So how many of you out there actually served in the military? I don't mean the National Guard (the weekend warriors), I mean a real branch of the US military. Navy, Air Force, Army, or the Marines.

I spent 20 years active duty in the Navy, with duty stations mostly in the Pacific (Guam, Hawaii, Japan, San Diego). I was on 5 different ships during those 20 years, sometimes up to a year at a time.

I enlisted in 1980. I saw Desert Shield/Desert Storm from a Navy ship. Helped launch a ton of Tomahawk missiles in '91.

I retired in 2000, so I missed all the stuff post 9/11. By then I was working for private industry.

But in 2012 I got a job working for a support services company on behalf of Naval Station San Diego. I'm reaching 10 years with that and getting ready to retire for good. With COVID, I've been working from home a lot, and splitting my time between my native Atlanta area and San Diego. Mostly in Atlanta.

I ran a BBS in Okinawa that I called the Okinawa Times. I also ran a similar board in Oahu for a short bit. But that was between ship duties. So when I was on board ship, I shut down the BBS.

I was thining of starting up a new BBS after finding this place, but after seeing all these trolls, I think I'll run Mystic instead. Or WWIV. I ran WWIV 3 and 4 back in the day. Also ran RemoteAccess for a while.

I saw the Back to the BBS series on YouTube. Kinda fun to see where BBSes are now in the 2020s.

However, I think everyone should be in the military for at least 4 years after you get out of high school. Before college. Before getting a job. Man or
woman, doesn't matter. You learn to be a real person, not some idiot in their mom's basement. I decided to stay in and get training as a electronics tech working on radar display systems. That was fun.

And I do fully agree with the COVID vaccine mandate that Biden has put in place. Before that, sailors were getting COVID left and right. The vaccine mandate has helped signifcantly. It's a matter of our nation's defense at stake. You don't want a whole ship sick with COVID. We came close a few times, but we managed to dodge the full bullet.

So after 42 years, I'm getting ready to get out and enjoy playing with my 5 grandchildren. And maybe start a BBS again. Probably not Sync a this point. Way too many idiots on here. LOL!

George B.

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So how many of you out there actually served in the military? I don't
mean the National Guard (the weekend warriors), I mean a real branch of the US military. Navy, Air Force, Army, or the Marines.

I did 4 years active duty in the Air Force.. Went in in '96.. Security Police, and they transitioned to Security Forces while I was in.

Stationed at Beale AFB, home of the U2 'spy plane'. Did two deployments to the sand pit.. once in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Fox, and then another one in Kuwait.

I completely agree.. it would do America good to have some sort of mandatory service. It sure helped straighten my punk a** up! ;)

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ZYLONE wrote to GEORGE BURDELL <=-

I did 4 years active duty in the Air Force.. Went in in '96.. Security Police, and they transitioned to Security Forces while I was in.

Just wanted to quickly thank you for your service here. :)

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So how many of you out there actually served in the military? I don't mean the National Guard (the weekend warriors), I mean a real branch of the US military. Navy, Air Force, Army, or the Marines.

I spent 20 years active duty in the Navy, with duty stations mostly in the Pacific (Guam, Hawaii, Japan, San Diego). I was on 5 different ships during those 20 years, sometimes up to a year at a time.

I enlisted in 1980. I saw Desert Shield/Desert Storm from a Navy ship. Helped launch a ton of Tomahawk missiles in '91.

I retired in 2000, so I missed all the stuff post 9/11. By then I was working for private industry.

But in 2012 I got a job working for a support services company on behalf of Naval Station San Diego. I'm reaching 10 years with that and getting ready to retire for good. With COVID, I've been working from home a lot, and splitting my time between my native Atlanta area and San Diego. Mostly in Atlanta.

I ran a BBS in Okinawa that I called the Okinawa Times. I also ran a similar board in Oahu for a short bit. But that was between ship duties. So when I was on board ship, I shut down the BBS.

