Posted on Jun 8, 2015
Do you have your first photograph in uniform - Share your first photograph in Uniform?
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ALL New Connections - Back by Popular Demand! I'm still receiving some great photos from all you RP Members. THANKS!
Keep them coming!
All you photogenic military personnel out there in RP Land let’s have a little photo session just to lighten it up today! Share the first photograph or the earliest photograph of yourself when you entered the military and tell us the date of the photo.
I'll start with Private Burroughs in 1975 at Fort Leonard Wood, MO & end with Colonel Mikel in 2005!
Keep them coming!
All you photogenic military personnel out there in RP Land let’s have a little photo session just to lighten it up today! Share the first photograph or the earliest photograph of yourself when you entered the military and tell us the date of the photo.
I'll start with Private Burroughs in 1975 at Fort Leonard Wood, MO & end with Colonel Mikel in 2005!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
SGT Wayne Coulter Great photo - thanks for sharing and thank you for your service!
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SGT Wayne Coulter
Steel pot and OG-507s... Man... that was a Loooooooog time ago. Many uniform changes since...
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SPC Randy Torgerson
In 1983 I was doing AIT at Benning, I was the first shooter (or one of the first) on the new (then new) million dollar M-16 range. That was a big deal back then to have pop up moving targets. We had reporters and high ranking brass there for that.
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SGT Wayne Coulter
I went back to Fort Benning seven years later for the Infantry Mortar Platoon Course (IMPC). One evening at dinner I went to the bar at the End of the Hall Club to get a drink and the bartender was one of the Drill Sergeants in my company from Basic. DS Cadogan actually remembered me from that basic training cycle.
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This photo was taken while I was going through Basic at Fort Dix, NJ in October 1956.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
SSG Michael Keohane Great photo - thanks for sharing Michael and thanks for your service!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
SP5 Douglas Murphy Thanks for sharing the photo Doug and thank you for your service!
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not exactly "IN UNIFORM"..but you get the picture..back then we called it a whores' bath..remember always keep your weapon clean.
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LTC Reginald Brown
Wow, this brings back a memory: Germany, sometime between 85-87, either REFORGER or normal Graf training, it was raining heavy and for some reason I really wanted to get clean, I undressed in my tent, stepped out in the rain, soaped up and let the rain rinse me off. Felt great!
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My first salute and my family post promotion. My favorite people in the world are on these pics! And I had glasses then :)!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Lee Flemming Awesome pictures - thanks for sharing and thank you for your continued service. I owe you a "Vote Up" tomorrow for the picture!
Have you been out to Chièvres Air Base lately? Here we go back in time with the DSACEUR & PT and the Enlisted crew of GEN Alexander Haig's 357th Aviation Detachment UH-1 Flight Crew 1977!
Have you been out to Chièvres Air Base lately? Here we go back in time with the DSACEUR & PT and the Enlisted crew of GEN Alexander Haig's 357th Aviation Detachment UH-1 Flight Crew 1977!
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Me and my kid brother (who is now is Maj. Scott Geer (works at DA HQ, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8)
June 1975 enroute to BCT and AIT at Ft. Polk, LA.
I enlisted in the USAR with D troop, 5th Cav., 187th Inf. Bde (Sep) Ft. Devens, MA.
June 1975 enroute to BCT and AIT at Ft. Polk, LA.
I enlisted in the USAR with D troop, 5th Cav., 187th Inf. Bde (Sep) Ft. Devens, MA.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
SSG Edward Geer Great photo - thanks for sharing and thanks for your service!
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SFC William Farrell
I've thought about it a few times over the years. Couldn't get a job by Bell Telephone and really wanted to get on NYPD.CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025 -
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CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025
SFC William Farrell Ma Bell in 1956, offered me like, $140
a month, The Army paid E-5s $160 in that year. I went back to working in a machine shop.
a month, The Army paid E-5s $160 in that year. I went back to working in a machine shop.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
PO1 Dave Porter - Thanks for the sharing the photo - thank you for your service!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
PFC Shawn Corey - Thanks for sharing the photo Shawn! Thank you for your service to this country!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
TSgt Erica Claus-numsali - Thanks for your service and the great photo Erica!
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