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!
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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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I served in multiple services, however, this is my second photograph in Uniform and one the I cherish the most.
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SGT Eric Flores
I forgot to mention that my mom keeps all of my military photos and won't let me taken out of the albums :-(
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
SGT Eric Flores - Great photo - thanks for sharing and thanks for your service!
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I don't have any pics of PVT Ramella, those are classified GS13....lol, here is one circa 1992 of me and my wife at our wedding reception. SPC Ramella the fearless paratrooper!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
LTC (Join to see) Great photo - thanks for sharing and thanks for your service!
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This isn't a boot camp photo, but here ya go! This was taken at a Marine Corps Ball with my husband
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
GySgt Melissa Gravila Awesome picture - thanks for sharing and thank you for your service to this country!
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Remember those old lockers from Basic and AIT, the ones from Basic they were getting rid of when I went to AIT, went to a cheesier looking locker.
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A1C Cathy Valentine
I had a house fire in 97, this is the only one I have that survived... circa 1983
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
A1C Cathy Valentine - Great photo - thanks for sharing and thank for your service. I sent you a request to connect on RP.
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Close. Just back from Nam in '71 visiting a friend at Ft Sam Houston. Those Barracks are still there.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
MSgt George Cater Great photo - thanks for sharing and thank you for your service George. I owe you a vot up tomorrow - out of ammo for today!
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MSgt George Cater
Funny. The waist of the coat in this pic (28") is about the size of my thighs currently. Guess I wasn't done growing. That happen to anyone else??
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
PO1 James Friedman Great photo - thanks for sharing and thank you for your service James!
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SFC William Farrell I turned 21 in June,my first month in country. I wrote a poem about that day.
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I ought to be excited, I turned 21 today,
But I'm not, you see, I'm in a place very far away.
Instead of being with all my friends in a local bar,
I am with new friends, in the Vietnam war.
No one to say "Hey, happy birthday son",
Instead all I hear is, Hey man, shoot your gun?.
We are flying into a very hot, small LZ,
And Charlie is waiting for your celebration, don't you see.
Many a young man is celebrating 21 today,
Some are at home, and some are here, very far away.
But, none at home will remember exactly what they did,
Like those of us who were standing on a Huey's skid.
There was lots of yelling, but it wasn't a cheer,
It was many young men who were living and dying in fear.
It wasn't the fear of dying, that's the easy part,
The fear of losing your buddy, it just breaks your heart.
No, turning 21 just is not the same over here,
When almost everyday, you live in dreaded fear.
I would give anything, if I didn't have to see,
So many young men, who are dying in front of me.
Some of these men will never see 21,
Most are just kids, who should be having fun.
They are doing their best just to live their life,
And protect their buddy in this horrible strife.
Well this birthday is finally over, here in Vietnam,
I saw many a young boy who would never be a man.
They won't get past 18 or 19 years of age,
Not in this place of hate and heated rage.
Tomorrow will come, yes another day,
What will we face, who can say?
One thing is sure, because if you can,
You go to Vietnam a boy and come home a man.
© Keith Bodine 1999
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I ought to be excited, I turned 21 today,
But I'm not, you see, I'm in a place very far away.
Instead of being with all my friends in a local bar,
I am with new friends, in the Vietnam war.
No one to say "Hey, happy birthday son",
Instead all I hear is, Hey man, shoot your gun?.
We are flying into a very hot, small LZ,
And Charlie is waiting for your celebration, don't you see.
Many a young man is celebrating 21 today,
Some are at home, and some are here, very far away.
But, none at home will remember exactly what they did,
Like those of us who were standing on a Huey's skid.
There was lots of yelling, but it wasn't a cheer,
It was many young men who were living and dying in fear.
It wasn't the fear of dying, that's the easy part,
The fear of losing your buddy, it just breaks your heart.
No, turning 21 just is not the same over here,
When almost everyday, you live in dreaded fear.
I would give anything, if I didn't have to see,
So many young men, who are dying in front of me.
Some of these men will never see 21,
Most are just kids, who should be having fun.
They are doing their best just to live their life,
And protect their buddy in this horrible strife.
Well this birthday is finally over, here in Vietnam,
I saw many a young boy who would never be a man.
They won't get past 18 or 19 years of age,
Not in this place of hate and heated rage.
Tomorrow will come, yes another day,
What will we face, who can say?
One thing is sure, because if you can,
You go to Vietnam a boy and come home a man.
© Keith Bodine 1999
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I found my first photography in uniform, May 1998, reception at Fort Jackson SC
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
CW3 (Join to see) Awesome picture - thanks for sharing and thanks for your service Janoi!
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