What Was Your Rank?


Welcome aboard apojoe556 from Ga and the USN.
 

ZWVirtual, Pakinhevy, and Apojoe- Welcome!

Apojoe- Semper Fi!!!
 
Doing much better than ANY recruiting office!!!!

Man! Do you know we are gaining new members almost daily!
And the good part about this social group is that a LOT of you are cross-chatting, to me that is a sign that whatever we have here IS working, keep it up and BIG thanks to wolfhunter from me for firing off a quick "Howdy" to each new member I introduce to Vets and Guns, thanks man!
And thanks to so many of our patrons that are keeping this the busiest social group on USA Carry!
Today we welcome mccoyjj. A father of two sons and a retired Navy Senior Chief.
Hailing from Belle Chasse, U may all know I can tell you exactly where York or Birmingham, in the U.K. is located, but I'm at a total loss for a state on this one, any feedback?
mccoyjj does not list his primary CCW but does list a bunch he could CC:
Springfield Armory 1911A1, Micro Compact and a M1A, Beretta 96 with Crimson Trace Laser Grips (HEY DUDE THAT IS A GUN I HAVE OWNED SINCE 1998, ALSO WITH CT GRIPS, it is poetry in firepower!) and a Beretta Mini Cougar, a Rock River AR 15 (M4).
His pastimes include shooting, scuba diving, & riding his (hog) Harley....sweet!
Glad to have you onboard Chief. U have some shipmates awaiting your arrival.
Also signing-up today we welcome spf159753 from Tacoma,WA.
I spent 2 years there (Ft. Lewis) in the 9th ID, 80-82, most of it on frigging-ass nowhere N. Fort in a G.P. pup!
U.S.Army 1984-1987 (active duty) 1989-1991 (Reserves) as a Medic. (OUT-STANDING!!!!!)
His calling in life is now about as dangerous as any Combat Medic's ever was or is:
Executive Protection Specialist. I may need your services one day!
His carry guns include a 1911's and Glocks, (What is it with Glocks!!!!!????)
Add to that firepower a Wilson Combat 1911, Glock 21, Glock 19, S&W Mod.49 bodyguard, Bushmaster M4 and a Mossburg 12-g.
Affiliations: IDPA#A00151
Please make our two newest members really welcome as we push for 7-0 members! GET-SOME!!!!

Canis-Lupus
 
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Hey, McCoy and SPF!!! Welcome to a great forum and social group. We get some great discussions here and plenty of good info.

C-L, we won't have folks joining the group if we snub them.
 
I left the Army as a E-4 (P),and the National Guard,the same.
As a medic all the E-5 slots were taken,and in order to get rank,I would have had to wait
a lot longer for a slot,or change MOS from 91A to say 91C,then maybe I would of had a better
chance to get rank.I had already taken CLEP tests,coraspondence courses,college courses,
and many other things like military classes,to try to get enough points to get rank as a medic,
and that's why I got the "P" after my rank,meaning permotable. I even went to PLDC,
but there was no slot for me at that time to get E-5. OH well,no big deal.
 
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You know spf159753
I just read your 1st post, if life had led you into the upsizing Army (active) in 1984, you would have busted to SSG/E6 in 3 years hard charging, lo-c/o points and many open spots 2 fill, I know I made 2-stripes in 4 years as did most of my junior NCO peers, you got screwed in AR, DOD was promoting active, not AR/NG's, DOD knew Iraq or Iran or what was left of the Warsaw Pact (Balkans) would pull some stuff, and wanted good NCO's fast. Then after GW-1 the inevitable drawdown that follows each conflict. GHB turned into Clinton and no one got promoted, 1/3 of my peers were d/c-ed for average NCOER's or 1 minor SNAFU. We all ended up doing 2-3 other soldiers jobs and if you could not hack 4 or 5 additional duties as well as being a 'star' in your own 91 MOS U got a non-negoitable early out with a 1-time 'chump-change' pay-off, many of my peers cashed in @ 15 or 18 years for a lousy $15-20K, when if they had made it to 20, a pension for life awaited.
So don't cut yourself down M8, you were lucky enough to miss some of the very darkest 'peaceful' days of the Bill Clinton draw-down Army massacre. :mad:

Canis-Lupus
 
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Thanks Canis, for your run down of why I did not make rank,and for letting me in your group.
I have been enjoying myself reading all the posts,in your group,and in this web site.
:smile::smile:
 
Striving for perfection!

