Location
Arlington, VA
- Photos
- Videos
- Blog Posts
- Discussions
- Events
- Comment Wall
- About
You need to be a member of Dragoon Base to add comments!
Comments are closed.
Birthday:
May 20
What unit(s) did you serve in with the 2d Cavalry?
D Company, 3rd Plt
Where were you stationed?
Christensen Barracks, Bindlach Germany. I had a chance encounter just a few days ago to visit the old post. It's a thriving community now. The Troop barracks and Mess Hall are long gone but the housing area is still there and looks beautiful. The D Company and HOWBATT barracks is still there, it was turned into an Older Generation Home as is the Squadron HQ. I was so proud to show my family where their old dad was stationed, I like to think they enjoyed it as much as I did.
What MOS or job description did you have?
19K; Loader (I sucked); Driver (got the hang of it quickly and loved it); Gunner (Those were a lot of switches); and T.C (at a very young 22 years old).
What was your rank/title?
PVT when I arrived, SGT when I PCS'd
What years were you assigned to the 2nd Cavalry?
OCT 1985-OCT 1989
Tell us a little about your cav days.
Great times on the Grenz (Camps Gates, Hof, and Pittman). HTA and Graf were fun also. Had some great leadership which guided me in the right direction to make a career out of the Army.
Tell us a little about you now.
Retired from Active duty in 2005. Currently working in the GS system.
Comments
Good Day,
How is everything with you, I picked interest on you after going through your short profile and deemed it necessary to write you immediately. I have something very vital to disclose to you, but I found it difficult to express myself here, since it's a public site.Could you please get back to me on:( officialaishacbdd@gmail.com ) for the full details.
Have a nice day
Thanks God bless
Aisha.
Hi Mike, happy to see you had a good career. I know how you felt at 22. I was 21 in 1/11 ACR when I became the track commander on the squadron commander’s APC and put in charge of maintenance for the S-3 sections vehicles. By the time I had arrived at D co, I had 6 years of staff time with increasing responsibility. I still remember SSG Wilson asking me how long I’d been in the army (it was 8 years), and his reply that he had more time in grade than I had in service. I’m pretty sure that wasn’t something to brag about. Seriously, I had outstanding NCOs and officers who mentored me.