Active Duty Military?

[helms83]

How many are on this? What branch, where stationed, how long served, how do you balance family, work, deployments, and fishing?

[SDoolittle]

I've been in the active Army for almost 14 years. I'm an E7 Cavalry Scout. I just arrived in West Virginia last week to be an ROTC instructor at WVSU. I've also been stationed at Ft Knox (twice), Ft Riley, Ft Hood, Ft Wainwright, Korea, and I was a recruiter in Missouri. I've also done two tours in Iraq. Good times!

[helms83]

I've been in for 6 years (8 with 2 years of guard time from 02-04). I was at Campbell for 5 years, and been here at Knox since April with 1ID. Been to Afghan and about to head back over this winter.

[SoFlaBassAddict]

Man, there are times when I'd love to be on Active Duty again.  If I didn't have my daughters (not that I don't want them), I'd still be wearing my old dirty field boots.

[pa mountain man]

I've been in the active Army for almost 14 years. I'm an E7 Cavalry Scout. I just arrived in West Virginia last week to be an ROTC instructor at WVSU. I've also been stationed at Ft Knox (twice), Ft Riley, Ft Hood, Ft Wainwright, Korea, and I was a recruiter in Missouri. I've also done two tours in Iraq. Good times!

Where were you at Ft. Hood? I was in 1st Cav. 15th FSC from 2000-2003.

[SoFlaBassAddict]

Lol.  Good ole Ft. Hood.  Man Killeen is a dump.  I was in 1CD 4/5ADA when I was there.

[SDoolittle]

3-8 CAV, 3 BDE, 1CD.

[reelnmn]

Been Active Duty Air Force going on 4 years.  Just finished 5 months in Afghanistan.  I've beens stationed in Germany the whole time, but the military has sent me to Norway, Romania, Louisana, Las Vegas, and now Kandahar all in the last 16 months.

Sounds like you're interested in joining.  If you have any questions about the Air Force, PM me.  My #1 tip:  Never believe anything a recruiter tells you.

[SDoolittle]

Sounds like you're interested in joining. If you have any questions about the Air Force, PM me. My #1 tip: Never believe anything a recruiter tells you.

He's already in the Army, and as a former recruiter, I take offense at your tip.

[helms83]

lol, yeah I joined the army national guard in 2002 shortly after 9/11, and then went active in 2004.

[brgbassmaster]

Active duty Airforce 4yrs currently in the 49th civil engineer squadron at Holloman AFB New Mexico. 2 months ill be moving to guam. Done two tours overseas one 6 month to iraq and one 6 month to UAE awesome deployment. Many TDYs. And many other countries

[Sfritr]

I have posted the same thing on a similar thread a while back:

THANK YOU SIRS

[aut0]

Bird Dog: I think he's just kidding. I dunno about Army but EVERYBODY in the AF says: "Don't believe your recruiter" but I don't think it's quite that literal. More of a playful/joking thing. My old recruiter and I ended up working together when we both palace chased to Charleston, WV without having seen/heard from each-other in 3.5 years, I have no complaints from any of my recruiters, or any I've helped since getting out. (I send ppl their way all the time. They give me free shirts and stuff. lol.)

4 years Active Duty Air Force, 2 years Air National Guard here. Loved it, and miss it every day. (Well, I miss Active Duty, anyways)