Tribute to SpyderLovers Veterans

[SpyderMarkus]

After putting together the fall color photo slideshow, I came up with the idea of putting together a SpyderLovers.com Veteran's Tribute Slideshow. If interested, veterans can post a maximum of 1 or 2 service related pictures (to this thread) which you are willing to share. I request posts include the following optional​ information:

1. Your SpyderLovers.com username
2. Your branch of service
3. Your dates of service
4. Your current or final rank
5. Location of where photos were taken --Note photos can include supporting family members!!

To enable everyone to contribute, non-veterans can post their 'one' favorite patriotic picture of their Spyder with a US flag in the photo along with any short message to our veterans. Veterans members can also include 'one' patriotic Spyder picture along with their 1-2 veteran pictures.

Deadline for submissions will be midnight (EST) on 10 Nov 2012. Afterwards, I'll finalize the slideshow and post early on the morning of Veteran's Day. Please submit your post as early as possible so I can complete majority of the slideshow and will only need to wrap up and post it on Veteran's day.

By limiting the number of individual photos, I'd like to keep the slideshow to 1 or 2 patriotic songs. Also, if you had any suggested songs, please feel free to make suggestions!

If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding this project, please send me a private message.

Thanks!!

[SpyderMarkus]

To get the ball rolling, I'll start:



Username: SpyderMarkus
Service: United States Air Force (retired)
Service Dates: Dec 1983 - Sep 2005
Final Rank: MSgt
Photo Locations:
1) Basic USAF Training - Lackland AFB, Texas; Dec 1983
2) Kuwait City AB, Kuwait - Jun 2003
3) Ft Belvoir, VA Parade Ground - Oct 2012

[grumpybob]

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Not very good quality but --

Grumpybob I am not in the picture

Marines

1964 - 1967 Vietnam 65 - 66

Any hill in Vietnam

Not everybody returned!!

[jerpinoy]

Happy Veteran Day Msgt Mark and thanks a million for your service. Jer a humble Navy DAV

[Hberninger]

supporting the ground troops in Viet Nam.

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US Navy 1966 - 1971
Final Rank: FTM1

[Wormie]

Wormie
ARMY
First pic Basic FT Campbell KY 1967
Second Friedburg, Germany 1969
SGT
1967 to 1970

[TuckMiddle]

Nancy and Tuck 1990.jpg

Major Nancy Middlebrook, Nurse, Georgia Army National Guard 1980 to 1996
Tuck Middlebrook. Marine and Army Guard Aviator 1957 to 2000. Retired CW4

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"Freedom Isn't Free
Our Veterans Paid For It"

[aerialdall]

This is dedicated not only to our Veterans & our Active Duty soldiers who have served & are currently serving this great country of ours but also to my two son-in-laws. One who is serving in the Air Force & just recently came back stateside & to my other son-in-law who is in the Army. He is serving his 3rd deployment & is currently in Afghanistan.

Bless them all...

Deb

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[Oldmanzues]

HPIM0703.jpgAP Badge 1959 Tiawan.jpgAir Police circa 1955.jpgHPIM0700.jpgSL = Oldmanzues. I served in the USAF from Jan 1955 to July 1983 and retired with the rank of SMSGT. The Badge is from Tiawan in 1959-1960. The Chinesse did not recognize The " Air Police" armband, most Air Police wore, so the badges were made locally.
The photo is from around 1957 at Eglin AFB, Fla. The Spyder photo, if it comes out is as I am a very active member of the Patriot Guard.
Thanks to all the people who have served and are now serving to protect this Great Nation. Freedon is NOT Free.

[xpeschon]

Great post... I love looking at the pictures, young and old for sure.. I am a retired veteran but I no longer have a spyder, , does this mean that I can not participate or am I good to send the info needed? Just asking..

X Joe

[SpyderMarkus]

Please, feel free to post... Tribute will be for all Veterans that are SpyderLovers.com members. Just being a Veteran and a Spyder Lover is suffice! No Spyder required!

Great post... I love looking at the pictures, young and old for sure.. I am a retired veteran but I no longer have a spyder, , does this mean that I can not participate or am I good to send the info needed? Just asking..

X Joe

[twain]

image.jpgSpyderlovers name Twain

US Army 1985-1989

E4 at discharge

Picture from Ft Bragg NC 1986

[Littlebadwolf]

Lost all my pictures in a house fire 5 years ago but do have a picture of my shadow box...

