I just wanted to say to all the men and women either in uniform or who formerly served in uniform, THANK YOU!

I dont take your service lightly!

 

Yo Big C

If i am not mistaken and unless they changed it, if you are put out of the Army at a 30 percent or more, they medically retire you. This means that you should retain your ID card as well. Like i said, if they havent changed things.

 

I am a former devil dog, and former army...no one will ever call me an ex marine...i know exactly what it means to be an ex marine....try telling this to a bunch of army guys keep saying your an ex marine...no its former marine....30 percent as of nov 2007 was medically retired..i got out 10 percent army....and a 40 percent VA rating... 1st tank batallion 29 palms cali...OIF 1......1-68 CAB 4th infantry divisions fort carson colorado/baquboa iraq....oif IV...semper fi to all the devil dogs...

 

OOHRAH for 1st Tank Bn there highboy! Spent 93-96 running the TOW armory for those bunch of warriors. Last ten years of my career were spent right here in this desert paradise and I decided too call it home after I retired Oct 2003. Still working Electro-Optics up at EEAP/ESD if you rememeber that place. Always a pleasure explaining to the new civilian employees about the whole EX thing. Doesn't take them long to catch on considering that about 80% of the work force there are FORMER or Retired Marines, and other service also.

Anyway, welome aboard highboy, good to have so many Veterans enjoying life after the service off road.
Semper Fi
Ace

 

I was at fort knox 87, 88 Delta 210 (Slave brigade). and that would be Right out of basic tranning. I went to Swinefurt Germany in the 89 to 90 " Love Frankfurt to Death" There REDlight district rocks:-). I got Disabled December the 12th,1990. But Good looking out my fellow comrades. Please forgive my incompetent ignorence. I still love the Military, wish I still was apart of the worlds best. After I got disabled the Walter Reed Doctors told me that Because I would never be able to run again I could not adapt to Military standereds, So when the gave me My paper retirement papers they told me That I am Bar to reinlist, But I do have a Honorable Discharge under medical. They only gave me 35%, perminent and confind me to a cane. I threw down the cane, and brought me a quad, and know I fell tht my new adventure has just begun. Hope to hook up with you hero's someday Love the story's of a true soldier.