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How many military vets do we have on this board besides me?
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Army. 93-99
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Thank you all for your service to our country :salute:
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laivindil wrote:Thank you all for your service to our country :salute:
Ditto! :salute: An interesting thread! I know there's more of you out there!
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I was in 89-99.... Counterdrug/intelligence in South/Central America and other ops in the islands and Bosnia/Hungary
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BUZO71 wrote:I was in 89-99.... Counterdrug/intelligence in South/Central America and other ops in the islands
Buzo, we may have met somewhere along the way. I spent a lot of time in Bolivia between 1996 and 1998. I also worked with lot of folks running exercises throughout the theater and later ran the Southcom desk for 4th PSYOP.
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Tom Nic wrote:
laivindil wrote:Thank you all for your service to our country :salute:
Ditto! :salute: An interesting thread! I know there's more of you out there!
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Kalatin wrote:
BUZO71 wrote:I was in 89-99.... Counterdrug/intelligence in South/Central America and other ops in the islands
Buzo, we may have met somewhere along the way. I spent a lot of time in Bolivia between 1996 and 1998. I also worked with lot of folks running exercises throughout the theater and later ran the Southcom desk for 4th PSYOP.
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too many people here have been to Fayetteville. :) Ahhh.... Hay St....
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US Air Force 2000 to current.
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US Army 89-93 LRS V Corp & NATO
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As in E Co 51st in Darmstadt?
JimmyEis wrote:US Army 89-93 LRS V Corp & NATO
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Blitz wrote:As in E Co 51st in Darmstadt?
Yup!...loved that place lots of great times.
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JimmyEis wrote:
Blitz wrote:As in E Co 51st in Darmstadt?
Yup!...loved that place lots of great times.

Holy creepy Batman, got there in May 94.
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1975 to present, alot of years and alot of places and a few left to go.
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