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U.S. Army.....26 Jan 70 - 1 Jun 97
Stationed at numerous posts in the US...Vietnam, Germany (7 years), Korea, Pentagon (7 years)
175/8 Inch SP artillery in Nam, Re-enlisted to go into computers/Information Mgt
Enlisted Rank SFC E-7
Retired as Chief Warrant Officer Four

[Lava Flow]

Lava Flow

U.S. Army
7/5/67 – 2/17/70

U. S. Air Force
09/25/72 – 09/23/07
Retired as SMSgt (E-8)

1st Photo was taken at Long Binh Vietnam in the summer of 1969 45^th Dustoff

2sd Photo my wife of 34 years and I at my Retirement at Dobbins ARB, GA Sept 23 2007

The day the wife and I picked up our Spyder

Thanks
SpyderMarkus For your time and the efford that goes into putting this together, any Iron Butterfly would or Steppenwolf would be nice.

[DR Buck]

USS Pharris DE-1094 circa 1974 - Guantanamo Bay Cuba




~ 1998 - Navy Reserve Center Pittsburgh PA


Spyder Lovers ID -- DR Buck
US Navy 1971 - 1980
US Navy Reserve 1980 - 1999
EW1, Retired as senior E6 in all of the military!
E6 1975-1999 (No billets for advancement)

[CanAmMick]

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Username CanAmMick
Service United States Air Force (Retired)
21 June 1973 - 31 August 1994
Final Rank: Master Sergeant
Photo locations
1. Detachment 4, 37 Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron Little Rock AFB, Arkansas (1980)
2. Engine failure in the filed, Floyd Arkansas 6 May 1986 Bell HH-1H helicopter 70-2460 Myself, Sexton, Hope, and Joplin

[mdale46]

Med Crise 85-86, Flt Deck Cont.jpg1989 - Clark AFB, PI.jpg
1. MDALE46
2. USMC
3. 1973 -1994
4. GySgt Retired
5. VMFA – 323 Med. Cruise, USS Coral Sea 1985. Clark AFB, Philippines 1988

[Mr. White]

George H. Lewis,
Maj. USAF (ret) 1952-1981
Airborne Radio Operator 1952-1963
Commissioned 1963-1981
Korea 1953-54
Vietnam 1969
Sony Corp. 1982-1995 (ret)

All my photos (100's) from Korean War and Vietnam were stolen from my home....I cried that day.

[optimus prime]

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optimus prime
U.S. Navy
1972 - 1976
BT2 USS INDEPENDENCE CV62

[rhansen309]

rhansen309
Rich Hansen
Me (on the left) and a friend some time around July 1991 at Battle Creek Air National Guard base, Battle Creek, MI, in front of a TF34 jet engine. This is the engine in the A-10, a great aircraft!! United States Air Force Retired MSGT.

Second picture is of my son - United States Air Force SRA James A Hansen. Picture taken during graduation weekend at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX. He was killed 15 Sept 2010 while deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq.

Thanks for doing this.

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[twain]

Sorry for your loss rhansen. Thank you and your son for your service to our country.

[SpyderMarkus]

Rich:

So sorry for your loss!! Thank you for sharing and thanks for you and your son's service to our great nation!

Mark

rhansen309
Rich Hansen
Me (on the left) and a friend some time around July 1991 at Battle Creek Air National Guard base, Battle Creek, MI, in front of a TF34 jet engine. This is the engine in the A-10, a great aircraft!! United States Air Force Retired MSGT.


Second picture is of my son - United States Air Force SRA James A Hansen. Picture taken during graduation weekend at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX. He was killed 15 Sept 2010 while deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq.

Thanks for doing this.

Rich Hansen and Pat Chavez.jpgJimmy 1.jpg

[SethO]

user name SethO
Army national guard 11m (mech infantry) 1997-2004
E-5 sgt.
1st pic over the drina river that separates bosina from serbia.
2nd pic was In FOB connor, Bosina feb 04
3rd pic is with the wounded warrior guide service that helps out vet's that can't hunt on their own, Brian Ophis who I was in the guards with and deployed with runs it in bemidji.
4th pic was me outside of dirt town sighing in my Larue predatAR in 308 thanks to david Judd for the pic.

[Erags]

72-3 Rags(2).jpgErags1990.jpg06-18-2011 Maggie Valley Owners Event.jpg
Picture 1 Main Switchboard on USS Lloyd Thomas DD764, 1971
Picture 2 After Retirement 1990 Pensacola, FL
Picture 3 Owners Event 2011

Erags
US Navy
1968 to 1990
Retired GSEC (Gas Turbine Systems Electronics Chief)

[Ga Blue Knight]

http://www.laosgpsmap.com/ho-chi-minh-trail-laos

The above link has some interesting photos of the present day Ho Chi Minh trail taken by some off road adventure tourers. It brings back some strange memories for us old vets but time moves on!

1969-1971 MAC-V, 5th SOG, E-5 US Army
1977-1999 5th SOG, 75th Rangers, US Army Readiness CMD, Lt Col. US Army Retired

1999-20111 Federal Law Enforcement Officer, US DOE, Secure Transportation, Safeguards and Security. Retired