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Many hours of scouring the internet has shown there are at least 6 men who have served in all four branches of the DoD.  Googling stuff like "all branches of military" brings up thousands of veterans' day and memorial day ceremonies.  A couple of the articles use terms not common in the military (hired by the Marines), but I think it was due to ignorance of the reporter.  I don't know how to hot-link the articles, sorry.

Courtland Johnson: Started in the Merchant Marine, Army Air Corps (USAF before it was a seperate branch), USMC reserves (hit the beach at Inchon and fought his way out from the Chosin), Army reserve, Navy (it looks like he retired as an active duty Master Chief).
http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=1227201691&targetid=profile

Bob Button:Merchant Marine (under age), Navy (kick out when the learned he was still underage), Army Air Force (USAF before it was a seperate branch), got out, joined the Army (to go to Korea, 3 purple hearts) Marine Corps, Army reserve, and as of 2009 at the age of 80, was using his privately owned plane to fly SAR for the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2009/11/jersey_city_veteran_served_in.html

Edward Jones: Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force.  Retired as a master Sergeant in 1991, died 2008
http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-76012.html

Joe Losano: Marine Corps, Army Reserve, Army Guard, active Air Force, ––out entirely–– Army Guard (enlisted 9-11-02, and went to Afghanistan) Air Force Reserve (Iraq), and joined the Navy Reserve in 2011.  Article says he met two men sho served in all four branches, but doesn't say who they are.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/swampscott/newsnow/x1306273054/Swampscott-resident-Losano-enlists-in-fourth-branch-of-service#axzz1u8oKaj22

Yonel Dorelis (the only officer I've found): Marine Corps, switched to Navy (CH-53 pilot) as the USMC had to many pilot candidates, and he wanted to be a military pilot.  Army Guard, Air Guard (rescue), Active Air Force (CSAR in Afghanistan and Iraq, including a Distinguished Flying Cross earned during OP Anaconda).
http://www.nellis.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123234926

Thug_Hunter12: Marine Corps (0311),  USMCR (STA), Army Guard (11B),  was out entirely, and decided to go back in Sep 01.  USNR (Master-At-Arms, Iraq twice with a CAR, among others)  When my second Navy enlistment ended, immediately went to Air National Guard (3PO51 Security Forces).  I had to give up a rank, I'm a Technical Sergeant (E6).    


As you might imagine, I'd very very interested to learn of any other 4 branch vets.

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Don't know about the boat house, but the feedlot stinks.

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Thug_Hunter12: Marine Corps (0311),  USMCR (STA), Army Guard (11B),  was out entirely, and decided to go back in Sep 01.  USNR (Master-At-Arms, Iraq twice with a CAR, among others)  When my second Navy enlistment ended, immediately went to Air National Guard (3PO51 Security Forces).  I had to give up a rank, I'm a Technical Sergeant (E6).    


As you might imagine, I'd very very interested to learn of any other 4 branch vets.

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You wouldnt happen to be station at the air field at Ft Bliss would you. And does "used ad abused by the DoD" sound familiar.

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True, and depending on the situation/data, is easy with practice.  Probably even easier if you have one of those push button 109A6 or 777A2...of course the ammo for those is a disadvantage...range is an advantage, but that won't stop my computerized gun hatred.

Even so, I've done it before with a 105 battery many times.  Done it a few times elsewhere.  

It also comes in handy if you are shooting a coordinated illum with a 2 gun platoon....fire illum with 1 gun, adjust HE with the other gun, and when you get to the fire for effect phase, fire illum with one gun-set it on low angle HE data and fire HE with both guns.

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"I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, 7 December, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire. "

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"Old Ironsides" doesn't really have sides made of iron.  

...but she is the oldest commissioned ship in the fleet.  

she is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat

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because of the insane sense of honor the japanese had, the ambassador to the US was quite angry that the attack happened before a declaration of war on the US.  said something along the lines of a surprise attack like that has no honor.
 

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What American destroyer fought on BOTH sides of the Pacific campaign?

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U.S.S. Obama?
 

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during WW2 there were actually serious proposals to build pycreat ships.  whats pycreat?  its ice with saw dust mixed in.  

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Nope.  USS Stewart, DD-224.   Damaged in drydock in the Dutch East Indies after traying to stem the Japanese tide, she was repaired and put into service under the Japanese a year later as "Patrol Boat No. 102".  WIth 3 of her four boilers working, (later raised to three), she almost certainly sank the U.S. submarine Harder, and probably another.  Eventually recaptured in August, 1945, her jury-rigged engines gave out near Guam, and she ended up being towed back to the West Coast, where she was eventually expended as.... a target for aircraft!  What an incredible career - shame this one couldn't be saved for a museum ...

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IIRC, America's most famous armor General, G. S. Patton,  also was the designer of the Army's final Cavalry sword.

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and its first tanker uniform. He was also an Olympic athlete, wealthiest Officer in the Military, and when he was assigned to Hawaii, he loaded his family on his boat and sailed there himself.  

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ALso planned & lead the first motorized assault in history, while chasing Pancho Villa.

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and its first tanker uniform. He was also an Olympic athlete, wealthiest Officer in the Military, and when he was assigned to Hawaii, he loaded his family on his boat and sailed there himself.  

Many, including R. Lee Ermey, suggest that soldiers of World War II were so impressed with the new Jeep vehicle that they informally named it after Eugene the Jeep as "small, able to move between dimensions and could solve seemingly impossible problems."[1]

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Closest situation I can think of that we have is weird situations in our reserve component - specifically the the National Guard.

Many full time state jobs "civilian" jobs and on a civilian pay scale, but require that you be a member of the Guard.  Your rank in the Guard is barely relevant, so it is entirely possible that a given National guard maintenance operation might be run by a guy subordinate on the military side to another employee.