Busting 72 members, and closing FAST on 'Glock-oholics', Vets and Guns
welcomes FreedomsAdvocate. Hailing from Tampa Bay, FL.
Retired Army Intel & Special Ops. (1980-1998) Middle Eastern Regional Focus now on Software Engineering, rooted in interests of Economics,
Constitutional Law, Middle Eastern Studies, Politics & Freedom.
If I need good G2 I'm sending you some private e-mail! 'K?
FreedomsAdvocate primary carry is a Steyr M9-A.
Well armed with a Ruger P89 (9mm), SA XD (sub comp) 9mm (YES!), S&W (.357), an M1 Carbine (sweet), Remington 1100 (12 ga), 1916 Swiss Army Rifle (7x57mm) and various other ballistic weaponry. Well established affiliations starting with: NRA-life member, GoA-life member, DAV-life member, VFW, American Legion, and this very interesting membership: Assn of Former Intel Office. (?) :triniti:
We welcome you as our 71st member and hope you find this an interesting place to spend some time getting to know our esteemed members.
Greetings to a scholar of the classical minds with this signature:
"Citizenship ought to be reserved for those who carry arms. - Aristotle."
We also welcome another U.S. Army Veteran today, our 72nd member Harley D, who spent some time in the RVN touring the country-side and saying 'Hi' to Uncle Ho's followers as a door-gunner (Hueys?) no matter, sure you earned their eternal respect! :shout:
Hailing from Michigan and now retired his primary carry is a Taurus 9mm Mil Pro, and he lists an 8mm Mauser with a Douglas premium bull barrel, 7.7 Jap sniper, AR180, and various 12, 16, and 20 gages shot-guns.
Please show both these fine gentlemen and U.S. Army Veterans
a warm welcome. Overjoyed that I get to post this without spitting 2-many 'GL***' feathers on this salutation!!! :cool:

Canis-Lupus
 
Canis-Lupus said:
Busting 72 members, and closing FAST on 'Glock-oholics', Vets and Guns
welcomes FreedomsAdvocate. Hailing from Tampa Bay, FL.
Retired Army Intel & Special Ops. (1980-1998) Middle Eastern Regional Focus now on Software Engineering, rooted in interests of Economics,
Constitutional Law, Middle Eastern Studies, Politics & Freedom.
If I need good G2 I'm sending you some private e-mail! 'K?
FreedomsAdvocate primary carry is a Steyr M9-A.
Well armed with a Ruger P89 (9mm), SA XD (sub comp) 9mm (YES!), S&W (.357), an M1 Carbine (sweet), Remington 1100 (12 ga), 1916 Swiss Army Rifle (7x57mm) and various other ballistic weaponry. Well established affiliations starting with: NRA-life member, GoA-life member, DAV-life member, VFW, American Legion, and this very interesting membership: Assn of Former Intel Office. (?) :triniti:
We welcome you as our 71st member and hope you find this an interesting place to spend some time getting to know our esteemed members.
Greetings to a scholar of the classical minds with this signature:
"Citizenship ought to be reserved for those who carry arms. - Aristotle."
We also welcome another U.S. Army Veteran today, our 72nd member Harley D, who spent some time in the RVN touring the country-side and saying 'Hi' to Uncle Ho's followers as a door-gunner (Hueys?) no matter, sure you earned their eternal respect! :shout:
Hailing from Michigan and now retired his primary carry is a Taurus 9mm Mil Pro, and he lists an 8mm Mauser with a Douglas premium bull barrel, 7.7 Jap sniper, AR180, and various 12, 16, and 20 gages shot-guns.
Please show both these fine gentlemen and U.S. Army Veterans
a warm welcome. Overjoyed that I get to post this without spitting 2-many 'GL***' feathers on this salutation!!! :cool:

Canis-Lupus
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Yes, a hardy welcome for all, and a hardy "THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!"
 
I retired as an SFC. I took early retirement before they threw me out for medical reasons: I had/have an inoperable right carotid bifurcation aneurysm. Not to worry, I will be around to hound everyone for a long time! :dance3:
 
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...and this very interesting membership: Assn of Former Intel Office. (?)
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Sorry, ran out of room so the last word got truncated. Actually, this is the Assn of Former Intel Officers, although they are supposedly changing the name to the Assn *For* Intel Officers. All one needs to join it to have been a credentialed intel officer (military or civilian). What the 96B's (counter-intel) called B's & C's (badge and credentials--one was only badged if one had arrest authority.) My MOS was 96C (HUMINT). It gets complicated, but it was 96C, and then 97E and now is something different. I did strategic debriefing for DIA, so I got credentials but no badge.

You can go here if you are interested in finding out more. They have chapters all over the US.
 
