Do you have your first photograph in uniform - Share your first photograph in Uniform?

This is not my first "uniform" as I wore a sailor suit in Japanese school but this is my first try at military fatigues. Airsoft capture the flag is a lot of fun.

That was me as a cadet at Leader's Training Course on the top right-hand side at Fort Knox, Ky in June or July of 2004. About a year later after this photo was taken, I dropped out of ROTC & the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M in order to get a job to pay for my LASIK eye surgery in order to receive a waiver so that I could go to the Army Aviation Warfighting Center & School. I enlisted while waiting, then, went to WOCS, became an Warrant Officer, flew helicopters, left Army Aviation, got pinned CW2, relinquished rank to become an Army CID Special Agent as a Buck SGT (E-5), got promoted to SSG (E-6), served a tour in Afghanistan (OEF), & then was selected as the only Direct Commission in Texas with the 2015 Officer Direct Accession (ODA) Board. Almost 12 years later I have made it full circle and am now a 2LT!

Graduation from 19K OSUT OCT 2000. Ft Knox, KY (me lower left)

USAF 1985

Me with my recruiter, Chief Porter at US Naval Base, London, England. My dad was stationed in England as a member of the US Air Force at the time. I joined the US Navy's Delayed Entry Program on March 13th, 1985 and then reported for boot camp on April 25th, 1985 at Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida. Following boot camp, I ended up at Service School Command, Meridian, Mississippi for my self-paced course. Once finished, it was on to Submarine School, in New London, Connecticut. Following Sub School I was stationed with Submarine Group SIX at Charleston, South Carolina.

Back when i had no clue about the navy lol

SGT Mike Thoman (right) with his Evil Minion & Blue Cord Devil Little Brother PVT Sean K Thoman (left) June 1980...pictures add weight, probably 220 pounds of pure BS combined.

I was commissioned 6-6-1984 (the 40th anniversary of D-Day)

PVT Hayes, Basic Training, Fort Jackson, SC, 1998.

1982 FT Benning