Which Branch were you in?

[LilFozzyJ5]

Exactly what it says on the tin... which branch of the military did you join?

Doesnt have to be any more that... army... navy

I joined the royal air force, at the tender age of 18. Did 13 yrs, started with gulf and ended with gulf 2. I was airframe tech... take away engines, wiring and bombs... the rest was mine.

[nenog613]

navy. did five years blue side in an aviation squadron and two years green side at a training battalion at a Marine base

[LilFozzyJ5]

Wow, so was some of that embarked on a flattop?

 

[nenog613]

yes, unfortunately. i thought being stuck on a carrier for eight months was the worst period of my life...then i got stationed at a marine base

[LilFozzyJ5]

Wow that must have been tough. Did you know you were an abdl at that point? 

 

[nenog613]

yeah, i've been into diapers since early puberty. being an abdl wasn't the problem (though it did suck i could rarely wear diapers), it was the constant bullshit and gross incompetence. on the ship i was a supply runner, so i'd have to go from my shop at the very front of the ship all the way to the back of the ship and down to the lowest deck to the storeroom only to find no one there, then race back to my shop and call up the people in charge of it to say there's no one there; they'd repeatedly assure me someone is there, so i'd go back and nope, no one there, so back to my shop. call them up again, and they say "Oh, okay, well we'll send someone down there". back to the storeroom a third time, wait 10 minutes in a large room with no air conditioning (and luckily its only 110 degrees outside and we have to wear turtle necks) until someone shows up, get the part, go all up to the top deck and through a maze to get the squadron who ordered the part, only to have some chief call me lazy because "It shouldn't take this long!" then finally back down to my shop only to be handed a stack of 15 more orders to get. of course, that was just on days with a light work load, not days with resupplies, COD deliveries, etc.

then i went to the marine base and had the biggest dipshit in the history of not just the US Navy, not just the US military, but any military in history as my immediate supervisor (in a shop of two people), and for the next two years i was his personal whipping boy. he blamed me for everything, and when i say everything i mean everything. no shit he once forgot something on an order form, forgot to CC me on the email when he sent it out, and didn't find out about the error until the day of, and wrote me up for it because "we're supposed to double check each other's work and i should have spotted the mistake". when i asked the obvious follow up question of how the f*** am i supposed to double check something i didn't know about because it was never sent to me, his response: "I shouldn't have to tell you how to do your job". then there was the usual bullshit of when he had to come in early, i had to come in early, and when he had to stay late, i had to stay late (four hours one time for the all important task of cleaning my desk and re-ordering the filing cabinet because he had duty and couldn't go home), because in case something happened "we need both of us here". but whenever i had to come in early or stay late, surprise surprise, "Well there's no real reason for both of us to be here". it was so bad it got to the point that every Saturday afternoon a wave of depression and anxiety would crash over me because the day was almost over, which means it was almost Sunday, and then back to work. you know your job sucks when you're living less than a quarter mile from the beach in southern California, get not only every weekend off but a 3-day or 4-day weekend once a month, can drive to San Diego, LA or even Las Vegas, and would rather be on a ship working 12+ hours a day, seven days a week for a ten months (with albeit a brief 3-day port call every month and a half), and sharing a room with 100+ guys while sleeping in a slot in the wall so narrow if you want to roll over you actually have to get out of bed to do it. 

so yeah, not wearing diapers was the least of my problems

[LilFozzyJ5]

Wow, that truely sucks, especially the shore posting. I had my fair share of dickheads in the RAF, its almost like you only get promoted if your an arsehole. 

I had a shit posting at first, so to get out of there i volunteered for mountain rescue duties.

[XTruckerguy]

hello all, I was in the US Navy, for 21 years, was an aviation storekeeper and was on 2 aircraft carriers during that time.

[babybill2]

I did 10 years in te Canoe Club as  a Hull Tech before getting medical separation. Now i am rated at 100% not able to work. I saw so many countries while i was in and loved every minute of it! I was on a Sub Tender for first half and 32nd street for last couple as a certified welder.

 

[amvetdl]

Army.Us.

[BwetterDL]

USAF

Vietnam 1966-1967-1968

[PoohBearBB]

USAF. 15 years.....so far.

[Asche007]

USAF 6 years in AFSOC on the AC-130U gunships

[babystitch626]

us army 6 years in counting

[Dprlvr69]

I was Navy for 13 years.  Was refused reenlistment do to injury. 

[Kaisommaboy]

was in the Canadian military for 12 1/2 yrs due to injuries was medically released 

[doorset]

served us army

[Chris-dl]

Served Australian Defence

[LilFozzyJ5]

Hi Chris welcome to the group, and thanks for your service mate.

[Kaisommaboy]

On 7/1/2019 at 8:25 PM, LilFozzyJ5 said:

Exactly what it says on the tin... which branch of the military did you join?

Doesnt have to be any more that... army... navy

I joined the royal air force, at the tender age of 18. Did 13 yrs, started with gulf and ended with gulf 2. I was airframe tech... take away engines, wiring and bombs... the rest was mine.

was with SIU tri service so was all over 

 

[Dookey]

USAF almost 12 years. Did get a chance to wear sometimes, but not very often. Enjoyed my time in.  

[Notme]

US Army reserves - prior service, not a vet. Hope I can still stay

[LilFozzyJ5]

Of course you can Notme. Your very welcome here xx

[WeaselDiaperBoy]

I did 25 years as a reservist in the Air Force (National Guard and then USAFR). Now retired. I loved it.

[Drownedinp]

Army for 6 years!