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Offline BEAVERMAN

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TMA VETERANS... SOUND OFF! 11/11/2023
« on: November 11, 2023, 04:19:49 PM »
Sound off with your branch of service and years,

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Re: TMA VETERANS... SOUND OFF! 11/11/2023
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2023, 04:40:31 PM »
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Re: TMA VETERANS... SOUND OFF! 11/11/2023
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2023, 05:26:27 PM »
U.S. Air Force 1973-1997
Avionics Communication Technician (Aircraft Radio), Avionics Communication and Navigation Technician (Aircraft Radio anhd Radar systems), First Sergeant.

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Re: TMA VETERANS... SOUND OFF! 11/11/2023
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2023, 06:04:03 PM »
G 2/5 USMC grunt 1968-1970 (E4).
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Re: TMA VETERANS... SOUND OFF! 11/11/2023
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2023, 11:18:30 PM »
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Re: TMA VETERANS... SOUND OFF! 11/11/2023
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2023, 08:17:18 AM »
USAF medic.  1982-1992
 :yessir:
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Re: TMA VETERANS... SOUND OFF! 11/11/2023
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2023, 02:15:38 PM »
Well, since you asked!   :bigsmile:

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Re: TMA VETERANS... SOUND OFF! 11/11/2023
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2023, 07:55:59 PM »
US Air Force  retired MSGT (E7) 21 Years. Communications repairman and Instructor. Loved it and hated it  Would do it again.

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Re: TMA VETERANS... SOUND OFF! 11/11/2023
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2023, 08:38:45 AM »
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Re: TMA VETERANS... SOUND OFF! 11/11/2023
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2023, 02:33:16 PM »
Man I love me some helicopters.
 Flew on a few hueys back in the 80s.
  when the Mississippi ANG flew in for physicals they took us on rides 
 Always felt like we're gonna fall out of the sky.
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Re: TMA VETERANS... SOUND OFF! 11/11/2023
« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2023, 06:04:56 PM »
Mixed feelings on chopper rides. Depended a whole lot on which direction they were going ::)
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Re: TMA VETERANS... SOUND OFF! 11/11/2023
« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2023, 06:09:41 PM »
Depends if it's a hot LZ or not! :yessir:
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Re: TMA VETERANS... SOUND OFF! 11/11/2023
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2023, 08:02:31 AM »
Things weren't too hot in Columbus Mississippi in the 80s .
 Maybe the occasional drunk airman in the ER.
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Re: TMA VETERANS... SOUND OFF! 11/11/2023
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2023, 11:21:48 AM »
Only been on a helicopter one time, and that was enough for me.
Did the tourist thing in New Zealand several years back and one of the activities was to ride a helicopter up the face of a glacier, then land on the top of it and get out and enjoy the outlook.  I would have felt a lot better if the pilot would have put a little more distance between us and the glacier face.  Man, he went close!!!

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Re: TMA VETERANS... SOUND OFF! 11/11/2023
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2023, 07:49:59 PM »
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