Went to boot in '95 up at Great Mistakes, spent six months right next to MCRD for RM (Radioman) "A" school just as RM was merging with DP (Data Processing Tech) and despite joining the Navy to see the world, I ended up in Norfolk, VA at USACOM. USACOM, later JFCOM, no longer exists...nor does the location of my "A" school NTC. After three years learning "the game" the hard way, I went SPECWAR and served aboard a couple PC's (Firebolt & Shamal). PC-13 USS Shamal was decommissioned and sent to the Coast Guard before 9/11. PC-10 USS Firebolt is still around. That was my active duty time. With the reserves, I spent 2 weeks in Pohang, south Korea in the field with the Marines and one more week at the Hilton in Seoul during a typhoon. That last bit was rough. lol I went to Iraq in 2008 and did 10 months hard labor, came back a little screwy in the brain, and take more pills daily than I think I've ever taken in a month. I actually received my Sea Service Ribbon in Iraq. I also earned my highest medal, the Army Achievement Medal, while in Iraq. Sticking with my history of former places I've been stationed closing down, the Iraq war officially ended! Other than the ribbon and medal I mentioned, I really have no clue what chest candy I have because I've pretty much been in Woodlands or Deserts my entire career. At this point, I can no longer perform the physical req's to be even SELRES, but the reserves are being kind enough to let me do correspondence courses to get points toward retirement given that I am an IT1/E-6 about to hit 17 years in....that and the med-board said to keep me SELRES instead of medically retiring me. Yeah, talk about cutbacks!
Sempre Gumby, right?
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