WIXER VETERANS

[armyjunk2]

US Coast Guard, 32 years, "Semper Paratus"

[Jack Frost]

USAF 1952-1957

SAC, 307th Air Refueling Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing 1954-1957

[Malo83]

US.NAVY
71-93
Aviation Machinist Mate
USS Coral Sea CV43
USS Ranger CV61
VietNam/Desert Storm

[shilo53]

US Army Medic 91B

91-94 Fort Drum,Ny Somalia
94-97 Fort Bragg,NC
97-99 4224th USAR

[m50a1ontos]

Aiviation Structural Mechanic-Hydraulics 1st Class
USN '83-'03
AIMD Barbers Pt '84-'87
VAQ-132 '87-'90 (Cruised on the Forrestal & Saratoga)
VX-5 '90-'94
VFA-97 '94-'98 (Cruised Kitty Hawk twice, RIMPAC Carl Vinson))
Weapons Test Squadron/VX-31 China Lake '98-'03 and Retired here.
'03-Present Contract Maint for VX-31/DS-2

[b29flteng]

Minnesota ANG 1976-1986
Texas ANG 1986-2002 (retired)
Desert Shield/Storm
Bosnia
Haiti
(classified)

[Shay]

I tried joining the Air force a few months back but was turned down.

Thank you all for your service.

Hey there's always the NAVY. Best decision you'll ever make.




Happy Vets day to all.

Shay
_____________
Semper Fortis

[NC_Rotorhead]

USMC
Naval Aviator
68-91

Semper Fi
Steve

[planenutti]

U.S. Navy
Senior Chief Petty Officer -Air Warfare (Retired)
Aviation Fire Control Technician 1975-1982
Aviation Electronics Teachnician 1982-2001

RTC Great Lakes
NATTC Memphis-Student
USS Indepedence CV-66
USS Carl Vinson CVN-77
NATTC Memphis -Instructor
USS Saipan LHA-2
VC-6
USS George Washington CVN-73
COMNAVAIRLANT

[planenutti]

Sorry USS Carl Vinson is CVN-70. We are about to send CVN-77 George H.W. Bush to sea next month for Builder's and Acceptance Trials.

[ltdann]

Desert Storm
SH-60Bs
Reserve CAPT

[mtpopejoy]

I know it is late but it is my turn to say THANK YOU to all the vets out there.
To me, having served your country qualifies as a veteran.
I had a wonderful day spent with my grandfather........................
<------------------------------see picture.

Oh yeah, here's a laugh for you...
Cadet 4th Class (1998-1999)
USMA, Class of 2002, West Point, NY

Here I thought a 5 year commitment after 4 years of paid education was a long time....young, dumb and full of...nevermind.

No, I dont consider myself a veteran or think that I served my country . It is an aweful regret I carry with myself every day.

Thanks again to all Veterans...and to all of you WIXers
Regards,
Mark

[marine air]

1981-1987 USMC active and reserves.
1989-1996 TN Air Natl.Guard
1996-1999 Air Force Reserves
Always served in aircraft maintenace squadrons.

[Tinknocker]

Thank you to all vets and the families that support them!

82nd Airborne (11 Bravo)
304th Civil Affairs (38 Alpha)

[DaveG]

I'm not a veteran but my father is and he reads here...

Don Gorman USMC 1946-48
VMF-225
F4U-4 Prop guy
CVE-112 USS Siboney

He told me a story about going to a Veteran's Day parade in 1938 or so (when he was 10). It was in Detroit, and among the veterans who were being honored that day were soldiers from WWI as well as Spanish-American War vets. There was also a small group of CIVIL WAR vets who had to be in their 90's by that point (nearly 75 years after the end of the war).

He remarked on how amazing it was to have seen living, breathing vets from that war in HIS lifetime and the impact that it had on him. He also imagined that, perhaps, those Civil War veterans themselves might have seen vets from the Revolutionary War when they were only 10 years old! The same thing, of course, played out today. Young boys looking at old men and imagining...

Thanks to all of our veterans.