Posted on May 19, 2014
What is your top 10 list of cool/unique things you've done in your military career?
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list 10 things you've done that you think are way cool and/or unique that you probably wouldn't have gotten to do as a civilian.
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1. Meeting my wife, we were both stationed in Germany at the time.
2.Going through an IED attack with my oldest son on FOB Shank.
3. Jumping with my oldest son with the Italian Army at a drop zone just outside of Pisa.
4. Jumping with my youngest son at Fort Bragg, I was the PJ and he was my #1 Jumper.
5. Jumping with my oldest son on his last jump at Airborne School.
1. Meeting my wife, we were both stationed in Germany at the time.
2.Going through an IED attack with my oldest son on FOB Shank.
3. Jumping with my oldest son with the Italian Army at a drop zone just outside of Pisa.
4. Jumping with my youngest son at Fort Bragg, I was the PJ and he was my #1 Jumper.
5. Jumping with my oldest son on his last jump at Airborne School.
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SGM (Join to see)
The IED event was even more fun later on when we got back and called Mom/wife and told her about it. As if she didnt have enough to worry about. Best of luck to you all. Take care.
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CW4 Craig Urban
Having 5 girlfriends in Alexandria virginia as a CW3. Army Recruiting Support command Cameron station. Meeting the DCG east in the commissary. Dennis Benchoff. My first battalion commander at Fort Ord.
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1)Made a hand puppet from C4
2)Blew up a hand puppet made from C4
3)M2 50 cal. Nuff said
4)Almost blow myself up
5)Almost get blown up by some one else
6)Occupy a hostile nation
7)Thermite Grenades. Nuff Said
8)Play a week long game of laser tag with guns. And tanks. And Helicopters. And APCs. And a couple thousand buddies. In Germany.
9)Cross both the Tigris and Euphrates.
10)See what happens when you put 200 lbs of high explposives in a 15 foot hole. (Spoiler alert, it makes a much much bigger hole).
2)Blew up a hand puppet made from C4
3)M2 50 cal. Nuff said
4)Almost blow myself up
5)Almost get blown up by some one else
6)Occupy a hostile nation
7)Thermite Grenades. Nuff Said
8)Play a week long game of laser tag with guns. And tanks. And Helicopters. And APCs. And a couple thousand buddies. In Germany.
9)Cross both the Tigris and Euphrates.
10)See what happens when you put 200 lbs of high explposives in a 15 foot hole. (Spoiler alert, it makes a much much bigger hole).
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
Gotta love a guy with a twisted sense of humor. Awesome. Did Letterman call yet? :-)
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10. The Golden Shellback ceremony.
9. Living in Germany and Korea.
8. Visiting Israel.
7. Touring the Babylon ruins.
6.Building schools and wells for impoverished neighborhoods/children.
5.Hitting Australia, Singapore, Thailand, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Afghanistan, Kenya and Hawaii within 12 months.
4.Traveling from state to state accrediting and assessing institutions, giving classes on the latest instructional methodologies.
3. Working to make changes/improvements for entire Proponents/ MOS's.
2. Getting to network with Senators, Congressmen, Generals and Senior Executive Service personnel.
1. Recieving countless hours of schooling, certifications, qualifications, and training, all the while deploying and performing missions to place all that information into use and context.
In case you can't tell, I absolutely LOVE the military.
10. The Golden Shellback ceremony.
9. Living in Germany and Korea.
8. Visiting Israel.
7. Touring the Babylon ruins.
6.Building schools and wells for impoverished neighborhoods/children.
5.Hitting Australia, Singapore, Thailand, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Afghanistan, Kenya and Hawaii within 12 months.
4.Traveling from state to state accrediting and assessing institutions, giving classes on the latest instructional methodologies.
3. Working to make changes/improvements for entire Proponents/ MOS's.
2. Getting to network with Senators, Congressmen, Generals and Senior Executive Service personnel.
1. Recieving countless hours of schooling, certifications, qualifications, and training, all the while deploying and performing missions to place all that information into use and context.
In case you can't tell, I absolutely LOVE the military.
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SFC Gary (Bigsarge) Portier USARMY RET.
1. Serving my country
2. Becoming a Total Army Instructor
3. Serving in Germany
4. Meeting people from all over.
5. Training at and seeing the John Deer Plant
6. Training in Panama on an LCU 2000
7. Being Stationed @ Ft Lewis Wa
8. Continuing My Career as a Military Tech
9. Retiring from the Army as a Army Soldier and Army Civilian.
10. Being a Soldier
So much to list.
Flying in a chopper around Panama
Flying in a chopper to the Czech border
seeing my first full Rock drill with 800 Soldiers.
Finding out and seeing that the Army has more Boats than the Navy.
and so on.
2. Becoming a Total Army Instructor
3. Serving in Germany
4. Meeting people from all over.
5. Training at and seeing the John Deer Plant
6. Training in Panama on an LCU 2000
7. Being Stationed @ Ft Lewis Wa
8. Continuing My Career as a Military Tech
9. Retiring from the Army as a Army Soldier and Army Civilian.
10. Being a Soldier
So much to list.
Flying in a chopper around Panama
Flying in a chopper to the Czech border
seeing my first full Rock drill with 800 Soldiers.
Finding out and seeing that the Army has more Boats than the Navy.
and so on.
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
The Golden Shellback ceremony sounds really cool! and an Army SSG gets to do this how - former Navy or Marine?
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