USN Naval Air Squadron VA86 1961-1964 . photo of my Squadron, Ship and cruse patches....We flew off the USS Essex and the USS Wasp during the Cuban Crisis. One of the A4D Planes I used to work on, in the hanger deck of the USS Intrepid with my Grandson in New York City...I Just bought a model of an A4D to fly over my layout.
HQ 2/325 82nd Abn 65-67
C/2/327 101st Abn 67-69
I'm not a veteran myself, but my love of trains was passed on to me by my dear old Dad, a USN veteran.
USN 1963-1967
USS Calvert APA-32
USS Evans DE-1023
USS Dale DLG-19
Pete
USN 1980-1986
USCG 1986-1995
US Army 1963 - 1966
This veteran likes trains a lot
US Army 1968- 1970 , Vietnam 1969-1970
Ed Boyle
USAF 1960 - 1964
me me me me me me me usn 1970-1974 ,i help with the train layout at the aspinwall hj heinz vets center in pittsburgh
USN 2009 - present.
US Army Signal Corps 67-69
U S Army Signal Corps 1964 - 1967
U.S. Army, 1965-70. 7th Infantry Div. in Korea, followed by two tours in Vietnam (101st Airborne and U.S. Army Headquarters). I have been known to have a fondness for trains. 
My dad: USAF 1935-1965. Flew the Berlin Airlift, served on the Nazi War Crime trial board, flew MATS until retirement.
Step-dad: US Army (Post WWII) Guam.
Yours truly: US Army Transportation Corps. Ft. Eustus, Virginia; Germany. 1964-1967.
...and thanks to all of you who have and continue to serve our country well.
Thanks to a loving grandfather, I've loved trains since I was no taller than a Texas grasshopper on a hot summer day on the 4th of July.
God Bless America
Joseph Toth Jr.
My Dad started in 1950 after serving in WW-2 and I got hooked as a child and served in the U.S.A.F. 1965 TO 1969
SAL GAMBINO LCCA PRESIDENT ELECT
US Army; 1970-72. Physical therapist working with war wounded from Vietnam.
Thanks to all who have served and are serving.
Michael
U.S ARMY Professional Soldier 1977-1997, train lover since the age of 2
Army 1969-1972 , ‘Nam 1970-1971.
First train Christmas of 1949 at 11 months old, have never stopped!
Brad
U.S. Coast Guard July 3rd 1983 - August 1st, 2007 24 years 1 month. Now have 12 years as a civilian. I will be retiring again in 2 years with a total of 38 years of service.
I started with trains at the ripe old age of 1 year and a clock works train.
Lifelong train lover of all scales, I came back into the hobby while stationed in Berlin.
USAF Security Forces, 1980 - 2000
Army 1967-69. Started when I was 6 in HO that slid under the bed. While in the service and while finishing college I didn't do any building. Started again in the mid 70s. I switched to O Scale 2 rail in the 90s and never looked back.
@gunrunnerjohn posted:USN 1961-1966, USS Shangri La CVA-38.
Hey shipmate. The Shang 1967 to 1971.
U.S. Army, 1954-1956. Instructor Nike Ajax: Fort Bliss, Texas; White Sands; Red Canyon.
I am not a Vet but I got my love of trains from my late dad a USN(R) WWII Vet (LCI-229) . Bought me my first Lionel set and a few additional pieces during my early childhood. He set them up every Christmas and packed them away on New Year's Day. That is why I still have them over 60 years later. My younger brother is also a Navy Vet and still loves his Lionel trains.
God bless all Vets and I feel the proudest to put out my American flag every November 11!
DONG HA 1969 . Army . 1 / 40TH ARTY .
Can't stop finding model RR stuff to look at , enjoy and purchase. Glad I have a lady that thinks it's great. 😍
US Army 2nd Armored Cavalry ... W. Germany 1979 - 1982
I've had the model train chromosome since I was a boy. Though it was HO until I switched to O after having kids.
@Melvin P posted:Hey shipmate. The Shang 1967 to 1971.
I beat a hasty retreat in '66, back to the lazy civilian life. 
USAF 1972-1978 went back in 1989 as a reservist and became an Air reserve technician. 1 tour in Saudi 1990 2 tours in Afghanistan 2001-2002 and 2005, 2 tours in Iraq 2003 and 2007 They retired me in 2015 said I was too old at 60 to be in uniform so I work for them now as a civilian but its getting hard to crawl around aircraft so I may be retiring for good soon. Grew up with real trains running in my backyard and have been playing with trains for as long as i can remember and I still run my original lionel set my father bought for my older brother back in 1951 He never played with it but I always loved it
US Air Force 1968 to 1992.
Years ago Lionel held a military-related contest; winner would get a free car. I didn't win, but they liked my story so I got a personalized car and think it was free shipping. Picture is me reenlisting at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin in Jan 1988.
USAF Navigator Stratofortress 70 74
Gary, Original set bought for my older brothers in '53... James Dean derailed them. I still run that 2046 Freight Set often... the R transformer that came with it sees duty at the test bench.
1st Inf Div Feb 69 to Jan 70. Firebases Mahone/Kien, Gela and Thunder I. Dynamite Alpha 8/6 Arty. FDC for 155 towed - always moved by chopper.
Jan 70 to Apr 70 with the 11th ACR. Di An, most of the time.
Had my first Lionel train in 1948, still have it. Army 1965 to 68, Nike Missile Base site 88 Marin County California. My radar was on the far right. Site 88 is now a museum. Talk about feeling old. Don
1966 to 1970 Army Security Agency (Radio Research in 'Nam), attached to 101st AB Vietnam ('67-'68) & 82nd AB Stateside ('69-'70). The picture is me on my 21st birthday in 1968. I got my first train at 10 months old... What was Dad thinking? LOL Dennis
Count me in.
USAF. 1972~1978. Department of Operational Intelligence.
Lou N
Lou,
Should have realized that was the kind of job you did in the service.
Cool!
Ed Boyle
1st Battalion 3rd Marines 90 to 94.
US Army 86-06. Infantry- 82nd Airborne Division (4/325). Medical Laboratory NCO- Tripler Army Medical Center and 44 Medical Brigade.
Operation Just Cause, Desert Storm, OEF/OIF.
I've loved trains all my life!
My dad served on the USS Omaha and USS Sierra in WWII. We were building a layout together when he died when I was in high school.
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