Veterans

United States Navy
MSCS (SS) Retired (E-8)
USS Shark SSN-591
USS Ulyssess S. Grant SSBN-631
Naval Brig Subase New London CT.
USS Santa Fe SSN-763
Naval Technical Training Center NAS Meridian , MS.
USS Greeneville SSN-772
Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, Georgia
1981-2005

 

Unites States Army
E-4 corporal
1992 to 1996
last station: Ft. Campbell KY
101st Airborne Division
160th S.O.A.R.
deployed to Somolia october 1993

Craig, i to have a soft spot for military family members, i have the utmost respect for any and all who are serving or have served, its a special family to me, and i often find myself "daydreaming" of my time in. I planned to stay in and retire, but due to a family illness i opted out of my re'enlistment, i regret getting out, but things changed, and it is what it is, luckily my grandfather who was ill and given 9 months to live is still with us 13 years after the doctors gave him his "death sentence" so getting out wasnt the worst thing that could have happened to me. My next duty station was Camp Casey Korea on the DMZ if i had signed my reenlistment papers. So who knows where that would have taken me.

 

United States Air Force-Staff Sgt.
305 FMS
Grissom Air Force Base, Indiana
1984-1994

 

United States Marine Corps
Marine Security Guard Duty (Embassy Guard)
American Embassy United Arab Emirates
2001-2005
Semper Fi

 

Marine 1975-1979

 

U.S. Army 79 to 85 E-5
Fort Campbell, Kentucky
101st Airborne
501st Signal Battalion

 

U.S.N. 77-81

 

USN
88 - 95
Duty Stations
NAS Oceana Va. Bch VA
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69
NAS NORVA AIMD
E-4
Desert Shield/Storm Vet

Thanks to all of those who have come before and are folowing for the service that you perform and never forget those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our people, country and flag!

Mac

 

U.S Air Force
1984-2004
Air Transportation/Combat Readiness
last stationed at Elmendorf AFB Alaska (16years)

 

i

Yep sure was
1992-2000 USMC
MOS 5534 Marine Musician/ Clarinet  to SSGT
(Yes I was an enlisted Marine who earned my cross-rifles before switching MOS)

MOS 5511 United States Marine Corps Band/ Presidents Own/ Clarinet to CWO5
Most Marines serving in the President's Own are NOT true Marines.  They are professional musicians with Ph.d's in performance.  If you are ever around them in service charlies, look at their rank, they are not allowed cross-rifles.  Only true marines who completed boot camp can wear the rifles on their rank.  And no non-marine will ever take an officer rank.  Actually as of 2001 there will be no more officers as playing members of any band, and no CO will have any higher rank than CWO3 and most satellite bands  will have an officer in charge with the rank of Master Gunny.

Stationed in
Norfolk VA
Quantico VA
Okinawa Japan
New Orleans LA
San Diego CA

Here a photo of the Okinawa Band on the cargo hold of a ship in the East China Sea rehearsing for a performance in Qingdoa China.  We finally gave up trying to have any kind of rehearsals while on deck.. we couldn't keep our chairs and equipment from sliding all around as the ship rode the waves. Can you find me?


Jon~

 

United States Air Force
341st Security Forces Squadron
1998-2002

Yakota Air Base Japan
Malmstrom Air Base Montana

 

United States Air Force, Senior Airman
842nd Security Police Squadron, Law Enforcement
Grand Forks AFB 1987-1991

 

United States Air Force
Sgt Dawn Derenski
Administrative Specialist
832nd Security Police Squadron
Luke Air Force Base, Glendale, Arizona
1983-1987

United States Air Force
Sgt Scott Derenski
Security Policeman
832nd Security Police Squadron
Luke Air Force Base, Glendale, Arizona
1980-1984

 

U.S. Air Force
1964 - 1993
Chief Master Sergeant
Jet Mechanic -Aircraft Maintenance Superintendant

 

Wow, George, we served together for a year!!!  Of course I was just a mere Marine Lance Corporal at the time, so had we of run into one another you might have intimidated me.. (hehehe)
I always thought of you as old and crusty..

hehehehe
J~

 

U.S. Air Force 1985 - 1989
Seargent 60 th Civil Engineering Squadron

I had a feeling George was a Chief it explains alot.
The Chief in my squadron used to say you know why airmen's hair is cut like that? It makes it easier to step on their necks.

 

Obviously I heard all the jokes (What the best tool for cleaning oil off the belly of an airplane? An Airman) but I never felt that way. I always felt that if I took care of my people, they'd take care of me. I learned that if you DON'T take care of them, they'll surely take care of you as well.

Jon, I've always wondered. How do you write a performance report on someone whose specialty is blowing on a clarinet?

 

Well obviously if they suck instead of blow, it poses problems.. But they are judged the same way any other professional musician would be evaluated. Theory, ability, memorized works, marching ability.. and then ontop of all that the same things all other Marines were evaluated upon.

 

I wasn't always a Chief. And NO, I wasn't always fat and old either.