I Served In the Military

Hot, sweltering. Well, it was Afghanistan...

For my time as a vet serving in the UK (through an overseas/Commonwealth as I am not Britiah!)

I am and was a vet. Now I work in a relatively tame vet practice for much loved pets on a...

In 1971 i had a low draft number and enlisted in the U.S.Army.After finishing Basic and A.I.T.was stationed at Ft.Dix and got orders for Vietnam. The day before shipping out i was sent to Germany for a year. Returning back home to...

I served with SF in Vietnam ..and other incursions throughout the world... served with 5th, 7th, and 1st Special Forces Groups...Enlisted during Vietnam and became an Officer after 8 and half years... then I served as an A-Team cmdr...

I was 5th generation Navy. I joined the Seabees. It was wonderful at first, I loved the structure. Then I ended up pregnant and everything went to heck. During the birthing process my hips ended up misaligned from one of my hip...

I served 8 years in the army , for those of you who hate service men and women FUCK YOU

For those of you who support us ,THANK YOU
Still to this day , we are called babies killers,etc. we are spit on, threatend , treated like shit by...

In summer/autumn of 2009 I had a profound experience which turned my world upside down.  I had recently given blood and learnt how the black and Asian communities were three times more likely to need a kidney transplant than...

My service began with the Viet Nam War and with a short break went on to include the War On Terror, through Afghanistan/Iraq and beyond.
I've participated in more 'little excursions' than I care to remember.
I was honored to work with...

well sometimes I miss it but I realise I needed to get out when I did. I was in the British army for nearly 12 years I joined at 16 when I left school with shit exam results.
I had a pretty good time but looking back I...

Always a MARINE!!! Semper Fi

4 years of awesome service ---1979-1983!!!

I served in the Navy, my older brother is a Marine, and our dad served in the Army. Factor in an uncle who retired from the Air Force at the rank of Master Sergeant, and you have absolutely no doubt whatsoever where our loyalties lie...

My brother in law was in the US Airforce the last time I checked I know he retired. My husband was his yungest brother one day in 97 he took off after an argument about him taking off in his big rig shortly after all the money was...

Ive always wanted to be a soldier even since was about 9, my dad was n his dad n so forth, however my parents never wanted me to join as I was their little girl I guess n u never wanted to upset them, so when I was 21 I joined...

I was in Security Forces. I didn't especially want to be, but I didn't score high enough on the exam to be a linguist, so I didn't care what career they stuck me in as long as it wasn't medical. The thing is, if you don't specify what...

I was conscripted two months after my 17th birthday. I was tiny. So small, they wanted to send me back home. It was funny watching the guys making the adjustment to military life. The guys were loud  and sassy and got cut down to...

I served in the US Army for over 18 years.  I started as a private, worked my way up to Captain when I finally finished my military career due to health issues.
I had all the fun jobs:  Supply sergeant dealing and trading...

I am a proud Australian and served in the Australian Army for 23 yrs.
Made some wonderful friends and done some amazing things. Who'd think you could get paid to jump out of planes..awesome.
Now as a civilian I am also helping out as I...

...  with my finger on the trigger on the top of a hill.  No not really, but I want to write a book that starts like that.   I was in the Army National Gaurde and loved it.   I had to get out because of job...

I can only remember thinking all I want to do is join the service when I grow up. Well that has been 21 years so far, not sure if I have grown up yet or just older, in any event I have loved every step of the way.

I joined the US...