I was thining of starting up a new BBS after finding this place, but after seeing all these trolls, I think I'll run Mystic instead. Or WWIV. I ran WWIV 3 and 4 back in the day. Also ran RemoteAccess for a while.

I saw the Back to the BBS series on YouTube. Kinda fun to see where BBSes are now in the 2020s.

However, I think everyone should be in the military for at least 4 years after you get out of high school. Before college. Before getting a job. Man or
woman, doesn't matter. You learn to be a real person, not some idiot in their mom's basement. I decided to stay in and get training as a electronics tech working on radar display systems. That was fun.

And I do fully agree with the COVID vaccine mandate that Biden has put in place. Before that, sailors were getting COVID left and right. The vaccine mandate has helped signifcantly. It's a matter of our nation's defense at stake. You don't want a whole ship sick with COVID. We came close a few times, but we managed to dodge the full bullet.

So after 42 years, I'm getting ready to get out and enjoy playing with my 5 grandchildren. And maybe start a BBS again. Probably not Sync a this point. Way too many idiots on here. LOL!

George B.

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So how many of you out there actually served in the military? I don't
mean the National Guard (the weekend warriors), I mean a real branch of the US military. Navy, Air Force, Army, or the Marines.

U.S. Army here HOOAH!

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George Burdell wrote to All <=-

So how many of you out there actually served in the military? I
don't mean the National Guard (the weekend warriors), I mean a
real branch of the US military. Navy, Air Force, Army, or the
Marines.

I spent 20 years active duty in the Navy, with duty stations
mostly in the Pacific (Guam, Hawaii, Japan, San Diego). I was on
5 different ships during those 20 years, sometimes up to a year
at a time.

Navy for 28 years, retired ETCM(SW/AW) here.

I ran a FidoNet BBS (w/ PCBoard) from 93-96 while in the Navy, and
have been running this current one for 3+ years now.

Wouldn't trade a minute of it.



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On 17 Jan 2022, Zylone said the following...

I completely agree.. it would do America good to have some sort of mandatory service. It sure helped straighten my punk a** up! ;)

Thanks for your service!

Mick Manning
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Re: Military service
By: George Burdell to All on Mon Jan 17 2022 06:34 am

So how many of you out there actually served in the military? I don't mean t National Guard (the weekend warriors), I mean a real branch of the US milita Navy, Air Force, Army, or the Marines.

I spent 20 years active duty in the Navy, with duty stations mostly in the Pacific (Guam, Hawaii, Japan, San Diego). I was on 5 different ships during those 20 years, sometimes up to a year at a time.

I enlisted in 1980. I saw Desert Shield/Desert Storm from a Navy ship. Helpe launch a ton of Tomahawk missiles in '91.

I retired in 2000, so I missed all the stuff post 9/11. By then I was workin for private industry.

But in 2012 I got a job working for a support services company on behalf of Naval Station San Diego. I'm reaching 10 years with that and getting ready t retire for good. With COVID, I've been working from home a lot, and splittin my time between my native Atlanta area and San Diego. Mostly in Atlanta.

I ran a BBS in Okinawa that I called the Okinawa Times. I also ran a similar board in Oahu for a short bit. But that was between ship duties. So when I w on board ship, I shut down the BBS.

I was thining of starting up a new BBS after finding this place, but after seeing all these trolls, I think I'll run Mystic instead. Or WWIV. I ran WWI and 4 back in the day. Also ran RemoteAccess for a while.

I saw the Back to the BBS series on YouTube. Kinda fun to see where BBSes ar now in the 2020s.

However, I think everyone should be in the military for at least 4 years aft you get out of high school. Before college. Before getting a job. Man or woman, doesn't matter. You learn to be a real person, not some idiot in thei mom's basement. I decided to stay in and get training as a electronics tech working on radar display systems. That was fun.

And I do fully agree with the COVID vaccine mandate that Biden has put in place. Before that, sailors were getting COVID left and right. The vaccine mandate has helped signifcantly. It's a matter of our nation's defense at stake. You don't want a whole ship sick with COVID. We came close a few time but we managed to dodge the full bullet.

