Military Service (1 Viewer)

[BHogan]

Any other forum members in the military or have previous military service? Currently I am an Officer Cadet studying at RMC in Kingston, ONT. When I graduate I will be an artillery officer in the Canadian army.
Brendan

 

[ucla1967]

Any other forum members in the military or have previous military service? Currently I am an Officer Cadet studying at RMC in Kingston, ONT. When I graduate I will be an artillery officer in the Canadian army.
Brendan

Congratulations, Brendan, I wish you well with your military career.

Fifty years ago this month, I was serving in the United States Army Security Agency in Sinop, Turkey, on the Black Sea coast, as a Private First Class. Our SIGINT mission was intercepting the Soviet Union's encrypted communications for the National Security Agency. The year before, I went through Basic Training at Fort Ord, California and then Advanced Individual Training at Fort Devens, Massachucetts. In my third and final year in the Army, I was stationed at Bad Aibling, Germany which is about half way between Munich and Salzburg. Upon my discharge from active duty in 1964, at Fort Hamilton, N.Y., I returned to college as a sophomore. I completed the last three years of my six year enlistment in the Individual Ready Reserves. What a great experience it was. For my generation, military service was an important rite of passage.

 

[Larry Allen]

When December rolls around I really look forward to the BEST college football game ever --- ARMY vs NAVY.
You will find me wearing my NAVY hat, all dressed in NAVY blue & gold; screaming my lungs out --- GO NAVY - BEAT ARMY!!!

PS: Time in The Silent Service (mostly) and an unbelievable tour on the USS Coral Sea CV-43

Okay everybody join in ....

[Verse 1]
Stand Navy down the field, sails set to the sky.
We'll never change our course, so Army you steer shy-y-y-y.
Roll up the score, Navy, Anchors Aweigh.
Sail Navy down the field and sink the Army, sink the Army Grey.

[Verse 2]
Get underway, Navy, Decks cleared for the fray,
We'll hoist true Navy Blue So Army down your Grey-y-y-y.
Full speed ahead, Navy; Army heave to,
Furl Black and Grey and Gold and hoist the Navy, hoist the Navy Blue


[Verse 3]
Blue of the Seven Seas; Gold of God's great sun
Let these our colors be Till all of time be done-n-n-ne,
By Severn shore we learn Navy's stern call:
Faith, courage, service true With honor over, honor over all.

 

[Larry Allen]

Congratulations, Brendan, I wish you well with your military career.

Fifty years ago this month, I was serving in the United States Army Security Agency in Sinop, Turkey, on the Black Sea coast, as a Private First Class. Our SIGINT mission was intercepting the Soviet Union's encrypted communications for the National Security Agency. The year before, I went through Basic Training at Fort Ord, California and then Advanced Individual Training at Fort Devens, Massachucetts. In my third and final year in the Army, I was stationed at Bad Aibling, Germany which is about half way between Munich and Salzburg. Upon my discharge from active duty in 1964, at Fort Hamilton, N.Y., I returned to college as a sophomore. I completed the last three years of my six year enlistment in the Individual Ready Reserves. What a great experience it was. For my generation, military service was an important rite of passage.

Fort Devens was a wonderful place. I lived in Lancaster for many years and always enjoyed the fort as a good neighbor.
July 4th was GREAT. The fort is all gone now ... a causality of base closings a few years ago. Now they are trying to make it into a High Tech park.
Were you one of the ones that use to jump out of airplanes each summer?????
Larry

 

[ucla1967]

Fort Devens was a wonderful place. I lived in Lancaster for many years and always enjoyed the fort as a good neighbor.
July 4th was GREAT. The fort is all gone now ... a causality of base closings a few years ago. Now they are trying to make it into a High Tech park.
Were you one of the ones that use to jump out of airplanes each summer?????
Larry

I was stationed at Fort Devens from December 1961 through June 1962. At that time, it was the home of the Army Security Agency's Training Center. None of us were airborne and there were no other non-ASA units on the base then. I was assigned to the old wooden World War II barracks located down the hill from the permanent brick buildings where our classrooms were located. I believe that it use to be a college before it became Fort Devens and those brick buildings were from that era.

 

[Larry Allen]

I was stationed at Fort Devens from December 1961 through June 1962. At that time, it was the home of the Army Security Agency's Training Center. None of us were airborne and there were no other non-ASA units on the base then. I was assigned to the old wooden World War II barracks located down the hill from the permanent brick buildings where our classrooms were located. I believe that it use to be a college before it became Fort Devens and those brick buildings were from that era.

Okay, got it.
I was in Lancaster a little later. From 1974 through 1989. I thought at the time is was called a 3C or a 4C training center.
[Command / Control / Communications / ???]
Larry

 

[Bayern]

When December rolls around I really look forward to the BEST college football game ever --- ARMY vs NAVY.
You will find me wearing my NAVY hat, all dressed in NAVY blue & gold; screaming my lungs out --- GO NAVY - BEAT ARMY!!!

PS: Time in The Silent Service (mostly) and an unbelievable tour on the USS Coral Sea CV-43

Okay everybody join in ....

[Verse 1]
Stand Navy down the field, sails set to the sky.
We'll never change our course, so Army you steer shy-y-y-y.
Roll up the score, Navy, Anchors Aweigh.
Sail Navy down the field and sink the Army, sink the Army Grey.

[Verse 2]
Get underway, Navy, Decks cleared for the fray,
We'll hoist true Navy Blue So Army down your Grey-y-y-y.
Full speed ahead, Navy; Army heave to,
Furl Black and Grey and Gold and hoist the Navy, hoist the Navy Blue


[Verse 3]
Blue of the Seven Seas; Gold of God's great sun
Let these our colors be Till all of time be done-n-n-ne,
By Severn shore we learn Navy's stern call:
Faith, courage, service true With honor over, honor over all.

Go Navy!! ..the Coral Maru was it...that is great!!!