Bill Nance
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I often refer to MOS instead of AFS because even people never in the military know what it means. -Just sayin.
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I often refer to MOS instead of AFS because even people never in the military know what it means. -Just sayin.
dwarven1
Lonely Mountain Arms
A Lodge brother of mine would tell anyone who asked what he did in the Korean War - he was a cook on a Navy destroyer.
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Everyone sure loved his coffee, too.My guess would be that you were in the ocean somewhere.
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One that I know will not talk about it at all, other than to say that he was in the war in the Pacific. Says he still has nightmares. I didn't even know he was a veteran until a few years ago, and I've known him since I was 6!! He was my optometrist... now retired and I just call him friend.
I hear ya. I usually just say I worked on helicopters, and work from there. Someone throws me an MOS number, and I ask them what it means. 'Cause I have no clue.
Bill Nance
Banned
Hate to say I can't even remember my AFS number..63 something or other on one (I think) and the other I don't even remember at all. after 25 years and never really caring in the first place....
Bill Nance
Banned
Military Occupational Specialty if I recall, but it's an army term so I couldn't tell you for certain. Something along those lines anyway.
Hell, I have trouble remembering mine now! I think it's 2A553B, but I'd have to look it up to be sure.
That's what I liked about the Navy rate system. I was an AE. Aviation Electrician's Mate. Not too hard to understand.
Yeah, the Rate system is easy, but when you through an NEC (Navy Enlisted Classification) into the mix it gets very confusing. I was a BM1 with an NEC of 9545, Physical Security Specialist.
Sure, blow the secret. I was 8878.
I figure there's no reason to bullshit what I did or didn't do in the army. I'm pretty clear though that what I did do wasn't what I intended to do.
I drove trucks in the desert. Our TTP for incoming fire was pedal down and get out of the killzone. A few times I got to ride in an ASV. Other than that I was a target.
Nothing "cool" by military standards, but I'm content in having done my part. I got to see life "outside the wire" all over the country, and for that much I am happy to have done.
The worst part about when people try to inflate their pasts is that it usually detracts from and devalues the honorable things they have done.
I drove trucks in the desert. Our TTP for incoming fire was pedal down and get out of the killzone. A few times I got to ride in an ASV. Other than that I was a target.
Nothing "cool" by military standards, but I'm content in having done my part. I got to see life "outside the wire" all over the country, and for that much I am happy to have done.
The worst part about when people try to inflate their pasts is that it usually detracts from and devalues the honorable things they have done.
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