So after 42 years, I'm getting ready to get out and enjoy playing with my 5 grandchildren. And maybe start a BBS again. Probably not Sync a this point. too many idiots on here. LOL!

George B.

Thank you for your service. Me? Never served. Recruiter did more to make
me not want to join than to spark my interest. i would say a word such as "electronics" or "computers," and the recruiter would say infantry or mortar.
I know they had their quotas and suggested jobs to fill, but when he started playing tough gey and telling me if their was a draft, I would have no choice,
I told him to let the cards fall where they may. I was looking at the
service for education in something other than an 11B or 11C

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Just wanted to quickly thank you for your service here. :)

Thank you, sir! Glad to have had the opportunity!

|15Z|07ylone

So how many of you out there actually served in the military? I don't mean the
National Guard (the weekend warriors), I mean a real branch of the US military
Navy, Air Force, Army, or the Marines.

In Kentucky, being in the Guard doesn't mean you don't get called up.
There were several units that got called up during the wars and did a lot
of fighting. There is one artillery unit that has pretty much been
deployed in every war from WWII to Desert Storm, minus Vietnam. I think
they got out of that one because of the nature of how we fougt it.

Some of the small towns here have memorials to their Guard and Reserve
units that got wiped out during WWII. I don't knock them.


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Re: Military service
By: Dumas Walker to GEORGE BURDELL on Tue Jan 18 2022 17:27:00

In Kentucky, being in the Guard doesn't mean you don't get called up.
There were several units that got called up during the wars and did a lot
of fighting. There is one artillery unit that has pretty much been
deployed in every war from WWII to Desert Storm, minus Vietnam. I think they got out of that one because of the nature of how we fougt it.

Some of the small towns here have memorials to their Guard and Reserve
units that got wiped out during WWII. I don't knock them.

Same here. My brother-in-law was in the U.S. Army National Guard. He was every bit as much of the Soldier that I was when i served in the U.S. Army Active Duty. He served two tours in Iraq during Iraqi Freedom. I have nothing but respect for any of my fellow combat vets.

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Seven years in the US Army, 97G20, E-5(P) -- was waiting for the points to
drop when I got out.

Two enlistments. Loved the service. Wife didn't.

Was in Germany for the fall of the wall, DS/DS and Silent Echo.

I'm still in contact with several of my former co-workers.

It was a great experience and I wish I would have kicked out the wife and stayed in.

It truly was an honor to serve. It gave me experiences and knowledge that I used for the rest of my career in the civilian world.

Jazzy J


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In Kentucky, being in the Guard doesn't mean you don't get called up.
Some of the small towns here have memorials to their Guard and Reserve
units that got wiped out during WWII. I don't knock them.

Seriously. A sailor knocking the National Guard. What is the world coming to?

Also, Coast Guard and Space Force are part of the armed services.


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Re: Military service
By: Dumas Walker to GEORGE BURDELL on Tue Jan 18 2022 17:27:00

> In Kentucky, being in the Guard doesn't mean you don't get called up.
> There were several units that got called up during the wars and did a lot
> of fighting. There is one artillery unit that has pretty much been
> deployed in every war from WWII to Desert Storm, minus Vietnam. I think
> they got out of that one because of the nature of how we fougt it.
>
> Some of the small towns here have memorials to their Guard and Reserve
> units that got wiped out during WWII. I don't knock them.

Same here. My brother-in-law was in the U.S. Army National Guard. He was every bit as much of the Soldier that I was when i served in the U.S. Army Active Duty. He served two tours in Iraq during Iraqi Freedom. I have nothing but respect for any of my fellow combat vets.

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as do i, i served in the NAVY and even so every one i ever served with
earned my full respect especially marines who can back screwed up after
every tour and still managed to put themselves in harms way by the time
the next tour came around... THAT! is dedication.... *hats off*

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