<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thanks for sharing, Sam.<div><br></div><div>It’s amazing how things have changed over the years.</div><div><br></div><div>I remember a senior drill sergeant telling the platoon, as basic training was entering its final week, . . . “You can call the NG’s (members of the national guard undergoing basic training) ‘<b>N</b>o. <b>G</b>ood’ all you want. But, you’ll be calling them at home next week.”. </div><div><br></div><div><b><i><u>RA</u></i></b> (Regular Army) <b><i><u>ALL THE WAY</u></i></b> <b><i>!</i></b></div><div><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div><div>On May 30, 2018, at 8:56 AM, Sam Scripter <<a href="mailto:moscowsam@charter.net">moscowsam@charter.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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Very interesting, Tom, what the choices were for you, back then, and
which type of "service" was obviously being preferred. E.g, serve on
a ship/vessel, or be a rifleman in the front lines, or try to join
the Guard to mostly remain a "civilian"!!!!<br>
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Thirteen years before your 1969 . . . in January 1956, seventeen of
us at Ashland, Oregon High School all joined the Ashland Army
National Guard as a result of a weekend recruiting initiative there.
Back then, the military obligation [applying to males, only] was
eight years. The Army National Guard choice did not yet require
6-months of basic training plus MOS training, nor were these even
offered as options. So you just signed on to the Army Guard and you
started attending Monday Night drills, every week, plus two weeks of
summer camp.<br>
<br>
After I joined the Guard, there soon were various "war" fracas
world-wide that involved U.S. forces, like the Gulf of Tonkin.
National Guard units were rarely called up back then, although I
recall the Wisconsin Army National Guard being activated and trained
at Fort Lewis, WA, then motor convoying to California, later.<br>
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Fundamentally, back in my day, National Guard service kept one out
of combat. Even so, it wasn't particularly the motive of the 17 of
us who joined up on that January day in 1956.<br>
<br>
Later, in 1958, I volunteered to attend Radar Maintenance Mechanic
school at Fort Bliss, Texas. So I was in the 23-week course along
with other NG's, RA's, and US's, and I ended up being better trained
to a specific technical MOS than most in my Guard unit.<br>
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I enjoyed all my times in the Army National Guard.<br>
<br>
And thank You, Tom, for your service in the U.S. Army!<br>
<br>
Sam Scripter<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/28/2018 11:52 AM, Tom Hansen
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On June 12, 1969 I went to the recruiting center in Sherman Oaks,
California (San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles) to enlist into the
military. There was an 18-month waiting list for entry into the
national guard. There was a 6-month waiting list for entry into
the Navy. The Air Force didn’t cross my mind. So, there I stood
outside two recruiting offices . . . one marked “U.S. Marine
Corps” . . . the other marked “U.S. Army” . . . and flipped a
coin.
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<div>I was inducted that evening . . . in downtown Los Angeles . .
. into the U.S. Army. Two days later I arrived at the reception
station at Fort Ord, California.<br>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya
'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow
Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div>
<div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" moz-do-not-send="true"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom
Hansen</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow,
Idaho</span></div>
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