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[AndyShane]

Hello again, SeaJay. I hope you're doing okay, know it has been a difficult year. Here's your info.

Captain Norris D. "Andy" Shane, USAF 1978-1988 Instructor Pilot, KC-135A 7AREFS, Carswell AFB, Texas Eldorado Canyon, 1986

(Small potatoes compared to TSgt Norris D. Shane, 1927-2007, 1943-1946 US Navy; 1947-1977 US Air Force, Normandy, 1944. His plaque is on the wall among thousands of veterans' at The National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg. My beloved Uncle Dave thought it was a big deal, me going to pilot training, flying; despite his persistent habit of getting busted in rank, I'd consider his career the stellar one. Still healthy and robust at 81, the undisputed heart throb of his retirement complex, he was unexpectedly felled by a heart attack.)

[AprilWhine]

Well SeaJay, I'll have to make two entries:

Me
One: Sherry
Two: USN
Three: 1974 - 2007 with a break in service 1976 - 1982 while I went to college
Four: Left active duty as E-4, retired as DoD GS-12 (LCDR)
Five: Data Systems Technician
Six: Was CONUS during Viet Nam (no women on combat ships), served in the Persian Gulf and off the Horn of Africa.

Hubby
One: Jim
Two: USN
Three: 1963 - 1986 and 1989 - 2007
Four: Retired from active duty as E-8. Retired DoD as GS-11 (LT)
Five: Data Systems Technician
Six: Viet Nam, Persian Gulf

[QuiGonJohn]

Name: John Connaughton
Branches: USAF & USN
Service:
USAF: 2 Yrs 8 Mths (Jan. 1977-Sep. 1979) Last 8 months were in the NM ANG
USN (Active): 8 Yrs 7 Mths (Sep. 1979 - May 1988)
USN (Reserve): 9 Yrs 6 Mths (Apr 1989 - Oct 1998)
Rank: ET2(SS)/E-5 (Petty Officer Second Class)
Jobs & Locations
USAF
Basic Training, Lackland AFB
BE&E School and Instrument Trainer Specialist Student, Chanute AFB
Instrument Trainer Specialist Instructor, Reese AFB
New Mexico Air National Guard, Mess Hall Duty, Kirtland AFB
USN
OSVET, BE&E and Electronics Technician Student, Great Lakes Naval Station, IL
Nuclear Power School Student, Orlando Naval Base, FL
Naval Nuclear Power School Prototype Student, MARF Reactor, KAPL, Ballston Spa, NY
USS George Bancroft (SSBN 643) Gold Crew, RC Division, Reactor Operator, Overhaul in Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. Then Home Port in Charleston, SC with refits and turnovers out of Kings Bay Naval Base, GA
Naval Nuclear Power School Prototype Instructor, MARF Reactor, KAPL, Ballston Spa, NY
General Shore Duty, Norfolk Naval Station, Norfolk, VA, assigned to Naval Station Staff as a computer technician, to help install and also help users work with various computers, these were the early days of computers, 1985.
At the end of my enlistment I took almost one full year totally away from the military. Then I went into the US Naval Reserve to complete enough time to earn a Reserve Retirement. My initial Reserve billet was with Special Boat Unit 20 out of Little Creek Amphibious Base, VA. After moving to Florida, I worked in the Law Enforcement and Physical Security Detachment, West Palm Beach Naval Reserve Center, until retirement.

[F26399]

One Joe

Two Army

Three 1966-1968

Four SP 4

Five 24th Signal Battalion

Six Germeny

[BNichols]

Bert Nichols
Navy
22, 1978 - 2000
Missile Fire Control Technician
RTC Orlando; NTC Great Lakes; Dam Neck, VA; USS Belknap (CG-26); SIMA Norfolk, VA; USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27); Fleet Training Center, San Diego, CA; Afloat Training Group, San Diego, CA

[dancealong]

Allan Ritcey
Air Force Nov 63 to Oct 67
served Vietnam 66 to 67
E4 Construction equipment Operator
5 55th Red Horse Battalion

[jaburn2]

1- Jim Burns

2- Army, Basic training Fort Hood, TX. Mechanic Schools Camp Breckenridge, KY & Fort Knox, KY

3- 2 years 1951- 1953

4- Of course started out as Pvt. and made the rank of Sargeant

5-When sent to Korea I was assigned the job of Tank Driver as they didn't need any more mechanics at the time. Later (due to temp hearing loss) I was transferred to the Motor Pool and then later while on RR in Japan I was promoted to Motor Sgt.

6- Korea, The outfit I was in was located North of the 38th parallel. Later had a wonderful (28 day) trip home from Japan to New York via the Panama Canal.

[Ballantyne]

Dave Ballantyne

F378626

United States Coast Guard
1964-68
Commissaryman 3rd class

2 year Coast Guard Cutter Eastwind, Icebreaker, 2 cruises to the Antarctic and 1 to the Arctic
1 year Coast Guard Base Boston
1 year Coast Guard Base Woodshole, Cape Cod, Ma.

Currently: Chief Chaplain, Coatesville VA Medical Center, Coatesville, Pa.