I served 16 years and was retired via disability. back in 95 got 100 percent VA in 2000.Talk to DAV you are getting ripped off.
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I served 16 years and was retired via disability. back in 95 got 100 percent VA in 2000.Talk to DAV you are getting ripped off.
I would be like you, injured and MEB under 20. That means I got some phone calls to make today and things to stop moving forward. Thanks for the heads up SFC
I served 16 years and was retired via disability. back in 95 got 100 percent VA in 2000.
No I forfeit Retirement pay. I wasn't in when the two could be combined that is new and only applies to combat injuries.And those don't offset? So you get DoD + VA pay?
No I forfeit Retirement pay. I wasn't in when the two could be combined that is new and only applies to combat injuries.
Best solution is for VA patients here to make an appointment with the Patient Advocate. He will explain everything and will be a big help. And he is on your side.Talk to DAV you are getting ripped off.
Best solution is for VA patients here to make an appointment with the Patient Advocate. He will explain everything and will be a big help. And he is on your side.
After that see your county Veterans Service Office. They work for free and don't get a percentage of your back pay like "lawyers"Best solution is for VA patients here to make an appointment with the Patient Advocate. He will explain everything and will be a big help. And he is on your side.
Hello, An old Seabee USN ret. and presently hold a commission with the state of TexasI will again be posting ours Veteran thread on Nov. 11.
We have many new members since last year soif you are a Veteran, Active duty, Guard/Reserve and would like to be included on the USMB Veteran list
Please PM me your rank, dates of service, branch and MOS (job).
If anyone has any original writing they may want to contribute to the thread let me know so we can work out the details.
PSIf you gave me information last year I still have it.
Could a Mod give us a sticky, please?
Thanks
Mr. P
Hello, An old Seabee USN ret. and presently hold a commission with the state of Texas
Please use this format
Branch:
Date/s:
Rank:
Unit:
Other info:
Thanks, P
US Navy
January 20, 1981 - January 31, 2001
STG1
In order:
- RTC Orlando
- FLEASWTRACENPAC (student)
- USS Pigeon (ASR-21)
- USS Chandler (DDG-996)
- USS Ortolan (ASR-22)
- Naval Base Charleston
- USS Pluck (MSO-464)
- USS Constant (MSO-427)
- USS Guardian (MCM-5)
- USS Adroit (MSO-509)
- Fleet Training Center Pacific (staff)
- Afloat Training Group Pacific (staff)
- FLEASWTRACENPAC (student)
- USS Princeton (CG-59)
- FLEASWTRACENPAC (staff)
Interesting tidbit: USS Pigeon and USS Ortolan were the Navy's twin-hulled submarine rescue ships (which are all named after birds, by the way). I was the only non-diver to serve aboard both of them in the entire time they were both commissioned. This was due to the nature of the sonar system on board, which was specific to the mission of submarine rescue and salvage.
While stationed on Ortolan we accompanied the Atlantis II, out of Woods Hole, Massachusetts to the site of the wreck of the Titanic. We were also called upon to help with salvage efforts after the Challenger disaster...
As a mine warfare expert, I was on "sweeps" in the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm. That really, really sucked. I also taught mine warfare to Sonar Supervisor students and ASW Officers...
US Navy
January 20, 1981 - January 31, 2001
STG1
In order:
- RTC Orlando
- FLEASWTRACENPAC (student)
- USS Pigeon (ASR-21)
- USS Chandler (DDG-996)
- USS Ortolan (ASR-22)
- Naval Base Charleston
- USS Pluck (MSO-464)
- USS Constant (MSO-427)
- USS Guardian (MCM-5)
- USS Adroit (MSO-509)
- Fleet Training Center Pacific (staff)
- Afloat Training Group Pacific (staff)
- FLEASWTRACENPAC (student)
- USS Princeton (CG-59)
- FLEASWTRACENPAC (staff)
Interesting tidbit: USS Pigeon and USS Ortolan were the Navy's twin-hulled submarine rescue ships (which are all named after birds, by the way). I was the only non-diver to serve aboard both of them in the entire time they were both commissioned. This was due to the nature of the sonar system on board, which was specific to the mission of submarine rescue and salvage.
While stationed on Ortolan we accompanied the Atlantis II, out of Woods Hole, Massachusetts to the site of the wreck of the Titanic. We were also called upon to help with salvage efforts after the Challenger disaster...
As a mine warfare expert, I was on "sweeps" in the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm. That really, really sucked. I also taught mine warfare to Sonar Supervisor students and ASW Officers...
Carry a gun. Get a CCW permit. Shotgun for the house.This is totally sweet and loving, but really putting all your personal informaton not the safest brightest thing to be doing. The dangers are endless but those born before the 60’s yall just don’t get it man. You have no idea how dangerous it is putting ur info out there just like that idiotic place called nextdoor……..Jesus anyone who uses that too .
3rd Division Schofield DEG-3/FFG-3. Best sub hunters in all of WestPac. Had this patch made in Olongapo. Wore on our work jackets. Best time was forcing the USSR Echo 2 sub to surface after 24+ hours of relentless pinging with an AN-SQS-26AXR sonar system. Last seen departing the area on the surface at high speed. It was 1975 and the Cold War was still on and the Rooskies tried to keep at least one launch platform within shooting distance of our carriers at all times. We were escorting the Midway in the Philippine Sea when we detected the boat.
An SQS-26AX??
Man, that's old school.
We had the SQS-53B on the Chandler, and the Princeton had the SQS-89 suite...
Boomer power!!! Raw brutal power to compensate for the lack of refinement assuredly present with the equipment used nowadays. We were underway escorting the Hancock with the admiral aboard that carrier when we requested the bridge to perform the basic system test to ensure that active pinging was functional. The junior officer gave the go-ahead, the fool, and we aimed our sonar beam directly at the carrier around 6-nautical miles away and using every ounce of power we could muster let her rip!!!
PING!!!!! PING!!!!! PING!!!!! We got off around 12 pings when the bridge shouted down "TURN THAT DAMN THING OFF!!!!!! We learned later that the admiral was wakened by our obnoxious noise and sent the word over to shut it down. He wasn't happy but, technically, no rules were broken so we had our fun but as long as I was on that old tub we never tried that again.
Oh, I should mention that it was 0100-hours, 1AM to the landlubbers. We also received grumbles from many aboard not really thanking us for waking them up but when they heard what and why we did what we did the reception became much more friendly.