I did try to join the Navy after I left college but failed the medical on account of being blind in one eye, so that was the end of that.
I did try to join the Navy after I left college but failed the medical on account of being blind in one eye, so that was the end of that.
20 years in the Infantry, now retired.
Regular 4 year hitch as a Squid. I wanted to get away from the high school environment SO bad, and the Navy promised travel and adventure (which it did deliver on, but not quite in the way I had anticipated). Started clipping beads off my short-timer's chain at about 180 days and a wake-up.
I dressed in hotel rooms and off-base apartments (I was an airedale, and only spent a total of 10 days aboard ship) I LOVED the "black market" shopping district of Naha, Okinawa.
Yes, I think it is a macho compensatory or curative sort of thing we do when struggling to accept ourselves. Lots of people here say they did it to "make a man" of themselves. I didn't join the services but I did go through equivalent phases. For example, I spent a while hanging around with outlaw bikers sporting a black stubble beard, dirty leather jacket and a sneer designed to get me arrested.
27 years US Army Combat Engineer--Retired
Jodi
Aviation electrician on A-6 intruders, wow I never realized how sexy that sounds:cheeky: U.S.N.
I've been in the AF for 14yrs now
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USAF for 3 years 1 month. Retired medically. Avionic communications and navigations specialist. I dressed rarely and hated that. But when I did dress I hit a mall in a city away from base, bought a couple of outfits bras and panties, got a motel room and dressed for my enjoyment. What a stress reliever.
I am who I am.
I was 4 years active 6 years drilling reservest US Navy. I shacked up with women my size and dressed in their clothes any time I was home and they weren't while I was in the service.
When I realized what a terrible thing that was for me to do I started buying my own clothes ,but that is for another thread .
I didn't choose the military. It chose me. Lyndon Johnson sent me an invitation & I showed up. Spent two years as an Army psychology & social work specialist, occasionally seeing lasses just like us, who were being "boarded-out" as "unsuitable for military service." (No one asked - but they told.) Dressed when I could - off-post and off-duty.
There seem to be so many of us vets, from many different nations on this board. Perhaps we need our own organization, like the "Fighting CD's" or "The Tranny Division."Here's a suggested shoulder patch:
Good oneOriginally Posted by Cathleen
I didn't choose the military. It chose me. Lyndon Johnson sent me an invitation & I showed up. Spent two years as an Army psychology & social work specialist, occasionally seeing lasses just like us, who were being "boarded-out" as "unsuitable for military service." (No one asked - but they told.) Dressed when I could - off-post and off-duty.
There seem to be so many of us vets, from many different nations on this board. Perhaps we need our own organization, like the "Fighting CD's" or "The Tranny Division."
Dressing in the Military
I did 2 1/2 yrs in the NG and in 1951 joined the army and fought in Korea from 52 to 53, did not get to dress during that time. Got out of the army in 54 and got married in 55. Re enlisted in the AF in 56 and retired in 1973. I started to dress at the age if about 14yrs and still do. one of my last assignments in the AF was with ADC/NORAD. I dressed most of the time in the military eccept when i was in KOREA or VN. I dod dress some while i was in Germany and like most of every body else i always was very careful to not get caught. For my 47 yrs of married life, my wife never had any idea of my most secret side of my life. She passed away 3 1/2 years back.
I can now dress as much as i want and i does feel great and is a great stress releiver.
wow. i had i idea how many of us are or had served in the armed forces. my self 6 yrs active duty marine, 8 yrs resv. navy seabee, 4 years national guard, served in drsert storm and recently iraq AGAIN .
as for my dressing, i would have mad a very good spy, cause i would scout out times , places etc. to dress. was LESS then an easy thing to do...but i keep going on.
i did not go in to the service looking to stop my dressing but rather to make myself a better person and to serve my country like my father and his father berfore him.
4 years OZ reserve,I was lucky. met up with another cder,we had become friends.Within that friendship,he told me,well impossible for me to keep my mouth shut,returned the compiment.They were good days.
US Army...
Basic-Fort Ord, California 1/68-4/68I was a Tactical Communication NCO. Spent my last 8 months as a DJ... Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Morning, Vietnam!
AIT-Fort Sill, Oklahoma 4/68-7/68
NCO Academy- Fort Sill Oklahoma 7/68-12/68
199th Infantry-Long Bien, Vietnam 1/69-12/69
Armed Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN) Quang Tre Vietnam 1/70-8/70
Fulltime girl on the inside.
Lipstick=confidence
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Just finished over 4 years in the Coast Guard. I rent my own house so it was fairly easy to dress when we were not underway
i've never been in the military but want to pose a question.
i wondered how many of you who experienced the military
feel about a "ficticious" military where openly transgender
persons are accepted.
a) would the scenario have a negative effect on the unit?
b) would the scenario have no effect on the unit?
c) would you still joined the military as a "macho" statement
(if that was your perceived reason)?
a pre-emptive thanks from me.
I joined the Marine Corps Reserve in 54 and in 58 went active. Got out in 66. I didn't start CDing till 3 years ago. Glad I didn't know that I was a CDer then, It would have been h--l trying to dress out of a sea bag.
I did 2 years in The Army about the same time as BilliJo. Won't say what Division but I was in Vietnam. Joanie was very much on the "back burner " for those two years.
When I got out, back to CD almost immediately. In retrospect, it was a very bad 2 years because I couldn't dress. I know that I thought about it constantly.
And speaking of Military Service, let us not forget a rather famous,(or infamous, depending on how you look at it), well known cross dresser, one Mr. Ed Woods. I have read that Ed served in World War II, as a Marine and if I remember correctly he served with valor on Iwo Jima.
Percentage of Cd's in The Military? I would guess about the same as the figures given for the general population....3 to 5 %. Maybe a little higher percentage of Officers compared to Enlisted Personnel but that's just a guess. I know I would have felt a lot better when I was in Basic Training, if I could have pictured my Drill Sargent en' femme!
I spent 4 years active duty in the USAF and 2 years inactive duty.
This seems a good thread to start my posting here after lurking for so long !!!
12 years in the regular British Army, plus two Brat service and six in the reserve.
military service
Five years special service.Lived on base in barracks,dressed partially.Last two years, shared an apartment,dressed often and even went out occasionally.Was never caught.
wow that is quite a few of us, thank you all for responding. I am proud to be able to call myself a veteren with all of you.
I served 4 yrs (69-73) in the Marines which included a combat tour in Vietnam. Dressing was out of the question during that time although I thought about it constantly.
I knew even when I signed up that I was a cd but in those days I thought I was the only "freak" in the world. I joined because I felt a need to "prove" something to myself.
I spent just under 11 years in the British Army 1975 - 1986. The Britsh Army's light recce and attack helicopter unit. I also belong to the Rose's Web site and a similar tread has run there and it would appear that there are a lot of us out there in the Services.
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Crabs are what we call the RAF
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