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 Re: military guys do you keep in touch with your military buddies
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01/22/25 10:53 AM
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Patriot Guard Rider
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I had a guy in my unit that was in our forward supply area in Dak To. He was not in the firebase with me but a few times in about a year, but I knew him and we spoke when we saw each other. I never knew he was from Texas and found out about 8-10 years ago when he died, and the Patriot Guard Riders had a mission for his service in Bowie. He lived for many years according to his wife with the horrors of Agent Orange exposure.
Family is everything!
Life is precious. We don’t have forever. We have now. This moment. We can choose to love our lives now.
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Re: military guys do you keep in touch with your military buddies
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01/22/25 11:12 AM
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Fish-ed
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I don't, kind of lost track of them. Everything I shipped to Germany burned up in a warehouse fire before I got there, so I lost all of their contact information. There are a few I think about at times.
just trying to catch a fish
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Re: military guys do you keep in touch with your military buddies
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01/22/25 12:18 PM
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T Bird
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Stay in touch with quite a few.
Okie by birth, Texan by choice. ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2021/01/full-47849-80883-111.jpg) USAF "Thunderbirds" Alumni 1985-1989
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Re: military guys do you keep in touch with your military buddies
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01/22/25 12:59 PM
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greenen
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Yes. Small few that I keep in touch with.
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Re: military guys do you keep in touch with your military buddies
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01/22/25 01:01 PM
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gregpaul
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Yes, still have a couple i am friends with on FB and we message every now and then. After 45 years I found my best AF friend on FB as well. Remember partying and playing albums like it was yesterday
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Re: military guys do you keep in touch with your military buddies
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01/22/25 01:38 PM
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Patriot Guard Rider
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In December my 1Lt died. I was his NCOIC. He and I were the last two of about 6-8 guys that spent a lot of time together (24/7 for months at a time) in Vietnam. I am now the only one of that group still standing. RIP Guys. Well done!  
Family is everything!
Life is precious. We don’t have forever. We have now. This moment. We can choose to love our lives now.
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Re: military guys do you keep in touch with your military buddies
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01/22/25 02:09 PM
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river-rat
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Yes. Mostly thru social media. I talk to a couple on the phone a few times a year.
"I have not failed, I just found 10,000 ways it won't work". Thomas Edison
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Re: military guys do you keep in touch with your military buddies
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01/22/25 02:32 PM
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1ShotNoKills
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Re: military guys do you keep in touch with your military buddies
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01/22/25 02:33 PM
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tmd11111
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Been retired over 23 years now. Have 2 or 3 people I served with that I chat with once in a while.
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Re: military guys do you keep in touch with your military buddies
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01/22/25 02:38 PM
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Beak47
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Pilot training class met up via ZOOM a few years ago. Several have died since then and a few were gone before. Getting old sucks! We had a large class of 104 originally and about 75 made it to graduation! The peak of Vietnam time!
Hardcore Texan
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Re: military guys do you keep in touch with your military buddies
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01/22/25 03:15 PM
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cob
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Not in many years. Left Nam second time in 1969.
Last edited by cob; 01/22/25 05:08 PM. Reason: Change year
Some people go to church and think about fishing. Some go fishing and think about God.
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Re: military guys do you keep in touch with your military buddies
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01/22/25 03:59 PM
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avid_basser
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Not a military member myself, but I do keep up with my friends and family who were in the military. I've lost 2 in the "22" that I would never want anyone to be a part of. So I make sure to keep talking with all of them so they know I'm here for them.
Last edited by avid_basser; 01/22/25 04:00 PM.
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Re: military guys do you keep in touch with your military buddies
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01/22/25 07:02 PM
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DaveDavidson
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I got out in 1968. I’m the last of the bunch. A bunch died ‘over there’.
Last edited by DaveDavidson; 01/22/25 07:04 PM.
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Re: military guys do you keep in touch with your military buddies
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01/22/25 11:32 PM
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Pilothawk
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Some, yes...but many keep clearing the check out desk.
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Re: military guys do you keep in touch with your military buddies
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01/23/25 11:34 AM
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ReelSlow
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I ran into a Shipmate at a Team Roping in San Angelo about 15 years ago. He and I were good buddies and went ashore together in some sketchy places in the world. He was originally from Long Beach and moved to Abilene. We have stayed in touch since. That's the only guy I have ever seen or heard from.
GOD is good!
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