A great Hello, And thank you all for your service,Made E-5 three times, and still got out a SP4,just couldn't keep my mouth shut.
 
Please welcome our latest member from Arizona.

# 73 member inbound, we welcome Growth!
Retired USAF Pilot (good skill to have/fixed-wing or rotary or both?)
Hailing from Tucson, AZ (We have another member in your a/o)
His interests include healthy ranges of Harleys to golf and flying (what do you fly for fun?)
Growth is currently an Occupation Military Contractor.
His primary carry gun is a G23 (Sounds Glockish)
Listing: "A couple handguns, a couple long guns"
We welcome Growth from AZ into our growing ranks.
God that sounds too bloody active-D!!!!!!! :mad: OK :no:
"Welcome to the Veterans and Guns social group!"
Gawd I AM brainwashed, never would have happened
if they didn't put all that salt-peter in our basic-training chow! :to_pick_ones_nose:

Canis-Lupus
 
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Sorry, ran out of room so the last word got truncated. Actually, this is the Assn of Former Intel Officers, although they are supposedly changing the name to the Assn *For* Intel Officers. All one needs to join it to have been a credentialed intel officer (military or civilian). What the 96B's (counter-intel) called B's & C's (badge and credentials--one was only badged if one had arrest authority.) My MOS was 96C (HUMINT). It gets complicated, but it was 96C, and then 97E and now is something different. I did strategic debriefing for DIA, so I got credentials but no badge.

You can go here if you are interested in finding out more. They have chapters all over the US.
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Hmmm, I'll check it out, thanks, 98G here.
Update, there is a chapter in my area, hoorah!
 
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FreedomsAdvocate said:
Sorry, ran out of room so the last word got truncated. Actually, this is the Assn of Former Intel Officers, although they are supposedly changing the name to the Assn *For* Intel Officers. All one needs to join it to have been a credentialed intel officer (military or civilian). What the 96B's (counter-intel) called B's & C's (badge and credentials--one was only badged if one had arrest authority.) My MOS was 96C (HUMINT). It gets complicated, but it was 96C, and then 97E and now is something different. I did strategic debriefing for DIA, so I got credentials but no badge.

You can go here if you are interested in finding out more. They have chapters all over the US.
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I'd like to add a little bit of clarification, if I may. One does not have to be, or have to have been, an officer to join. Persons of any rank or level may become Members:

According to the AFIO web site:

"Members - Current and Former U.S. intelligence, counterintelligence, military, law enforcement and related (e.g. security) personnel (any rank or level), may become Members.

Associate Members - U.S. citizens in private, civil, academic or corporate pursuits, as well as, Americans currently in non-intelligence government employment (at any level) or other military service, may become Associate Members."
 
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I'd like to add a little bit of clarification, if I may. One does not have to be, or have to have been, an officer to join. Persons of any rank or level may become Members:

According to the AFIO web site:

"Members - Current and Former U.S. intelligence, counterintelligence, military, law enforcement and related (e.g. security) personnel (any rank or level), may become Members.

Associate Members - U.S. citizens in private, civil, academic or corporate pursuits, as well as, Americans currently in non-intelligence government employment (at any level) or other military service, may become Associate Members."
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Hey a SIGINT'er! Were you ever in the 311th or 265th on Ft Campbell? What language? Mine is Arabic.

I just had to show a copy of my credentials. The separate ID Card with picture issued (in my case, being I was Army) by INSCOM identifing you as an Officer of US Army Intelligence (says it right on the top). It was not issued to me unitl I started to work with/for DIA to identify myself to sources. As 98's have a somewhat similar relationship to the NSA, I would assume yours would be from them. I will see if I can dig mine out and post a picture of them.

As I was enlisted, it is for sure not limited to Commissioned Officers. I wouldn't sweat it; tell them your service dates and MOS, and if they must have something on paper, send them a copy of your DD214. That should do it.

Hell, they even take civilians, so any MI person should be a shoe in! :biggrin:
 
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U FT. Huachuca 111th MI types used to fill the Community Care Clinic I ran my last year in service, great out-patient job to peel me off the hi-adrenaline ER I ran at Raymond W. Blisss Army Community Hospital for 3 years, now a clinic when I ran their Emergency Department. I swear there was more blood & guts on post than when we went off post to back up Sierra-Vista for MASCALs. Crazy fun place and I fell in love with the 111th, but did not hit it off well with the Signal folks. Even got a coin from the 111th Bde Cdr for processing 5K A.D. allied students, dependents and some retirees per month thru both joints. Dog days of a 20 year career in a decent assignment. :wink:

Canis-Lupus
 
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