# What military branches are represented on the SD? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 14, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118 "2007-02-14T00:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/61 "2007-02-15T23:35:09Z")
[QUOTE=Kyyrewyyoae] I didn’t understand this either, but at least it worked in my favor. If the billet of aisle supe (or any other leadership position) was up for grabs, **Cpl Kyyrewyyoae** had a decided advantage over SPC Attitude and SrA Chubby, even if one of those two had seniority in the mission or more time in grade. All are E-4’s but a Cpl in the Corps is an NCO. [/QUOTE] Except for one interesting detail set by the DoD: seniority between members of the same paygrade in the services is set by Date of Rank/Rate, regardless if one’s own service considers you to be an NCO. Yet another stupidity from our leadership. ---
**Author:** ![Tamarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tamarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamarin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/62 "2007-02-16T04:06:48Z")
OTA3 (STG3), US Navy 1994-1997 ---
**Author:** ![Valearl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Valearl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valearl)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/63 "2007-02-16T05:48:32Z")
Army 1985 to 2006 retired SFC/E-7 AH-1 and OH-58 helicopter crewchief ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/64 "2007-02-16T07:21:13Z")
Navy, MM3(SW) - active duty 1989-1994. Served, after training, on USS Virginia CGN 38. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/65 "2007-02-16T07:24:40Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Moto] Which subs? [/QUOTE] USS _San Juan_ (SSN 751) [plus one patrol on the USS _Ulysses S. Grant_ (SSBN 631) as a midshipman] After my JO tour on the _San Juan_, I ended up teaching for the rest of my active duty time in service. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/66 "2007-02-16T13:41:34Z")
Cool. My brother was an A-ganger on the _Boise_ and the _Tuscon_, where he also was a plankowner. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/67 "2007-02-16T14:05:41Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] I am a flyer, yes. [/QUOTE] Hmmm, rereading my post may have sounded like I was looking down on one type of Air Force officer. I was just asking out of curiousity 🙂 [QUOTE=Mr. Moto] Cool. My brother was an A-ganger on the _Boise_ and the _Tuscon_, where he also was a plankowner. [/QUOTE] Interesting definition of the term [plankowner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plankowner)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/68 "2007-02-16T14:21:40Z")
1LT/O-2, USAR, Engineer platoon leader/training officer 1986-92 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/69 "2007-02-16T22:00:38Z")
United States Navy, 1984-1990. Started as a YN in VF-211 (an F-14 squadron stationed on the USS Kitty Hawk) and then changed jobs to Navy Journalist (JO). ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/70 "2007-02-17T16:40:31Z")
USAF Capt (O-3) 1981 - 1989 Ground Forward Air Controller / Air FAC O-2 pilot F-16 pilot ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/71 "2007-02-17T20:03:10Z")
Royal Signals then Special Forces. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/72 "2007-02-17T21:25:01Z")
[QUOTE=LSLGuy] USAF Capt (O-3) 1981 - 1989 Ground Forward Air Controller / Air FAC O-2 pilot F-16 pilot [/QUOTE] Bird dog, huh. We used to use a commercial SW radio to pick those guys up in VN, talking to the warbirds, very entertaining. Have you read “Bat 21”? ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/73 "2007-02-17T21:30:55Z")
[QUOTE= Interesting definition of the term [plankowner] ([Plankowner - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plankowner)) 🙂 [/QUOTE] My Dad was a plankowner on the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, DD-850, commissioned her near the end of WWII and made the shakedown cruise w/ a stop in Havanna. I have a stainless steel cigar ash tray that he “liberated” from the wardroom. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/74 "2007-02-18T05:39:16Z")
Navy CTM1, 1972 - 1978 Cool link, **Monty**. I was watching _Letters from Iwo Jima_ last week and – knowing zilch about WWII IJA insignia – was puzzling over the collar tabs of the various people portrayed. The site is being bookmarked. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/75 "2007-02-18T05:53:45Z")
Spec4 in the Spearcatcher Service. In case of enemy attack, we’re hostages. (Stole it from Woody Allen) ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/76 "2007-02-18T15:40:15Z")
[QUOTE=Pushkin] Did all the Air Force types fly or did anyone sit in any bunkers waiting to turn keys? [/QUOTE] I flew a [D-9](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_D9) for about three years. Also dropped a theodolite, two total stations, and a couple of digging permits onto bases that didn’t know we were even coming. Tripler So yeah, not _all_ of us wait to turn keys. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/77 "2007-02-18T18:22:01Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] I flew a [D-9](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_D9) for about three years. Also dropped a theodolite, two total stations, and a couple of digging permits onto bases that didn’t know we were even coming. Tripler So yeah, not _all_ of us wait to turn keys. [/QUOTE] I’m a P-250 pilot, myself. Trained on the Peri-Jet. I’ve downed a few GU-11s in my day. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/78 "2007-02-18T20:33:33Z")
[QUOTE=A.R. Cane] Bird dog, huh. We used to use a commercial SW radio to pick those guys up in VN, talking to the warbirds, very entertaining. Have you read “Bat 21”? [/QUOTE] Yeah. It was OK IMHO. “A lonely kind of war” is a much better story of FAC as I saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Drake\_Tungsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@Drake\_Tungsten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drake_Tungsten)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/79 "2007-02-18T23:46:37Z")
Active Army 2005-present. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118/80 "2007-02-19T00:22:45Z")
[QUOTE=LSLGuy] Yeah. It was OK IMHO. “A lonely kind of war” is a much better story of FAC as I saw it. [/QUOTE] I’ll check it out, thanks. I guess that job is pretty much history, w/ the new drones and other advances. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-branches-are-represented-on-the-sd/392118.md?page=5)