Who was in the military??

[Francis Drake]

Oh, some Germans...

look at www.luftschlacht.de !!!

[Grouchy]

Koninklijke Landmacht, 898 verbindingsbataljon.
Radio intelligence Enterprise, had a very interesting time during the Yugoslav operations and memorable moments when the russians started the Chechnia operations.

[cpt_Venomous]

ORIGINAL: Grouchy

Koninklijke Landmacht, 898 verbindingsbataljon.
Radio intelligence Enterprise, had a very interesting time during the Yugoslav operations and memorable moments when the russians started the Chechnia operations.

That Prishtina affair nearly started ww3, not to say Nato's involment in Yugoslavia spoiled relations between Rus and Nato for good

[Subchaser]

ORIGINAL: Grouchy

memorable moments when the russians started the Chechnia operations.

Any details? please!

[kellyc]

USN 1986-1990, USS Kauffman (FFG-59).

Sincerely
Kelly

[Grouchy]

ORIGINAL: Subchaser

ORIGINAL: Grouchy

memorable moments when the russians started the Chechnia operations.

Any details? please!

Remember the build up, all the traffic suddenly. Mozdok getting very active. Momon troops getting ready. We had a map showing all the troops on it moving.

48-72 hours later russians collumns in the town of Grozny, some of them basically fighting for their life. First heli that crashed. Momon troops not armed/trained for this taking casualties. Sometimes no crypto or code used in those situations. Collumns still in route stopped, waiting for fuel. Logistics in those earlier days where really pooh-pooh imo.
Already quit some reports of soldiers with 1-shot through their foot wounds....

[cpt_Venomous]

sounds like first Chechen war (fought incompetently in the beginning because of sellouts like Eltzin) , last year it took brits an entire month to dislodge some couple of hundred chechens from Basra in Iraq

[Aelbric]

US Army 87-91 MOS 71Q. US Coast Guard Auxiliary *-Present

[stinger5050]

US Army 1987-1991 most of it with 4/5 ADA 1st Cav Div Ft Hood TX

[grossmetzger]

Two years in a light tank reccon company in augustdorf (germany) 87-89.

[barbarrossa]

Fire controlman 86-92, USS Wisconsin BB-64 main battery, USS MacDonough DDG-39 AN/SPG 55B mod 9 radar.

Patriot Fire Control 98-2000, 1/7 ADA 108th BDG.

[sprior]

Royal Navy 77 - 93. Weapon Launch Supervisor on SSBNs

[PeteG662]

LTC....US Army.......non drilling reservist now though

[MadmanRick]

USAF, SSgt (E-5), 1978-1986, Forward Air Controller

[Arkady]

Radio Operator
25th AA Rocket Brigade, Czech Army
1999-2000

[Raverdave]

ORIGINAL: goodwood

ORIGINAL: Raverdave

Infantry, Assault Pioneer and sigs........oh year and I did a 6 month stint with Arty.

Hey raver if I add melb + assault pioneer does that = 5/6 or an ARA Bn?

[:)] 5/6 RVR it is! I actually started in Monash University Regiment them moved to 5/6. Served out the last six months of my second enlistment with 2/15th Field Regiment.

[Blackhorse]

ORIGINAL: felixgrey

US Army 1997-Present
Tank PL, Scout PL, Intel Officer

Currently with the Big Red One in Tikrit, Iraq

Beers to you!

As for me . . . US Army, Armored Cavalry, 1981-86. Platoon Leader and Troop XO, mostly in Germany in the Fulda Gap area - Bad Kissingen, to be precise. Glad to see several Bundeswehr veterans on the board . . . I enjoyed my time in Germany, the deutsche were very good to me, and much more tolerant of tanks rolling around their neighborhoods than American civilians would have been in similar circumstances.

[goodwood]

2/15 thats close to where I live Dandy or frankston battery?

[Pianoman]

U.S. citizen 1967-present (Navy nut though)
Thanks for defending me and the family guys. Good job!

Regards

[PeteG662]

Blackhorse......you were across the street from me......2/41 FA Bad Kissingen 85-88

You ever go to that little Greek restaurant downtown? EXCELLENT food! What about the resort up on the hill?