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#26
#26
Halfway down the trail to Hell,
In a shady meadow green
Are the Souls of all dead troopers camped,
Near a good old-time canteen.
And this eternal resting place
Is known as Fiddlers' Green.
Marching past, straight through to Hell
The Infantry are seen.
Accompanied by the Engineers,
Artillery and Marines,
For none but the shades of Cavalrymen
Dismount at Fiddlers' Green.
Though some go curving down the trail
To seek a warmer scene.
No trooper ever gets to Hell
Ere he's emptied his canteen.
And so rides back to drink again
With friends at Fiddlers' Green.
And so when man and horse go down
Beneath a saber keen,
Or in a roaring charge of fierce melee
You stop a bullet clean,
And the hostiles come to get your scalp,
Just empty your canteen,
And put your pistol to your head
And go to Fiddlers' Green.
 
#28
#28
502nd AVN, 2nd AD Ft. Hood 84-86
168th Trans Co. Ft. Wainwright, AK 86-88
5/158th AVN Frankfurt, Germany 88-89
1/210th AVN Ft Rucker 89-91
4/123rd AVN Ft. Wainwright 91-93
8/101st Ft. Campbell 93-98
2/2 AVN Camp Stanley Korea 98-99
6/101st AVN Ft. Campbell 99-04

67N 84-94
67T/15T 94-04
 
#30
#30
Ihatebuckeyes smells a bunch of liars in this thread, and challenges you all to prove it. He admits that he has no way of verifying your proof though, and will have to get his myspace buddy jamesbond007 to verify all claims' authenticity.
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#31
#31
vol_in_il said:
you like the Blackhorse, downtown Clarksville?
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Lord I haven't been in the Blackhorse in years. I think the last time I was in there was in 02 after I got back from Kosovo. I used to like going to Kickers, but I've heard from a couple of my buddies that are either still stationed at Campbell or still living around Clarksville or Hoptown that the place has gone way down hill.
 
#32
#32
IPorange said:
Ihatebuckeyes smells a bunch of liars in this thread, and challenges you all to prove it. He admits that he has no way of verifying your proof though, and will have to get his myspace buddy jamesbond007 to verify all claims' authenticity.
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lol
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#33
#33
US Navy.
5.5 years active service.
Norfolk. San Diego.

Nothing else of note to add, but proud of my service, and that of others.
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#37
#37
Retired Army 1SG
FT Ord, CA; Korea; FT Lewis, WA 3rd Battalion 11th Field Artillery; Baumholder, Germany, 2nd BN 29th Field Artillery; FT Lewis, WA 1st BN, 37th FA, U.S. Army National Training Center, FT Irwin, CA, Firing Battery FDC Trainer, 1st BN 30th FA, Project Warrior then HHB 75th FA Brigade FT Sill, OK; 2nd BN, 315th FA AC/RC Trainer, New Cumberland, PA; 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery, Operation Iraqi Freedom 03-04, Taji, Balad and Cedars II Iraq, 5th BN 3rd FA, FT Sill, OK. Retired and still serving as a Department of the Army Civilian, FT Sill, OK until July 18th when I report to FT Knox, KY as the Knowledge Management Officer for Recruiting Command. Kentucky is almost heaven... cause it's almost in Tennessee.
 
#39
#39
This is one of my favorites, Author Unknown:

I was that which others did not want to be,
I went where others feared to go,
I did what others failed to do.
I asked nothing from those who gave nothing,
And reluctantly accepted the thought
Of eternal loneliness ... should I fail.
I have seen the face of terror,
Felt the stinging cold of fear
And enjoyed the sweetness of a moment's love.
I have cried, pained, and hoped ... but most of all,
I have lived times that others would say
Were best forgotten.
At least some day I will be able to say
That I was proud of what I was ... a SOLDIER.
 
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#40
#40
5 years in USMC as NDI technician ( non-destructive inspection ).
Stationed in Miramar, CA with 3rd MAW, Mals-16 Airframes Division.
7 months in Okinawa, Japan ( MCAS Futenma )
8 months on USS Tarawa
8 months OIF ( Al Asad )
 
#41
#41
50YearsAVol said:
Retired Army 1SG
FT Ord, CA; Korea; FT Lewis, WA 3rd Battalion 11th Field Artillery; Baumholder, Germany, 2nd BN 29th Field Artillery; FT Lewis, WA 1st BN, 37th FA, U.S. Army National Training Center, FT Irwin, CA, Firing Battery FDC Trainer, 1st BN 30th FA, Project Warrior then HHB 75th FA Brigade FT Sill, OK; 2nd BN, 315th FA AC/RC Trainer, New Cumberland, PA; 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery, Operation Iraqi Freedom 03-04, Taji, Balad and Cedars II Iraq, 5th BN 3rd FA, FT Sill, OK. Retired and still serving as a Department of the Army Civilian, FT Sill, OK until July 18th when I report to FT Knox, KY as the Knowledge Management Officer for Recruiting Command. Kentucky is almost heaven... cause it's almost in Tennessee.
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Welcome Red Leg
 
#42
#42
Nice thread OP. Good to see the orange repping the Blue, Green and Red stripers.
 
#43
#43
Not me, but the greatest man I've ever known: My Granddad.

Charles "Boyd" McCullough - USS South Dakota, Gunner's Mate, 5", South Pacific, WWII
 
#44
#44
vol_in_il said:
University of Tennessee ROTC 87-89

278th ACR- TN Army National Guard- '88-89
Airborne School- Ft Benning, GA '88
Field Artillery Officer Basic Course- Ft Sill, OK '90
Friedburg, Germany- 3rd Armored Division '91-'93
Desert Storm Jan-May 1991, Fire Support Officer 5/18 Inf 3rd Armored Division
Quartermaster Officer Advance Course- '94
Rigger School- '94
Airborne Operations Officers 507th CSG, Ft Bragg, NC-'95

Left Active Duty as a CPT, and held numerous reserve jobs, in NJ, and WI, currently a Major in the IRR.

For everyone still on Active Duty, Reserves whether deployed on not, Thanks for your service
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RedLeg through and through,
Always appreciated those handling the targeting process and the eyes on the hill.
 
#45
#45
Rigger from 00'-05' in various company's around Ft. Bragg. Then 2 years in the "Q" Course from 05'-07'. Now 7th SFG(A) from 07'-Present.
 
#48
#48
7thgroupvolfan said:
I'm not the only snake eating Volunteer fan Top. I feel blessed to do what I do. One team..One Fight.
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Who are you with again?? Just asking because we procure Javelin and TOW and just wondering if you have had a chance to check those weapons out.
 
#49
#49
98-02

2d Maintenance Battalion, MTM Co., Camp LeJeune, NC

04-08 (*got out of the military for a few years*)

MARSOC MSOSG MT Platoon, Camp LeJeune, NC

08-Present

A Co., 62D ESB, Ft. Hood, Texas.



Yes, I left the Marines for the Army......I needed a change, and wanted to deploy again. So far, it's been great.
 
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