Who is a Vet, Active or First Responder?

[Call_me_Tom]

USMC retired, 1996-2016, Combat Engineer, too many deployments to post about. Now a GS employee with a federal agency.

 

[RedHawk]

Us Army 1991-1996, disabled veteran. M1A1 tank crewman, then S3 Operations

 

[Caffienated]

Recovering 20 year Marine, Work full remote for the Navy now.

 

[Caffienated]

Was a navy corpsman with the Marines from 1968-2002.Served in Vietnam,Panama,Granada,Desert Storm and Afganistan.Retired as a Hospital Corpsman Senior Chief Petty Officer.


















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Get some Doc!

 

[Michael_8541]

USMC 85-89, Texas Paramedic 1990-2024, DoD - Project Safety Specialist

 

[Ebbs]

16.5 years Air Force (chair force) medically retired
Medical Administration/ Military Training leader
Would go back in (to the military I joined in a heartbeat, might take a bit of convincing to join the one I left lol)

 

[07V84WD]

US Navy 99-2000 Honorable Medical
US Army Aviation- Civilian contractor helicopter A&P Mechanic 7 years
EMS helicopter A&P mechanic 13 yrs-Present

 

[Michael_8541]

Recovering 20 year Marine, Work full remote for the Navy now.

Ooorah!!

 

[Radman73]

US Navy 1991-1999
Nuke Machinist's Mate
USS Los Angeles SSN-688 93-96
USS Sea Wolf SSN-21 96-99
Medical discharge, now 100%. Makes life more challenging but that also makes life more fun and not sure I'd change a thing given the chance.

Nice to see other bubbleheads on here.

 

[OperationContingency]

23 year Air Force vet, still serving in Reserve component. 7 overseas deployments and currently Senior Enlisted Advisor for Guard/Reserve to Air Mobility Command.

Agree with other post, would do it again in a heart beat!

 

[Smokey_Bear_JLUR]

Retired LEO. Fifteen years, primarily in North St. Louis. Retired out due to a back injury during an arrest. Field Training Officer, Drug Recognition Expert, Mobile Reserve Unit, etc etc. Glad to not be getting shot at anymore...

 

[Taino_Overland]

11 years as an MP in the ARMY. Currently I’m the lead firearms instructor for the PR State Marshals. Thank you all for your service.

 

[Robert8thIDPathfinder]

Army infantry 81to 89 took basic at Ft Benning Ga @ harmony church old ww2 barracks took jump school there as well assigned to 82nd airborne jumped into Grenada
last duty station was 8th ID Mainz Germany
Took my pathfinder school there
Our motto

These are my credentials

THANK YOU FOR YOURE SERVICE to all my brothers in arms no matter the branch

 

[Kevin108]

During the lockdowns, a lot of people were forced into the "first responder" category. Turns out you can't keep a fire station open if it's not habitable, so all the trades people and utility workers got lumped in as well. That's fair recognition of their importance, but it can't come solely with additional responsibilities. It must also come with additional compensation. If they're getting categorized that way, they need the reduced retirement requirements enjoyed by other critical staffing.

 

[Robert8thIDPathfinder]

Retired LEO. Fifteen years, primarily in North St. Louis. Retired out due to a back injury during an arrest. Field Training Officer, Drug Recognition Expert, Mobile Reserve Unit, etc etc. Glad to not be getting shot at anymore...

My father was a LEO 29 yrs here in Tucson
He was in the traffic division and accident reconstructionist as well as a aircraft accident investigator for the FAA until they could get on scene

 

[Smokey_Bear_JLUR]

My father was a LEO 29 yrs here in Tucson
He was in the traffic division and accident reconstructionist as well as a aircraft accident investigator for the FAA until they could get on scene

My cousin is an aircraft crash reconstructionist for the gubment. That takes an incredibly gifted brain to be able to work and process those scenes. Kudos to your Dad!!

 

[GrnGhost]

US Navy, Corpsman 2015-2020.

Where were you stationed? I was a green side doc for several years!

 

[genocache]

Thanks Everyone, If yours was like mine it wasn't all fun and games. Lots of games and not all that fun....

 

[roots66]

Thanks to everyone who served or is serving.

15 years USAF. Combat Comm & EOD. Operations: Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Provide Comfort, Joint Endeavor, Uphold Democracy (Haiti), Summer Games (Bahrain), & and a couple that shall not be named.
Currently, outside of my actual job as a federal employee, I do Austin Diaster Relief Network (ADRN) CERT & am FEMA CERT certified.

 

[roots66]

For those military vets out there, please visit www.mindoverland.org. I help run a non-profit geared towards getting veterans outside through vehicle-adventure based exploration. We do 6 trips a year, mainly on the east coast. We'd love to have any vet join us.

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If you're ever in Texas, let me know. There's quite a few of us around.