marine corps 74-78.....louisiana national guard(reservist) 85-2002 total service time 21 years 3 months 12 days. cant wait for my first military pension check on my 60th birth day. i retire from my civil service job in october(25 years)....hempstone.... i too was "born" on parris island ...and did the okie rotation and west pac and east pac floats.