jdgill
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Post by jdgill on Feb 3, 2013 12:45:16 GMT -8
20 years riding submarines 1.5 years corrections officer in a state prision and 11 years corrections officer county jail small arms instructor navy and rso for county thanks for everybody service
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weemsf
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Post by weemsf on Dec 15, 2013 6:13:36 GMT -8
I serve as an armed volunteer Chaplain/Reserve deputy with the Tipton County Sheriff's Office, and have done so for over 10 years. Found out early having Chaplain on my shirt meant nothing to perps. Many thought it was my name.
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hafferf
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Post by hafferf on Feb 9, 2014 15:25:24 GMT -8
Went to join The Coast Guard in Astoria May "64" and ended up in The Corps when The CG recruiter was out to lunch... But the USMC recruiter (recruitment "Gunny" was a real sweet talker) gave me some assistance. Spent 3 yrs. 2 mos. and 22 days (but who was counting) In "Th' Green Team" (we affectionately called it Th' Crotch) and loved every minute of it (well... most minutes). Was medically discharged when I came back from the RVN, and in "73" I joined the ORARNG for a "Try One Program"( 218th Field Artillery). We drank whisky and sniffed helium on drill weekends while sending up meteorology balloons (I was a Met Plotter). Annual Training was a blast up at The Yakima Firing Station. Couldn't stand the fun and got out when my year was up. In Dec."83" I became friends with a new First Sergeant in the 1/249th TOW in St Helens and let him talk me into joining again. I stayed with the ORARNG till Jan 2003 when I retired out. I experienced the transition of the NG from an "F Troop" Keystone Cop Social Club to a kind of "Can Do" organization to be proud of. It took a tremendous effort from we that were "Prior Service" and dedicated "Nor-Prior Service" Guard Members to achieve this. I've had a varied sometimes comical career in the Military... Not to mention 35 years as a Locomotive Engineer. And now that I'm a retired Old Fart I can find the time to enjoy shooting and working with and on firearms. In fact... BHW is building one for me now. a 5.45 on a AR platform 'cause ammo is much cheaper. I doff my cap to anyone who has answered the "Call to Arms" be it Military or Law Enforcement. And to those Family Members who supported them through thick and thin.
Be Safe and as always... Good Shootin"
Fred
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Post by rickster33 on Jun 6, 2016 11:03:10 GMT -8
Officer from the Miami, FL area. Five years on. Thank you guys for all of your service.
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Post by GLSHOOTER on Jun 6, 2016 11:59:05 GMT -8
Officer from the Miami, FL area. Five years on. Thank you guys for all of your service. You've got a tough one there. I use to pick up inmates from there on ConAir. Bad men came out of Miami. Greg
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Post by rickster33 on Jun 6, 2016 23:04:07 GMT -8
Yeah there's definitely a big potential for things to bad every night. Our lax criminal justice system doesn't seem to help much down here. Recently I encountered an individual who served a few years for armed carjacking (lots of priors before that but I guess
Recently I encountered an individual who served a few years for armed carjacking (lots of priors before that but I guess thats the one that broke the camel's back), was out of prison three months, and on the night i dealt with him, he was getting ready to commit an armed robbery at a walgreens with a stolen AR. Not to mention all the cocaine, weed, pills, and cash he had on him. Icing on the cake was that he had been arrested less than 24 hours prior for possession.
Thankfully we were able to surprise him while he was sitting in his car in the walgreens parking lot and no shots were fired.
Hopefully, he will get put away for a while now.
Of course none of it got any attention from the news down here because everyone knows the cops are the bad guys! Ha!
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Post by GLSHOOTER on Jun 7, 2016 6:32:44 GMT -8
Yes for the public it is just another day in the neighbor hood. My prison time was always entertaining to people when I told them about events. They never got to experience the running in to a holding cell room with all hell breaking loose bare handed and dealing with guys twice my size. At 160 lbs I was like the chihuahua taking on a Rot sometimes. I won but like old Clint said you had to fight Mad Dog Mean but you couldn't hurt any of them just pure restraint. I ALWAYS knew who the bad guys were and in your setting I am always amazed that you can come home after many shifts. I know it's like walking on thin ice that has been pre-cracked.
Greg
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Post by apddsn0864 on Sept 25, 2016 11:17:03 GMT -8
26 years in LE, the last 16 were with the Anchorage Police Department. Street cop, FTO, Detective (Narcotics), Armorer, Firearms Instructor for Rifle, Pistol, Revolver, Subgun, and Shotgun. retired ten years now, but still do firearms training and training in electronic evidence gathering.
Glad to be here among brothers (and sisters if any here).
Thank each and every one of you for your service.
Ed
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2017 1:37:06 GMT -8
Thank you to BHW for this section. I joined the AF back when Reagan was still president, Jan 87, retired in Apr 2011. I worked on the F-15 and A-10 as weapons loader and maintenance tech. Did some time in what was McChord AFB, in Tacoma, Wa. from 87-90, Holloman AFB in Alamogordo, N.M. 90-92 where we deployed to the first Gulf War, Keflavik NAS, Iceland 92-93, McChord AFB again 93-95, and Tyndall AFB in Panama City Beach, Fl. 95-11 (could not get out of that place, not that I really minded). Got hired on as a locomotive electrician with Hell on Wheels in Nebraska in 2011. Got a little place I can shoot whenever I want, and prob shoot less than I did when I had to drive 40 miles in Florida...lol
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