Posted on Jul 21, 2017
I need some help from our RP Veterans. If you were going to search for your battle buddies how would you go about it? What links or websites?
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Sharon Danitschek That is a great question. First, you can look them up by name and rank here on RallyPoint, you can also look them up by units and maybe connect with others that might know where they are located. Connections and networking on multiple social media sites and groups could really brign some great results. Let's see what the TOP Influencers on RP have to say or recommend:
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSLSMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" ThomasLTC Stephen F.SGT David A. 'Cowboy' GrothSFC George SmithCPT Jack DurishSSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"PO1 William "Chip" NagelTSgt Joe C.SP5 Mark KuzinskiMaj Marty Hogan MSG (Join to see) SSgt (Join to see) LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) SN Greg Wright Capt Seid Waddell Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS SSG Warren Swan
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSLSMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" ThomasLTC Stephen F.SGT David A. 'Cowboy' GrothSFC George SmithCPT Jack DurishSSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"PO1 William "Chip" NagelTSgt Joe C.SP5 Mark KuzinskiMaj Marty Hogan MSG (Join to see) SSgt (Join to see) LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) SN Greg Wright Capt Seid Waddell Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS SSG Warren Swan
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Sharon Danitschek
Thank you COL Burroughs!
Veterans in my circle have connected with their specific branch of the military. I wondered outdated that connection may be
Veterans in my circle have connected with their specific branch of the military. I wondered outdated that connection may be
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Sharon Danitschek Another Resource that comes to Mind is http://navylog.navymemorial.org/
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Sharon Danitschek If the Service Member was part of the Navy Cryptologic Community http://www.navycthistory.com/ or https://usncva.org/
The Navy CT / SECGRU History in photos, facts, and people from Joseph A. Glockner CTTCS USN (Ret)...
Glockner, Joseph A., CTTCS USN (Retired), Navy Homepage
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SSG Warren Swan
It'll sound silly, but FB is a strong option. Awesome Shit My Drill Sergeant Said, Army WTF Moments, The Salty Sailor, Doctrine Man, A Combat Veteran, and the like have massive followings who could push the pictout for you to an audience most wouldn't be able to touch in sheer speed and size. Even though it's FB, sometimes they have the ability to see past the BS and make things happen.
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Sharon Danitschek, another website that may be a good source is Together We Served-Navy.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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LTC Stephen C.
Sharon Danitschek, the website NavSource may not help with crew members, but does provide extensive information on USS LST 218, and also includes a few photos.
http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160218.htm
http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160218.htm
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Sharon Danitschek
Thank you This photo was a means of illustration. I will share the back story later today.
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LTC Stephen C.
Sharon Danitschek, if the former service member is not Navy, TWS is still a good website to check, as it has specific sites for all the branches.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
LTC Stephen C. - That is very true , in fact I'm on TWS Air Force and also TWS, Police and I have located people there i have served with and of course also made some new friends. Also some of the Facebook pages for different groups I have also had some contact with and once again found people I knew there. and had served with.
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There are a ton of groups on Facebook that are based on branch or assignment. Look up by duty station, I.E. 1/65 Air Defense Artillery (ADA), etc.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
Very true, in addition to My regular FB page I'm a member of other groups for Military units I had been assigned to or to other Military organizations I was a member of. Also each branch of the service has a Site, Together We served, I'm on Air Force Together We served.
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Facebook would be a help, and places like this, google might be as well.
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Suggest RP first as well as FACEBOOK followed by the following :
http://www.military.com/buddy-finder/
https://www.vetfriends.com/
http://www.military.com/buddy-finder/
https://www.vetfriends.com/
Enter as much information as you can. *Last Name or Email is required. Try our Advanced Search for additional options.
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Sharon Danitschek the best site I have found for searching out battle buddies or those we served with is Together We Served which is much better for searching people that RallyPoint is from my experience. RallyPoint has more members and it is geared for communication and enhancing communication.
Together We Served is focused on our service as individuals and corporately.
Yesterday I looked up an old friend named Keith who left RallyPoint and found him on Together We Served.
FYI LTC Stephen C. COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Together We Served is focused on our service as individuals and corporately.
Yesterday I looked up an old friend named Keith who left RallyPoint and found him on Together We Served.
FYI LTC Stephen C. COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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I have found everyone I wanted to find through Google. It is slow at first but the info is out there. I even found my Fathers WWII information. Good luck!
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