Any Military Veterans Here?

[Lawson]

How does the draft in the US work?

http://www.sss.gov/WHHAP.HTM

[Bill Warnock]

Special Investigator:
The spelling of these two names will be atrocious but here goes. Tok kle and oo-ta-pou Thailand. Tankers in one and fighters at the other. Went there from Andersen in a C-97 with the windows covered over to drop off "bags" of stuff. Normally you got of an aircraft while refueling, we didn't. We found out "where we went" about three months later.
I found out more about those places from the History Channel this and last year than in 1965.
Enjoy the day,
Bill

[Rooney]

How does the draft in the US work?

We don't have a draft (right now). We're all volunteer.

When they did have the draft I was too young to know.

[HotelSecurity]

How does the draft in the US work?

[ACP01]

Us Navy 1973-1977

[Special Investigator]

Thailand....... That brings back memories.

Good ones I hope....

We flew operations out of Nakhon Phanom air base located in northeast Thailand, about 9-10 miles from Nakhon Phanom City. AKA, Naked Fanny, NKP or T-55 on the navigation charts. Aprox 230 miles from Hanoi.

There were no tactical fighters or strategic bombers at NKP. Only old propeller driven aircraft and some helo's. We often inserted and extracted Special Operation Commando's in/out of Laos and Cambodia. Some of the aircraft had civilian markings, some had no markings. This was because the mission of Nakhon Phanom was that of an Air Commando Unit. Flight operations from the base were to support ground personnel, with the support of indigenous personnel in Laos.

Here is a pic of the base I found off the net ...

[Rooney]

[QUOTE=Special Investigator]US Army 1973 - 1975

Door gunner aboard OH-6's & UH-1's

Spent most of my time in Thailand & Panama.
QUOTE]

Thailand....... That brings back memories.

[Special Investigator]

US Army 1973 - 1975

Door gunner aboard OH-6's & UH-1's

Spent most of my time in Thailand & Panama.



Thailand - circa 1974

[Bill Warnock]

Active AF, 2 Apr 56 - 10 Mar 66.
ANG Technician Dec 1968 - Jan 71
AF Reserve Technician Jan 71 - Jan 73
Enjoy the day,
Bill

[Rooney]

U.S. Navy f-14 weapons systems 1984-1989
USS Kitty Hawk cv-63
USS Nimitz cvn-68

[GCMC Security]

USMC Active Duty 95-01
Reserves 01-05

[Arff312]

USAF 2003- current.

[HotelSecurity]

I tired to join the Armed Forces once. They did not need people at the time. I was rejected because I had an ingrown toe nail!!!

[Special Investigator]

Military veterans, stand forth and be recognized.

Branch and year(s) of service please.