in honor of Veteran's Day, ? for members

LynneJ

I know there are a ton of physician's, allied health people, lawyers etc that are EN members but how many are AD, Reserve or Guard military? Seems like the EN koolaid should fit the lifestyle and the military is at the core of triathlon.

I'm AD Army btw in addition to falling into that physician category. I've currently got two good friends in Iraq and another friend will be deploying soon and we're all either pediatricians or neonatologists.

Lynne

Paul Hough

Sorry Lynne, but I'm very retired now although I served in Iraq in 2003 (Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad) and Qatar in 2004 (CENTCOM Forward Hq at Camp As Sayliyah). I was able to run both times but didn't make the swtich to tri's until 2006. Thanks for your service!

chuckg

Thanks to you both for your service and sacrifices!! I too was AD and joined right after the completion of the first Gulf War. Although, I my AOR was Iraq and helping police it's No Fly Zones, I spent most of my time on BGBs (Big Grey Boats). Running aboard ship has it +'s and -'s, but thats what they make the safety nets for, right? Thanks again to all the vets in haus!

Nemo Brauch

Thanks to all of you!

gilliatt

I was in the Air National Guard x9 years. From 1997-2006. I was never deployed anywhere for any type of combat operation though. I was activated a few times after 9/11 though I would qualify most of my service as pretty boring. F16's don't crash enough to make a firefighter's job in the AF very interesting.

Coach Rich

USMC '95-'00, artillery officer, last billet was Battery XO for Romeo 5/11 at Camp Pendleton. If you're racing CaliHalf, you go right by Las Flores, where I worked.

I was deployed with the 11th MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit) in the summer of '98, on a six month, all expenses paid cruise ship tour. I was the Fire Support Officer for a infantry company. They were the Small Boat Raid company -- you see those commercials with the doodes in the black rubber boats inserting onto beaches at night? I did that, navigating them to/from the beach and controlling air support in the assault. Trained in the desert with the Kuwaiti's (clowns) for 4wks, Jordanians (also clowns) for another 4wks.

When we got back to Cali, I basically did all of the cool jobs you can do as an artillery officer. I got out when my next billet would have been driving a desk.

I still have friends in, all of whom have done multiple tours in Iraq and Afganistan. It is, truly, the real deal now and has been for nearly 10 years.