Drafted in ‘71, Army, 15 months made hard stripe E5, Bat Ops S3, 3rd of 84 FA, Pershing I missiles, FRG.
Any Military Officers Here? Grade & Branch
- Thread starter Pawnee Bill
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I had a copy of it hanging in my office. The original "Sleep Well Tonight Your Air Force is Awake".
This whole thread reminds me of one doofus who claimed the problem with Bench Rest was that there was too many blue collar workers and not enough professionals such as doctors and lawyers. I repeat, what a doofus.
C-130s are awesome!!! There is still nothing out there that do what it does any better.....
p-man
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Someone (unerstandably) asked what all the "code letters" meant. We military types are fixated with acronyms and it drives even us crazy sometimes trying decipher them so I will spell mine out for you:
Py Haynes
Chief Warrant Officer Five (Retired)
Army Rotary Wing Aviator (helicopters)
Flew UH-1 ("huey"), OH-58 (same as a Jet Ranger), AH-64 (Apache)
41-years (1969-2011)
Py Haynes
Chief Warrant Officer Five (Retired)
Army Rotary Wing Aviator (helicopters)
Flew UH-1 ("huey"), OH-58 (same as a Jet Ranger), AH-64 (Apache)
41-years (1969-2011)
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Are you the guy the army times ran a story on about the last Vietnam vet retiring from service?!
jackieschmidt
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Draftee. US Army.
We are a dying breed.
We are a dying breed.
butchlambert
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Didn't you just buy the house from a Major General with a Full Bird girlfriend? Tomball is pretty nice, but how far to your shop now?
I guess I would be called a gentleman draft dodger, lol. I went to one of the 5 Federal Academies, graduated in 1967, took my commission and went out and fulfilled my obligation.
Since I had a student deferment while I was at the Academy (and my local draft board had no idea where I attended college), my status was changed to 1A as soon as I graduated. Since I was at home for 2 weeks in February before heading out again, I decided to handle it myself, in person. I didn't shave for 3 days, dressed in somewhat ragged jeans and an old shirt, threw on my 12 year old leather WWII style bomber jacket that had been my motorcycle jacket for several years, and headed over to the next town to my local draft board office, commission in hand. They were a little startled when this guy that looked like a bum walked in and demanded that his draft status be changed and threw an officer's commission down on the desk, but they took care of it.
And I went home and shaved.
p-man
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300 Whisper,
No, that wasn't me. I retired at age 60 on my birthday. The WO that you're thinking of was a technical-service WO - not an aviation WO - and he was granted a waiver to stay on active duty until age 62. Our "tech" warrants are really impressive technical subject matter experts who serve as enlisted soldiers and NCO's for 7-14 years before competitively applying to WO Candidate School. As an aviation WO I was one of many, but there were and are much fewer tech WO's serving; I knew/know a lot of fellow military aviators, great guys that are like brothers to me, but I must confess that the most impressive military professionals that I was privileged to serve with were some of tech-service WO's I knew. Conversely, I was one of the last Vietnam era "high school to flight school" aviation warrant officers. I joined up right out of high school, went to basic, AIT, WO flight school, then Vietnam, and finished my first three year tour two weeks before my 21st birthday. They don't have teenage warrant officers anymore, much less teenage military aviators. Probably a good thing these days.
No, that wasn't me. I retired at age 60 on my birthday. The WO that you're thinking of was a technical-service WO - not an aviation WO - and he was granted a waiver to stay on active duty until age 62. Our "tech" warrants are really impressive technical subject matter experts who serve as enlisted soldiers and NCO's for 7-14 years before competitively applying to WO Candidate School. As an aviation WO I was one of many, but there were and are much fewer tech WO's serving; I knew/know a lot of fellow military aviators, great guys that are like brothers to me, but I must confess that the most impressive military professionals that I was privileged to serve with were some of tech-service WO's I knew. Conversely, I was one of the last Vietnam era "high school to flight school" aviation warrant officers. I joined up right out of high school, went to basic, AIT, WO flight school, then Vietnam, and finished my first three year tour two weeks before my 21st birthday. They don't have teenage warrant officers anymore, much less teenage military aviators. Probably a good thing these days.
@p-man when I was S3 I had a 120A working with me. We were a combat engineer battalion so we didn’t know how to use him so he would do facility management. We had the nicest parking lot, buildings, offices, drainage ditches, and bathrooms/ locker rooms. That guy ran wild with construction projects.
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jackieschmidt
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Yes but I had the ranks reversed. The Lady is the active Major General, Commander of the Texas National Guard, the guy a retired Bird.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_R._Norris
Even after 50+ years, I still feel very apprehensive around Commisioned officers. The Army had a way of drilling that into you.
A few years ago, my daughter and I went to the NASCAR race in Ft Worth. One of the ceremonies before the race included about 20 new recruits being sworn into the Airforce. There was a Major General doing the reading of the Oath.
I could not believe how informal the Officers and Enlisted personnel on hand were with each other. They were having casual conversations, with no regard to rank. That would have NEVER happened in the ‘60’s.
I did get to walk up to the Major General and Introduce myself. I thanked him for his service and told him I was a Draftee from the ‘60’s. He shook my hand, thanked me for my service, and called me “sir”. Kinda made my day.
As for the house, We close in two weeks. I will now have a 50 minute commute each morning to my shop, but it’s only 10 minutes to The Tomball Gun Club. I will
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/17515-S-Yaupon-Cir_Tomball_TX_77377_M81285-58323
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