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US Army 65 66 67 Vietman, Tuy Hoa,PleiKu,and Saigon.

Joined the Navy at the ripe old age of 17 and retired as a Electronics Chief Warrant Officer (CWO4) with 21 years service active/reserve. I have attended several universities and have a masters degree in business but the most difficult school ever for me was the Navy Electronis Technician School in Great Lakes. I owe the Navy a lot..................clark

USAF Feb-1965 to April-1970
Basic at Lackland AFB Texas.
Seymour-Johnson, Goldsboro NC.
Spangdahlen AB Germany
Korat Thailand
Than back to Seymour-Johnson until discharge.

Joined the Alabama Army NG in 1976 and retired in 2004.

23yrs Active from 1962/1992. Retired, then worked (Electronics)in Aviation Simulation(AV-8B) for another 13yrs. MCAS Cherry Point, NC, 2nd MAW Semper Fi

U.S.M.C., 1966-1970.

U.S.Army 1969-'71. Ft. Campbell, Ft. Knox, 19&1/2 months in Kaiserslautern W. Germany 6th Maintenance Battalion.

USAF, 1962-1966
Vance AFB, Oklahoma (near Enid)
RAF Bentwaters (England)

US Air Force 1962-1966.




Sent to Lackland AFB for Basic Training and Air Police Tech School. Stationed at Tyndall AFB, Panama City, Florida until discharge in 1966. With a wife and two kids in 1970 I tried to re-enlist and they turned me down. Told me if the Air Force wanted me to have a wife and kids they would have issued them to me!

US Army, 1949 to 1970, retired with 21 years, spent 10 years in Germany, 37th Armor Bn, 69th Armor, Schweinfurt Germany for 8 years, had my own band played military clubs through out germany on my off duty time,3 years in Munich Germany, 370th AIB, also was TDY to Special Service, played Daily programs on AFN Munich Radio, had a tour in Vietnam with the 69th Armor and 34th armor and Korea with 40th Armor, had good times and bad times during my Army career, Shorty

Drafted , 1951 thru 1953 - Served in 109th Regt. , 28th Div. in Germany . Old geezer AKA Eddie "C"

Drafted for two years from 1952 and 1954. Promoted to an E-5 (Sgt) before my time was up. They wanted me to re-up but decided against it. Spent the two years at Fort Ord. I was very lucky !

Graduated high school in 1967, drafted in 1969. Did
basic at Fort Dix, NJ, then to Fort Lewis Washington,
and on to Coleman Barracks, Sandhofen, Germany. Made Spec. 5 during my two year stint but didn't stay
and make it a career. Worked in an aircraft parts
warehouse, got to tour Europe a bit while I was there.
Saw parts of Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland. Hope to get back there someday.

US Army-62nd Army Band, Ft Bliss, TX, 4/70-4/71; 8th Infantry Division band, Bad Kreuznach, 4/71-11/72. My trombone skills singlehandedly kept the Russians away.

Joined the Navy right out of High School in 1949.
Retired as a Chief Sonar Technician in 1973.
Bill STafford

I too am an "old salt". 4 years 1968-1972.

Larry Behm

U S Navy Band, Sandpoint Station 1976-80. Sea duty was earned on Seattle's finest ferrys traveling over the Puget Sound

U.S. Navy 49 - 53. Three years in Hawaii at Cincpacflt
(tough duty)



2 D10's 8 & 7 HMS (Home Made Steels)
Hilton pedal
Nashville 400
Nashville 112
Peavey ProFex2

U.S. Navy Reserve 1960-61;
U.S. Air Force 1961-65 with the
27th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (active duty);
U.S. Air Force Reserve 1965-67.

US Air Force six years active duty, 1975 - 1981.
Aircraft Weapons Specialist, E5 Staff Sgt.
Lackland AFB, TX
Lowrey AFB, CO
George AFB, CA
Kunson AFB, South Korea
K.I Sawyer AFB, MI

E4 Specialist
4 1/2yrs Active Army Military Police
2 1/2yrs Ft. Drum, NY
1yr Iraq
2yrs Ft. Monroe / Ft. Eustis, VA

US Navy 1961-1981
Sonar Technician
Many Schools and a few ships.
Played music all over the world, great places like Guatemala, Venezuela, Phillipines, Japan, Italy, to name a few.

USMC 1976-1980. 29 Palms and Cherry Point. That's where I met Dick Sexton! It's a small world.

I noticed that at 54, I am probably the youngest to have responded yet. Another testimony to the overall age of steel guitarists.

Army, 16 years total, 12 years active duty.

Army, 3yrs. active, Pentagon, Joint Chiefs of Staff

3yrs. reserve, Presidio, San Francisco

U.S. Army 1967-1973
Ft. Polk, La.- Ft. Monmouth, NJ - Oakland Army Base, CA - Camp Sukiran, Okinawa - Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, plus a few times being stationed with the U.S. Marines.

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