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
LCDR Jeffery Dixon great looking young man - thanks for sharing with the RP Community!
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Lackland AFB, TX 1987
That's me, the giant in the back, waiting for the next obstacle in the Confidence Course.
That's me, the giant in the back, waiting for the next obstacle in the Confidence Course.
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This isn't my very first one, due to the other is my basic training regular picture, but this one was while I was at basic and was getting pictures on Lackland. It was really flipping cold that day.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
SrA Johnathan Kropke this is great picture. Thanks for sharing it with the RP Group!
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Not US military, but senior picture from Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, circa 1967. Can't find any from early AF days, you didn't get a lot of photos developed on a 2nd Lt salary. :-)
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Great photo and share Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Thanks for your service Jack!
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This was the first photo of me in Basic training at Ft Jackson SC
and a photo of Graduation Announcement. Last on is Front Cover of my Book from Basic Training February 1984...Nancy
and a photo of Graduation Announcement. Last on is Front Cover of my Book from Basic Training February 1984...Nancy
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WOW! COL Mikel Burroughs you look OUTSTANDING in all your photos! Checked out the wall locker..two fingers between each hanger! One SQUARED AWAY SOLDIER!
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SSgt Terry P.
SPC Nancy Greene - You had two different post and one only had the cover of your training book on it.
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SPC Nancy Greene
That makes sense?! It is obvious my iPhone is ‘possessed’ and I am definitely technically impaired! LOL Delighted You saw all three photos! Hated those damn women’s hats! Was delighted when the changed to the ‘envelope’ style cover for women in 1986 in Germany!SSgt Terry P.
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SGT Kevin Hughes
Aloha SPC Nancy Green: "Squared away Soldier." I haven't heard that saying in thirty yearss. It made me laugh out loud. My wife would never believe I used to be that STRACT.
Thanks for serving. Smiles, Sgt. Hughes
Thanks for serving. Smiles, Sgt. Hughes
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SPC Nancy Greene
Thank You SGT! I am Delighted I made you laugh! You made me laugh too! Thanks for serving! I worked for the troops, Not my Command and I took pride in ensuring Enlisted Promotions were done correctly! Rank and pay are a priority! If it wasn’t right, I fixed it. The Troops Knew I had their six!SGT Kevin Hughes
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Standing in a long line, freezing. March into a room, a PFC tosses you a shirt, a private gives you a tie, already tied. One spec four tosses you a coat and says, “this ought to fit”. Last but not least a buck Sargent slams a bus driver hat on you and say smile
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
LOL - you got perfect SGT Mike Adams Thanks for sharing the photo and thanks for your service. I see you ride! Same here!
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SGT Kevin Hughes
SGT Mike Adams, I rolled reading your description. Mine experience was the same. Except the Sgt in Charge found out I could tie a tie...so I spent the next hour tying ties! Nice ride too! Sgt Hughes
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SGT Glenn E Moody
too funny but I had / have two of them hats. I have worn it going to church at FT Benning. the new company around the corner called attrition morning SIR for me because I looked like an officer with that cover on. because they stopped issuing them if you had one you could ware it or buy one from the PX like I did it looked better than the pointy piss cutter one. that they issued and had to ware in formation. I was only just A pvt no stripes just grad a week before so I could ware the hat with blue infantry disk's my cord US & cross rifles with blue disk's name tag weapons badges & 1 ribbon ARMY SERVICE RIBBON they stopped the NATIONAL DEFENCE at that time in 26JUNE1982 so long story short I looked like an officer but was only A PVT-1 so I dropped them for push up's their drill SGT came out and tried to chew me A new one. I stayed back as A drill CPL. but our cycle didn't start for about 3 weeks so I just did A detail at the drill training course and read one of the training books. it was opened to PT DISIPLIN it said no one can drop you for physical punishment unless in training for an up coming PT test. within 45 days of the PT TEST or something like that PERIOD. after you graduate from your basic or in transition of A TPD training personal Discharge. so the drill couldn't do anything to me only thing he could is punish his Recruit's. I just read that the day before so he knew what I was talking about it felt good to put the drill SGT in his place. but bad to for getting them in trouble with the drill SGT. when I was in their shoes A week before. but A few weeks later I was pinned with CPL stripes as A volunteer drill CPL to train the next group of trainees coming to go through basic part of training. they offered it to 3 from every PLT in the company. but only 3 of us stayed all from 2nd PLT C-6-1 ITB all the rest moved on to their Company's. we stayed at E-4 pay until 11AUGEST 1982 with an HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM FT BENNING ARMY INFANTRY SCHOOL active duty for training back to what ever unit's we ware going to mine was 26th (YANKEE) INFANTRY DIVISION CO. C 1-101st INFANTRY UNION st BRAINTREE MA. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
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Col, Here is a photo of me in Boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center in 1969. As a member of the Drill Team company, I was assigned the role of "Boatswain's Mate" for the Training Center Graduation Ceremonies. Here, I was asked to "Pipe" a retiring Chief Petty Officer "over the side" in a traditional ceremony called "Tending the Side" where a team of "Sideboys" salute as a dignitary arrives or departs a Naval ship. The Boatswain uses a Bosun's Pipe to signal the stages of the ceremony.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Awesome Photo and share PO3 Bill Estrem - thanks for the explanation of the photo as well. Welcome to the RP Nation Brother!
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