. It was like moving from Beverly Hills to Harlem.....well, to be fair, they probably weren't QUITE the same kind of experience...
I wasn't an 0331, but I was around when they transitioned from the M60 to the M60E3 (I was still around when they fielded the M240G).Served 1974 to 1979.
The M60 was my baby.I wasn't an 0331, but I was around when they transitioned from the M60 to the M60E3 (I was still around when they fielded the M240G).
The M60 was my baby.
USN
1974 - 1979
Hull Technician E-5
USS Canisteo AO 99
USS Hoist AR 40
Haze Grey and underway the whole time!
YesUss Hoist? Isn’t that the ship Carl Brashear was on in Men of Honor?
US Air Force
1999-2007
Ramstein AB Germany for 6 years, Davis-Monthan AFB Tucson, 2 years. 1 Trip to the Desert.
Computer Systems
Army. E/782 82nd Airborne 76-78. 30th Ord Det/544th MN BN, 194th Armored BDE. MOS 27E; 11H
GUNS UP!USMCR
1991-1994
1/25 (A)&(B)
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These machine gunners are popping up repeatedly.USMC
2013-2017
2/8 Fox
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Ide give a lot to be able to play with a 240 again. I miss my babiesThese machine gunners are popping up repeatedly.
Almost enough for a gun team!
I'm older but i loved my 60. PaulIde give a lot to be able to play with a 240 again. I miss my babies
Honey I'm Home...
Joined Army summer '65' at 17. Basic, AIT, at Ft Dix, 11Bravo, 95 Bravo, 67 Foxtrot, shipped out to South East Asia out as a new combat brigade, 199th Light Infantry Brigade in '66'. In '67' extended tour to fly as a Huey door gunner, War Zone 3, North of The 'Iron Triangle'. Cut my teeth on 'Slicks' UH-1D then transitioned to 'Charlie' model UH-1C gunships. A 'skid-walker' and free hand artist M-60. WIA Tet-68, mustered out July 4, 1968...
Funny I remember my MP patrol partner at Fort Dix pointed out to me the barracks of the newly returned SE Asia troops..." Frenchy, see those guys there ? Leave them the hell alone...sage advice. 2 1/2 years later I was one of then... just wanting to be left alone,.... Never forget those who gave it all
500 piasters for a party pack.....lol You guys in I corps
My AO, 2 girls steam & cream....300 P. Capitalism is numba 1 GI