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Posted: 12/18/2005 2:11:53 PM EDT

I was reading on this site the other night and read about some of the countries you guys have been to. I was courious ,
1. How many of you guys were or are still in the military?
2. How long did you serve?
3. What countries have you been too?

Posted: 12/18/2005 2:19:32 PM EDT

[#1]

U.S MARINE CORPS 0311

4 years

australia, japan, phillipines, korea, guam, indonesia

Posted: 12/18/2005 2:22:24 PM EDT

[#2]

Army 19D Cavalry Scout
4 years 4 months 5 days
California, Hungary, Bosnia, Kuwait, and Iraq

Posted: 12/18/2005 2:24:31 PM EDT

[#3]

I am still in. I did 11 1/2 years active duty Army. and I have been in the PA National Guard since July 2001.

I have been to Spain, Sicily, Portugal, Iceland, Kuwait NUMEROUS times. I am still waiting my turn to do Iraq or Afghanistan. I hope it comes soon!

Posted: 12/18/2005 2:29:58 PM EDT

[#4]

I spent 10 years in the army, 5 as an 11B in the 82nd Airborne and 5 in training or as an 18B/18E in the 5th Special Forces. I would still be in or just recently retired, but I was injured in a HALO accident.

I've been to Grenada, Puerto Rico, Panama (twice), Honduras, Turkey, Egypt, Kenya, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Alaska (whether or not that's overseas is up to you).

Robert

P.S. I think that this is in the wrong forum.

Posted: 12/18/2005 2:30:36 PM EDT

[#5]

Marines! 20 years. 7522 - F4 pilot.

Korea, Philippinnes, Japan, Costa Rica, Argentina, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Korea, England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Panama, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, Aruba, St. Kitts and Nevis.

Posted: 12/18/2005 2:31:11 PM EDT

[#6]

4 yrs Army.
Korea, Hawaii, Thailand.

Posted: 12/18/2005 2:31:42 PM EDT

[#7]

6 years, Army Reserves, all peace time, all local.

Posted: 12/18/2005 2:34:16 PM EDT

[#8]

Navy. 20 years and a day. All over/under the Indian Ocean, North Sea, the Med and the Gulf. And once in a while, if I was lucky, some time off ashore.

Posted: 12/18/2005 2:36:10 PM EDT

[#9]

Air Force
9 1/2yrs (just got out Nov. 18th)

Guam, Japan, Germany, England, Sicily, Iraq, Pakistan, Quatar, Saudi Arabia (several times to different areas)

Reason for getting out: got tired of spending so much time in the sandbox.

Posted: 12/18/2005 2:44:58 PM EDT

[#10]

Air Force - Still serving

Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Holland, Italy, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Krygyzstan, Afghanistan, Missouri (Hey it's a country all of it's own!)

Posted: 12/18/2005 3:05:20 PM EDT

[#11]

Army 8.5 years, 11B then 15B
El Salvadore, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Okinawa, Guam, Midway island, Wake island, Adak island (Alaska) and Lakehurst New Jersey (seemed like a another country to a Ga Boy!!)

Edit: Forgot Japan

Posted: 12/18/2005 3:11:52 PM EDT

[#12]

Army-11B- 4 years - 8 year break - 4 more years:

Saudi
Iraq(twice)
Egypt
Kuwait
Panama
Honduras
Columbia
Peru

Posted: 12/18/2005 3:27:33 PM EDT

[#13]

23 Years in the United States Marine Corps, not even going to start listing bases I have been to.

Posted: 12/18/2005 3:31:04 PM EDT

[#14]

U.S.M.C. 4 years

Brazil
Venezuela
Dominica
Martinique (French Territory)
Aruba (Dutch Territory)
Monaco
Scotland
England
Norway
Denmark
Germany
Portugal
Turkey
Spain
Italy

Posted: 12/18/2005 4:28:34 PM EDT

[#15]

Still in. 18.5 years

Mexico
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Iraq
Pakistan
Qatar
Portugal
Equador
El Salvador
Germany
Spain
Italy
The Netherlands
Bosnia
Japan
England
Turkey
St. Kitts/Nevis

Posted: 12/18/2005 4:43:02 PM EDT

[#16]

Army 10 years 67N10 huey crew chief UH-1H/V got out last October
Air Force 2 years Security Forces (hated it)

never went anywhere..bummer

Posted: 12/18/2005 4:59:41 PM EDT

[#17]

USMC, 2531

Phillipines
Japan

Posted: 12/18/2005 5:44:49 PM EDT

[#18]

