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BlasterBob
03-18-2014, 10:48
Yeah, the time is passing by way too quickly for this old fart. Exactly fifty six (56) years ago TODAY, I received my honorable discharge from the U.S. Army after two cool years in the frigid North - Fairbanks.. So, NO, I am not just another damn poser. You guys will also see that the older we get, the faster time seems to pass. So, enjoy your youth just as long as the ole body will allow it.[blaster]
StagLefty
03-18-2014, 11:03
As one old fart to another old fart-carry on !!!
rbeau30
03-18-2014, 11:03
My daughter was born at Ft Wainwright.

Thank you for your service!
sniper7
03-18-2014, 11:08
That like twice my age!
BlasterBob
03-18-2014, 11:39
My daughter was born at Ft Wainwright.

Thank you for your service!

Fort Wainwright was known as Ladd AFB when I was stationed there (1956 - 58) . Fairbanks used to be a really ROUGH town on weekends with all the bar fights/stabbings etc, but not many joints were declared off-limits. During the Winters, the AP/MP's would not allow us to leave the base unless we wore parkas, Mickey Mouse boots and our arctic mittens. Didn't get dressed appropriately, you didn't get out. Also, during duty hours, no fatigues were to be worn in town. [blaster]
BlasterBob
03-18-2014, 11:42
That like twice my age!

Young whipper snapper. [LOL]
BlasterBob
03-18-2014, 11:46
As one old fart to another old fart-carry on !!!

I thank you Sir. I hope to "carry on" for at least a few more GOOD years. [Beer]
Hound
03-18-2014, 11:49
To those that served........
Delfuego
03-18-2014, 12:29
You should have stayed in! You'd be like a 6 or 7 Star General by now... [saluting smiley (not found!)]
ZERO THEORY
03-18-2014, 13:13
You should have stayed in! You'd be like a 6 or 7 Star General by now... [saluting smiley (not found!)]

*Would've been...until Barry canned him for upholding his oath.
<MADDOG>
03-18-2014, 13:18
I agree that times flies as you get older; but I don't think 56 is "old" either. [Beer]
BlasterBob
03-18-2014, 13:25
You should have stayed in! You'd be like a 6 or 7 Star General by now... [saluting smiley (not found!)]

HA HA HA......Three years service and got out as a PFC. I had a VERY good duty job but rank was frozen on my particular position but it worked just fine for me. Oh, my hours were just fair though, 7AM to 10:30PM, seven days a week with a couple nights off per month. Still had no complaints. [blaster]
BlasterBob
03-18-2014, 13:34
I agree that times flies as you get older; but I don't think 56 is "old" either. [Beer]

Only 21 more years and you'll hit my current age. Old age is NOT for weak folks, many of you guys will find that out for yourselves.
Irving
03-18-2014, 13:36
I agree that times flies as you get older; but I don't think 56 is "old" either. [Beer]

He got out of service 56 years ago.
hghclsswhitetrsh
03-18-2014, 14:24
That's awesome. Congrats on another year of memories. And of course thank you for your service.
Mtn.man
03-18-2014, 16:45
Seems like yesterday,,,
mcjhr
03-18-2014, 17:15
Seems like yesterday,,,

But it was long ago?
BlasterBob
03-18-2014, 17:33
But it was long ago?

Yeah, it WAS long ago and I can not believe how much our Military has changed over those "few" years. [blaster]
scratchy
03-18-2014, 17:39
My dad was USAF at Ladd at about the same time you were there.
<MADDOG>
03-18-2014, 17:44
He got out of service 56 years ago.

My reading comprehension is diminishing with age...[LOL]
Mtn.man
03-18-2014, 17:56
Been there
Done it all
Lived it all
Just can't remember it all.
BlasterBob
03-18-2014, 19:10
My dad was USAF at Ladd at about the same time you were there.

Scratchy, was your dad an NCO or an O? I always seemed to envy the USAF guys because they could really dress in a really slouchy conditions compared to the Army guys (or so it always seemed).
wctriumph
03-18-2014, 19:20
The older I get the faster I was!
Ronin13
03-18-2014, 19:35
Wow... that's quite a feat! Congrats! Here's to many more years following! I'm not even to my 4 year discharge date yet, not to make you feel old or anything... [Coffee]
OtterbatHellcat
03-18-2014, 19:47
Thank you for your service, Bob.

Keep on Truckin'.. :)
BlasterBob
03-18-2014, 20:52
I really do appreciate all the "Thank you's" for my time in service. Actually, I enlisted in 1955 for a three year hitch with the written promise of being able to attend the military school of MY choice. With my love/fascination for firearms, of course I chose the Small Arms Repair School at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Still REALLY like guns of all types with the M1 Garand remaining my favorite of all of them......
Thanks again for all the attention given this old fart. [blaster]
SideShow Bob
03-18-2014, 21:30
You will live on in our memories.... Oh wait......[LOL]

At least you are not a computarded Old Fart.....
scratchy
03-19-2014, 17:11
Scratchy, was your dad an NCO or an O? I always seemed to envy the USAF guys because they could really dress in a really slouchy conditions compared to the Army guys (or so it always seemed).

At the time, he would have been E3 or E4. I'm sure he'd dress in exactly the manner you're speaking of.
BlasterBob
03-19-2014, 17:30
scratchy, thanks for getting back with info. about what rank your dad held while at Ladd AFB.