BullRider115

USN 89-93

GATOR NAVY

GMG3

11PY

US Army,

2004-present.

Currently in Baghdad Iraq but stationed out of Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah Ga.

Paul L Mohr

I'll tell you what I don't miss, working 14 hours then going back to the dorm to crawl into bed and having a hundred or so F-4 fighter jets take off while I'm trying to go to sleep. Especially when they come off the runway and bank right infront of my dorm!

If I had it to do over again though I would have tried harder to stay in. I would be about ready to retire right now vrs being flat broke and in a job I don't know if I will have next year. I was young and stupid though, and I had just got married and had a kid on the way. I didn't think it would be a very good life for a family.

Paul

cptleo1

U.S. Army

1967-70

Starting pay was $68 per month.

Went to Southeast Asia and made the big money for getting shot at

$154 per month (and still managed to send some money home)

LOL

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Paul L Mohr

I don't think your stupid at all. Other than the dangers of combat, if your job entails that it is hard to beat the benefits unless you have a good skill in the civilian world. Especially if your single, you can spend every penny you have and still have insurance, a place to sleep and a place to eat 3 meals a day. And then if you can manage to stay in long enough you can retire with a pension and enough time left in your life to enjoy yourself.

If I was infantry or something like that I might rethink it simply because of the danger involved, more so if you have a family. However for a support type job where you weren't actually getting shot at all the time its not a bad deal. I didn't like all the B.S I had to put up with in the Air Force, but now that I'm older and look back on it things really were not that bad compared to what I have dealt with after getting out.

I didn't hunt at the time so that really wasn't a factor for me.

There are probably message boards for different posts and bases you could get on to find out what was available in what areas. Probably not much big game hunting opportunities in Iraq though, at least not deer anyway.

Paul

davidmil

I hear you captleo. I thought our starting pay in 65 was $72. Oh well, it could have been 68. I remember when they declared me an officer and my pay boomed to $303 a month. I was so happy I went out and bought a Triump(the car). When I went back to Southeast Asia my second tour as a Captain I had jumped to the astounding pay of $16,500 a year. Holy Toledo, I was wealthy. LOL Many years later I remembered my Private pay when I made twice my annualCaptains pay in the market in a day. That was in the boom years. In the down years I remember loosing the same amount in a day.[&:][&:][:'(][:'(] Thinking back, I think we made $67.50 a month in 1965. Officers didn't get a clothing allowance like the EM but I did get Hazzardous Duty Pay/Combat Pay.

caribouhunter1

well aug 00 - prestent been station in alaska fort wainwright the whole time i kep reenlisting for it what a great place to be. did 15 months in iraq aug05-nov06 heading back fall this year they love to mess up my hunting seasons with deploymentslast year they sent us to train in cali. for a month 9 days into moose and waterfowl season. DAMN THEM![:@] well everyone that is over there now keep your head down and hope to sure with you some day. GOD BLESS THE USA.

valor10

Do what you think is best for you Droptine249. Semper Fi Bro! By the way, no such thing as a retired Navy Chief. Once a Chief, always a Chief. Oh, and remember, not all navy dudes float around the water. We can build and blow up sh!t with the best of them. It is good to see the troops get the respect they deserve. The days of labling the military "Baby Killers" and"Bullit Stoppers", endedwhen Uncle Ronnie took office.

kingvjack

Ya Know what I don't miss... I definitely don't miss underway replinishments onboard a ship with a new captain.... talk about nerve racking...
Know what I do miss...
For some unknown reason, I miss sitting on deck at midnight in the gulf.... where its quiet as all getout, and its smooth as silk on the water... not even a ripple, the boat sails along and as you look up, there are more friggin stars than anywhere else in the world..... I (for some unknown reason) miss the gulf at night....
I also miss streamin Tomahawks off the aft missile deck into baghdad