19 years Armourer
Canadian Army (I'll wait for the jokes..I've heard em all

)
Ireland
England
Germany
Norway
Italy
Crete
Croatia
Bosnia
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
Ethiopia
Kenya
to lots of places in the US for courses and training exercises

Posted: 12/18/2005 5:59:55 PM EDT

[#19]

U.S.M.C. 6 years
6060 Parachute Rigger
Japan
Philipines
Singapore
Persian Gulf
Hong Kong
Mexico
Honduras
Haiti
Cuba
China
Thailand

Posted: 12/18/2005 6:33:52 PM EDT

[#20]

Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Cyprus
Portugaul
Spain
Bosnia
Serbia
Italy

Posted: 12/18/2005 6:38:07 PM EDT

[#21]

MDARNG,from 90 to 99,12b,panama,hondoras

Posted: 12/18/2005 6:51:56 PM EDT

[#22]

U.S Army : 5 years
Florida national Guard : 4 years
US
Honduras
Panama

Posted: 12/18/2005 7:46:49 PM EDT

[#23]

15 years, combination USMC/US Army.

Mexico, Japan, Okinawa, South Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Germany, Jordan, Israel, Canada, Kazakhstan, Pakistan (sort of), Kuwait, Thailand, Somalia, bunch of other Middle Eastern countries that don't come to mind readily........

Posted: 12/18/2005 8:31:20 PM EDT

[#24]

Active US Army: Four years, Military Police.

Nebraska Army National Guard: 6 years, Cav Scout.

Minnesota Army National Guard: 1 year, then out for medical reasons.

Panama
Honduras
Brazil
Costa Rica
Classified
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Iraq
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Canada

Posted: 12/18/2005 8:35:37 PM EDT

[#25]

I think you all need to do a tour of duty or so in a geography class... Some the places listed aren't countries...

Posted: 12/18/2005 8:53:09 PM EDT

[#26]

U.S. Army, 12 years Active and I'm still in the Army Reserve.

1) Germany
2) Korea
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Iraq

Posted: 12/18/2005 9:19:08 PM EDT

[#27]

In the Navy a bit over four years.

Went to:

Spain
Curacao
Ibiza
Poland
France
England
Scotland
Ireland
Denmark
Morocco
Germany
Norway
Bahamas
Panama
Jamaica
Gibraltar
Portugal

Posted: 12/18/2005 9:44:42 PM EDT

[#28]

About 3 and a half months in the Army so far...11c.....I've been to Georgia? :(

Posted: 12/19/2005 1:29:43 AM EDT

[#29]

4 years Marine Corps
Okinawa,
Japan,
South Korea (A couple of days),
North Korea (9 VERY LONG hours)
Iwo Jima
Australia,
Ireland.
Kuwait,
Iraq
and spain.

Posted: 12/19/2005 2:57:15 AM EDT

[#30]

U.S. Army Reserve, psychological operations, 8 years.

Germany 2 weeks
Haiti 4-5 months What a shithole country that is!

Posted: 12/19/2005 3:26:36 AM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
I think you all need to do a tour of duty or so in a geography class... Some the places listed aren't countries...

Maybe you should have just skipped the smart ass class

I'm sure most if not all of us are fully aware what is and is not a country, some place's are just worth noting regardless of their status. For instance, Guam is a U.S. territory, not an independant country but worth mentioning since it's a 26x12 island in the middle of the Pacific.

Posted: 12/19/2005 4:07:11 AM EDT

[#32]

Been on active duty for 11 years...

Countries visited with work-

Germany (Stationed here for 7+ years)
Bosnia
Spain (Gran Canaria)
Italy
UK
Austria
Kosovo
Croatia
Greece
Albania
Norway
Egypt
Luxembourg
Mali - "To Timbuktu and back"
Senegal
Nigeria
Ghana
Ireland
Poland
Canada
Accension Island

I dont count refueling/Remain over night stops for airtravel unless I got off the base and was able to see things..

Jump wings earned; German (twice), UK, UAE, Egypt, and Norway.

Places visited while on vacation (not already listed above):

Sweden
Finland
Estonia
Russia
Switerland
France
Liectenstein
Monaco
Czech Republic
Belguim
Holland
Scotland (technically part of UK, but a different country)

Actually, when you put it on "paper", I have not really traveled that much...