It gets crazier when you realize that they actually may have to wear military uniforms to their "civilian" job - because it really is a military operation, the pay scale thing is an exercise in creative accounting and legal status more than anything - but position still trumps rank.  Come drill weekend, when everyone is officially on "military" status, rank and the official military positions takes over.  

I've only seen that once, where the Sergeant Major of the Guard unit was the head honcho technician during the weak, and had multiple officers working under him as quality controller supervisors and what not.  They had gone to OCS to get commissioned in the Guard, but kept their old civilian job.

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RPG firing in a windy weather-the aim correction must be opposite to the wind's direction .  

TOT (Time On Target) is a practice whereby you coordinate all your tube artillery on one spot at one time... the original "Shock and Awe" tactic. According to my source, unless the target is at or near the extreme range of the gun, it is possible to fire TOT from a single gun! By raising the barrel to its maximum elevation (for a given target) and firing a shot, then lowering the barrel for a direct-fire shot, you could put two rounds on a single target at the same time.

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Related note: The former Lt Governor of Guam (Cruz) also holds the rank of Colonel in the Guam National Guard. On the weekdays, he was superior to the TAG, a full-timer. On weekends, when he put on the uniform, the TAG was his boss.

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because of the insane sense of honor the japanese had, the ambassador to the US was quite angry that the attack happened before a declaration of war on the US.  said something along the lines of a surprise attack like that has no honor.
 

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and its first tanker uniform. He was also an Olympic athlete, wealthiest Officer in the Military, and when he was assigned to Hawaii, he loaded his family on his boat and sailed there himself.  

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In the Guam harbor, there are 2 ships that sank, and landed right next to each other.

If you were to go scuba diving, you could touch both ships at the same time.


The interesting thing about this is that, one of the ships (a German ship) sank during WW1.

The other ship (Japanese) sank during WW2.

Lee's specialty in life was gunnery. At the age of 19 in 1907 "he became the only American to win both the US National High Power Rifle and Pistol championships in the same year." In 1914 during the Vera Cruz campaign in Mexico he drew the fire of three enemy snipers, thereby exposing their positions and then shot them at long range.

Lee was also a skilled sport shooter, and won 7 medals in the 1920 Olympics shooting events (including five gold medals), tied with teammate Lloyd Spooner for the most anyone had ever received in a single games. Their record stood for 60 years. He was the most successful athlete at the 1920 Olympics.

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I didn't read all five pages because I am lazy but never become married while in the armed forces.  

Your spouse who is deployed will want to stick his dick in anything that moves and remember that your stay at home wife will be at the NCO club looking for anything to stick into her pussy while you are away.

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What color is the boathouse in Hereford?

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Why not 1937?

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Told to me by  a WWII Filipino vet:

TOT (Time On Target) is a practice whereby you coordinate all your tube artillery on one spot at one time... the original "Shock and Awe" tactic. According to my source, unless the target is at or near the extreme range of the gun, it is possible to fire TOT from a single gun! By raising the barrel to its maximum elevation (for a given target) and firing a shot, then lowering the barrel for a direct-fire shot, you could put two rounds on a single target at the same time.

This is the same guy who told me of keeping a few empty M1 Garand clips in his pocket. He'd fire a couple of rounds and throw an empty clip against a rock. The enemy soldier, thinking he was reloading, would charge and he'd drop the BG in his tracks!

(This guy was definately not PC when it came to the subject of Japanese people. He'd seen executions and brutality at the hands of the IJA and had no forgiveness for them.)

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the only five star general to ever command the us was



general john black jack pershing

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Incorrect. There were multiple "5-star" (called General of the Army) generals in WWII. There's only ever been 1 General of the Air Force; Hap Arnold.

Pershing, however, held a special rank which is technically senior to the 5-star ranking making it a theoretical 6-star rank call General of the Armies. Pershing and George Dewey were the only living recipients of this rank (with Dewey's rank being called Admiral of the Navy) and as such it has no official insignia. With Pershing and Dewey, George Washington was given this rank posthumously by act of congress. This act stipulates that George Washington will always be considered the most senior military commander of the United States.
 

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Because, while there was shooting there was no declaration of war delayed or not.

the issue was resolved diplomatically.



And then we returned the favor with the Flying tigers before Pearl Harbor.

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Just prior to the Civil War, on October 16, 1859, an insurrection led by white abolitionist John Brown had to be put down by Federal troops. It was contained by local militia, but the actual attack on the armory at Harper's Ferry had to be conducted by better-drilled troops. Some Marines were sent under the command of a Union major who had just arrived from the western frontier.
The problem was that the militia was led by a putative colonel (which was usually the case: a locally-raised regiment had a [usually self-appointed] colonel in charge). This would have created a major breach of military courtesy: a  major giving orders to a colonel was simply unheard of. In route to the Armory, the major was given a brevet promotion to Colonel. He successfully commanded the attack on the Armory, and Brown was arrested and subsequently hanged.
The name of the Union Army major who was promoted to Colonel? Robert E. Lee... assisted by a Lieutenant named  J.E.B. Stuart!
Lee was later offered the job of preparing the Army for war against the insurrectionist South. He refused, and instead ended up leading the Southern army.

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Sabot ammunition fired from a tank (eg an Abrams) has the same effect.



Modern howitzer, such as PzH2000 are capable of a 5-round TOT from a single tube.

HMS Trinidad, a cruiser, managed to torpedo itself with a straight-running torpedo fired at German warships.

At least one jet aircraft has shot itself down with its own fixed forward-firing cannon.

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IIRC it was a Hunter and it was the gas from fireing the gun killing the engine.