military bodybuilders.....

[TheDukeUSMC]

Originally Posted by wkanack33

i'm shocked @ the amt of people really, strong military presence on here

There's alot of us running around

[Stercus Tauri]

correcto lighto inno

[Dunkeson]

11B in Camp Slayer, Iraq. 2nd tour

[Move]

Finally found out where I'm going after Korea, going to Aviono, Italy. Not really excited about that but it can't be worse than Dyess!

[fortunateson02]

AVIANO! Omaha right here man... sucks.

[Sgt. Pain]

USAF 10yrs and counting

Home station: Aviano AB, IT,down range til Jan 09

[devildog2111]

I'm a reservist 4th Marine Airwing Marine Airwing Logistics Squadron - 49, stationed in Newburgh, NY. My MOS is 2111 small arms repairer/technician. Been home for about 3 weeks now from training.

[aaronsandiego]

Im a Sgt in the Marines. Im in freaking iraq right now, but stationed in san diego.

[lariena1]

I grew up on Camp Pendleton, dad was an officer in the marines. I am going to try the Mud Run in June. I have one the the top runners training me Eliva Herr.

[dindysport]

Originally Posted by 1stindoor

Ft. Bragg, NC. 19 years and counting, staying until 25 right now.

Ft Bragg hugh...I was at Pope when it was still there in full...about 4 years there...

[TheDukeUSMC]

Originally Posted by lariena1

I grew up on Camp Pendleton, dad was an officer in the marines. I am going to try the Mud Run in June. I have one the the top runners training me Eliva Herr.

Good luck with that run!

[lariena1]

Thanks, Duke!

[TheDukeUSMC]

Originally Posted by lariena1

Thanks, Duke!

You're welcome! Get ready to get muddy!

[sargefit]

Retired this year after 20 years in the British Army (Sergeant), now a personal trainer.

[BabyGunz76]

transferring at the moment from Great Lakes, IL to Dam Neck, VA. only gonna be there for 6 months then i get 3 years in HI wooohooo thats gonna be some good eatin and lifting haha

[dindysport]

Originally Posted by NavyStud37

transferring at the moment from Great Lakes, IL to Dam Neck, VA. only gonna be there for 6 months then i get 3 years in HI wooohooo thats gonna be some good eatin and lifting haha

where you going in HI...got some family out there...

[BabyGunz76]

Originally Posted by dindysport

where you going in HI...got some family out there...

Pearl Harbor.. im takin my wife and dog out there.. should be really exciting, we cant wait we are really excited

[dindysport]

Originally Posted by NavyStud37

Pearl Harbor.. im takin my wife and dog out there.. should be really exciting, we cant wait we are really excited

good stuff there guy...enjoy...you should have nice weather if your leaving here shortly...

[BabyGunz76]

Originally Posted by dindysport

good stuff there guy...enjoy...you should have nice weather if your leaving here shortly...

yeah man thanks i am really lookin forward to it

[TheBigEasy007]

19D at Fort Drum, New York

[BlueFenix13S]

Just PCS'd to NAS Whiting Field.... Milton/Pensacola, FL area..... anyone around those parts?

[THIZZinVA]

whats up guys. ive been back from iraq since June. Just started back in the gym about 2 months ago but it wasnt consistant. Now im back in my routine and feeling good...whats up all my military brothers??

SSG
US army
FT lewis

[giant_slayer]

currently at Army Human Resources Command (HRC) in Alexandria, VA.

CPT
US Army

[AmericanMETAL13]

Hey everyone.

I'm an Army 2LT deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan. I have 353 days and a wake up (who's counting lol) until I re-deploy so I figured I would get serious and start lifting again since there's nothing else to do here. I lifted pretty heavy in high school and I'm looking to get back in that kind of rhythm.

This is my first post so it's more of an introduction than anything.

I just wanted to thank everyone on this thread for their service (even the Navy folks :P) and I look forward to learning from you all!

HOOAH

[infiltratecky]

Airforce cop at Barksdale, LA

[velardesd]

A Different Christmas Poem

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.




The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.




The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the
sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.




Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.




"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts?




To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said, "Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night.
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.




No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.




I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.?
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
?I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.




I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."




"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."




Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."

PLEASE, would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many
people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our
U.S service men and women for our being able to celebrate these
festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people < BR> stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us.

LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN
30th Naval Construction Regiment
OIC, Logistics Cell One
Al Taqqadum, Iraq

[TheDukeUSMC]

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All Marines past and present should sign up.

I'll give you my I.D number

[JuiceMasterFlex]

Did 6 yrs in the Navy as an AT-i level (worked on component level troubleshooting for circuit cards)... got out in 06. Now I'm in Iraq working with the Army as a civilian contractor fixing electronics and computer/it stuff... stationed at liberty but I convoy and helo fly out all over Iraq to do work :-D

[Daggs]

Currently at Kirtland AFB, NM. Been in since 1986. 21M, Munitions Officer.

GO AIR FORCE!!! BEAT ARMY!!! BEAT NAVY!!!

[TheDukeUSMC]

Semper Fi to all those that lift and serve