Posted: 12/19/2005 5:15:20 AM EDT

[#33]

US Army 1970-74
NYARNG 1974-1998

VietNam
Korea
Thailand
Okinawa
Ft Drum

Posted: 12/19/2005 8:23:13 AM EDT

[#34]

By the time I was 23 I had lived on Army bases for 23 years, most of it overseas. I was Active duty for a bit over four years, and managed to get to quite a lot of places. I doubt I can actually remember some of the countries I spent a month or more in, so I will only list the places I have spent a full year in.

Korea
Germany
Japan
Italy
maybe Spain (was there for about a year, might have only been ten months, could have been thirteen)

I have had my fill of travel, I only cross the SC state line when I want to take the kids to the drive-in theater.

Posted: 12/19/2005 11:03:25 AM EDT

[#35]

US Army 95B MP 1990-1995
Saudia Arabia
Iraq
Germany
Haiti

Posted: 12/19/2005 11:31:49 AM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
I think you all need to do a tour of duty or so in a geography class... Some the places listed aren't countries...

I don't see a list of anywhere you have been while in service to our nation. Or haven't you and you just want to sh*t on veterans?

Posted: 12/19/2005 2:11:54 PM EDT

[#37]

U.S.C.G.
World Class high endurance sailor.
4 years.
Marlin Spike award recipiant.
Japan
Korea
Russia
Mexico
South America (not even sure exactly what country we were in)

Posted: 12/19/2005 2:23:42 PM EDT

[#38]

4 years Air Force (3P052) 94-98
Two tours to saudi
one to kuwait

stopped all over the place to get there and back.

Posted: 12/19/2005 2:38:30 PM EDT

[#39]

3 years Army Security Agencey
o5h10
2 years stateside
1year Okinawa

Posted: 12/19/2005 3:30:16 PM EDT

[#40]

USN Surface Warfare Officer 5 years
Okinawa
Sasebo and Yokosuka, Japan
Philippines
Hong Kong
Singapore
United Arab Emirates
Bahrain
Diego Garcia
Perth, Albany, Adelaide, Newcastle-Australia
Fiji
Samoa
Midway Island
Pattaya Beach, Thailand

Posted: 12/19/2005 4:18:28 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
Quoted:
I think you all need to do a tour of duty or so in a geography class... Some the places listed aren't countries...

I don't see a list of anywhere you have been while in service to our nation. Or haven't you and you just want to sh*t on veterans?

Hes been in SF (Survival forum) and has the patch. Hes from Couch commando platoon 1st Civilain Division, Camp Couch. But he has cammies and a bob. so that makes him an official on the subject!

Posted: 12/19/2005 5:27:37 PM EDT

[#42]

Active Army for over 17 yrs...

Mexico
Canada
England x 6 months
Panama
Germany x 3 yrs
Holland
Itally
Scotland
Crete x 6 deployments
Greece
Japan...a few too many times
Korea x 1 year
Phillipines x 1+ year
Thailand
Cambodia
Guam
Australia x 2 years
Kuwait
Afganistan

There might be a few others but I can't remember right now. Thats part of the reason that I joined the service, to travel the world. Yes we are all correct, America is the best country on earth. Hands down

Posted: 12/19/2005 5:39:34 PM EDT

[#43]

23 years and still serving, Navy Chief Warrant Officer.

Canada, Cuba, St. Martin, Curacao, Bermuda, Bahamas, Scotland, Ireland, England, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Monaco, Slovenia, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Malta, Bahrain, Oman, Singapore, Thailand, Diego Garcia, and Japan. U.S. territories of Guam and Puerto Rico as well.

Posted: 12/19/2005 6:31:56 PM EDT

[#44]

Army 11B 3 years

Ft Campbell, being a Yankee down south is like going to a foreign country

Panama

Posted: 12/19/2005 7:36:26 PM EDT

[#45]

US Air Force (RET) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Iceland, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordon, Korea (South), Luxembourg, Marshal Islands, Mexico, Midway Islands, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Phillipines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Russia (when it was the USSR), Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland, and Uzbekistan

Posted: 12/19/2005 7:52:15 PM EDT

[#46]

USMC 0311
4 Years

Australlia
Singapore
E. Timore
Thailand (Twice

)
UAE
Bahrain
Kuwait
Hong Kong (+ Maccou)
Yemen (First on scene for USS Cole)
Sechelles
Quatar

Posted: 12/19/2005 8:25:03 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
Active US Army: Four years, Military Police.

Nebraska Army National Guard: 6 years, Cav Scout.

Minnesota Army National Guard: 1 year, then out for medical reasons.

Panama
Honduras
Brazil
Costa Rica
Classified
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Iraq
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Canada

If it is classified, why would you even bother to list it?