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Originally there were three batallions of four batteries each. I was first stationed at the one north of New Kensington (can't remember the name of the nearest little community). When we converted from Ajax to Hercules, half of them were turned over to the NG and stayed Ajax. The other half got the new missles and stayed regular Army. Half of us at D Battery were transferred to A, the one west of North Park (again I can't remember the town's name for sure but it seems like it might have been West View). North Park was also turned over to the NG. That put me reasonably close to the old Duquesne Brewery. There's a whole other story in that. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thirsty.gif Hey, I was also there the year the /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/winner1.gif Pirates won the World Series. Nobody hardly knew who the Steelers were back then.
 
Jaybird>>

VP44 out of Brunswick Maine. Some tough duty, They made me spend 6 months in Bermuda. nearly killed me
 
US Navy 66-72 Two years training, all sea time in the Western Pacific. Hours of boredom in Tonkin Gulf but still a proud member of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht club. Went off India during the India Pakistan war. Scared the day lights out of us. All wanted to get back to the peacefulness of the Gulf.

My first ship, the USS Bainbridge 68-70, where I served as a nuclear reactor operator.

This is where I lived for two years.

This is why the Navy always shows bird farms. The edge of a hurricane in 1969.



My second ship, USS Decatur off Sydney Australia.

Another storm on Decatur



Me, a picture taken in the forward radar compartment.
 
2 years Canadian Armed Forces Reserves - chaplain. (Chaplains in the Canadian Forces are not part of any branch of the services but their own) - did Basic training with the navy, the airforce/ army & navy indictrination school.

Oh and Captain when I was done.
 
We do allot of autocrossing at North Park now. We definately are talking the same locations, how ever a few years apart. You would not recognize the area here the West View site was They just recently built a new building there (1999) and then turned the site over to civilians and they declared it a hazardous site so they went in and tore all the stuff up and now it is woods. I remember walking up to some of the pads and wondering what they looked like and what life was like when we had missles guarding all thise towns
 
USAF 68-88. After basic and tech. school, Homestead Fl, Danang, and then Misawa Japan..all F-4 s except Nam where we had everything...jets, props, choppers...you name it. The Off to Rome NY..Griffiss AFB to Air Defense Comm. where we had F-106s and T-33s. Then off to Panama City Fl where we had F-106s, T-33s and F-101s..tough duty. Then a special assignment to Charleston SC to another hardship tour...four years of nursing two alert planes and pilots..24 hrs on...48 off...(yawn). Then off to Milsenhall England...three years of all Model 135s...KC, RC, EC and as well as C-130s, and an occasional job on an SR-71 or TR-1. Plus TDYs all over the world, gone about 1/3 of the time. Then last but not least...Cannon AFB NM where we did the last 6 1/2 years...all on the trusty swing wing fighter bomber....the F-111D. Had so many TDYs I got credited with another overseas tour to end up with four total...pounded the ramp for all 20 years as a Pneudraulics tech...but got certified in almost all fields.
 
TR6oldtimer said:
US Navy 66-72 Two years training, all sea time in the Western Pacific. Hours of boredom in Tonkin Gulf but still a proud member of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht club. Went off India during the India Pakistan war. Scared the day lights out of us. All wanted to get back to the peacefulness of the Gulf.

My first ship, the USS Bainbridge 68-70, where I served as a nuclear reactor operator.

This is where I lived for two years.

This is why the Navy always shows bird farms. The edge of a hurricane in 1969.



My second ship, USS Decatur off Sydney Australia.

Another storm on Decatur



Me, a picture taken in the forward radar compartment.
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oi! that's some rough seas! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek.gif
 
The pictures were taken after the worst of the storm. The night before, Bainbridge took a rouge wave broadside and rolled 55 degrees to port. Several shipmates were injured as they were thrown from bunks or otherwise knocked about, but no hands were lost.

The biggest problem was number one engine room took on water through the ventilation ducts on the 05 level (five decks above the main deck for you land lubbers). The bulk of which went into the nuclear controls area causing that engine room's reactor to scram. Fortunately they were able to quickly cross connect to the after engine room whose reactor was still online and restored propulsion. It took another hour or two to dry out the nuclear instrumentation and restart the number one reactor.
 
USAF 58-62 with the last 3 years in SAC at Whiteman in Knobnoster, MO. Was a B47/KC97 base then with a few Nike sites thrown in; believe it is a Stealth base now. I was basically a Finance officer in the CSG with a bunch of "extra" duties thrown in to keep me busy & out of trouble. Had a SP250 then, too.
 
SOme awesome pics for us Land Lubbers.... I never was sent anywhere fun... The California desert 5 time (Ft Irwin-Death Valley), Egypt (Bright Star), Desert Storm/Shield (Kuwait/Bahrain/Saudi Arabia/Iraq), Iraqi Freedom (Umm..... Iraq of course), Ft Bliss Texas Desert(Majove desert I beleive). If it was some where nice or some where you wanted to go, I have never been there...
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:] Desert Storm/Shield (Kuwait/Bahrain/Saudi Arabia/Iraq)[/QUOTE]
I was there also - Shield/Storm/Farewell - the whole enchilada!!
 
vping said:
Aside from the BCF, I noticed a lot of military guys into LBC's. I wonder why that is.
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There was an older gent that worked at the airport a couple of years ago. He was always eyeing my MG-TD replica, and the MGB. He had a 'TD when he was in the Air Force. He'd drive it from up north (NY or NJ as I recall) nonstop back and forth to Florida. He said they'd fold the windscreen down and wear goggles too.


No military to report on my part, my grandfather was in WW2, and my dad was in the USAF in the 50s in Germany.
 
The whole tradition of LBC mania was kinda started here in the US by servicemen returning from Europe after WW II, bringing "them funny little furrin jobs" back with them wasn't it? That might explain a bit of it!!
 
yup. MG T-series cars were responsible.
 
DrEntropy said:
yup. MG T-series cars were responsible.
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The first car I really, really wanted, MG-TD. Turned out I settled for a 53 Merc sedan. (the family car hand me down)
 
Being a war-baby, I grew up in the boot of a TC, a TD, and then got a "real" seat in the back of a Morgan 3-wheeler!!
 
Enlisted in USMC 1965. Served twentythree months in VietNam, primary mos as an Amtrac Repairman. Came home on a stretcher.
 
Well- at least I am glad that you came home. I had a few friends who didn't.
Bill
 
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