SSG Chris Furney

SSG Chris Furney

Dates of Service: Jun 1976 - Jun 1979
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Was born to Army Depot. Won OR with a rifle in 70, started JROTC in 72. Saddam pissed me off and I took it personal- Unit Marksmanship NCO, OR State NG Hipower Team, Co C, 1/186 Inf 90-91. Qualified for SF school at 29 and smoked, physically (OCS and good shot). Tore out my shoulder doing pushups in OCS in 91- still hurts. Light Weapons Specialist? Not if I can find a heavy one, Sir. Light Residential Contractor, some 8 fulltime years of college in my field (Architecture, Engineering, Computers, etc). Speak English, German, and some Spanish. Expert with most light, improvised, and some heavy weapons of most countries. Crosstrained in CBR. ca 91.

Deployments

(2 years, 10 months)
Sep 1976 - Jun 1979
Germany
Germany
HHB 1/1 ADA Bn EMMO- Engagement Simulator Operator. Don't get me wrong- I was a teenage screwup haha. Not much better now. Volunteered, shut my life down, wrote a new will and packed a duffle bag for Desert Storm but never deployed. Saddam heard we Oregon boys wuz comin' and look what happened.

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10 air rifles these days. I never shot offhand wurf spit anyway. https://www.facebook.com/ChrisFurneyOlympics?ref_type=bookmarkCraft beer logo Craft BeerGardening logo Gardening
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