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  john caldwell March 2, 2013 6:54

  hey carter, good to hear from you man!!  i swear i would probably never remembered you till i got your email a couple weeks ago(me and my wife just got back from the bahamas). i got your message 2 days before we left,i was busy man , trying to get everything together. anyway, how have you been?? been doing that iraq/afganistan thing?? i salute you and all the troops and men and women who serve.(tojures pret)!!!! i always tell people, if you aint been comitted to the military and ready to serve...just be quiet cause you dont know! i see you went to ft.polk when yoou left bindlach. i was at ft.polk before i got to bindlach. i was in hhc 3/6 inf(mech)....for 3yrs i was down there!!and before that i was in kirchgoens germany(as a pvt)in 1981....place was called ayers kaserne....close to giessen/frankfurt. had a blast. so, tell me what happened to the guys you mentioned . i remember all of them,. hurley was my roommate. dan gastelum also...i sent him a facebook msg but he never responded.  its funny, guys always talk about getting out and being short, but when you turn 40(if youve been out for awhile), you really miss the army days! i have some buddies here that we get together and talk about all that stuff. guys i went to school with,we were all stationed in germany at the same time so we get it. even my little brother came to visit me in 86 from permisans germany on thanksgiving. me,him,gaddy,pickron(the cook), bunch of guys just drank in my room i think. by the way i have a ton of pictures of that time. i hope you got some pics. i got pics of leach and all those guys!  ill close for now. hit my fb page...later
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  Dan Gastelum April 12, 2010 22:48

  Paul, thats great you made it to 20 years. Thank You for your service. Its always good to see troopers going the distance.
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  Rob Weiher February 13, 2010 23:08

  Hey there Paul. I need to scan in more photos and post them up. :)
  
  Congrats on making it to 20 and retiring. I made it 8 and just couldn't take it anymore...it was about the time the 2nd ACR was deactivated and reactivated at Ft. Lewis that I got out.
  
  I think all of us that were with Gravens took away with us his leadership style. I know it really stuck with me. Couldn't have asked for a better role model as a young soldier. I never came close to having another Platoon Sgt. half as good as him.
  
  As for Figueroa...how the hell did he make SFC? How the hell did I end up being his gunner with Pvt. Horning as our driver. I wonder if I pissed SFC Gravens off or something :)
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  Jesse Kelley January 5, 2010 1:43

  Happy Birthday Paul
  
  
  Wishing you many more, from all of us at DragoonBase..
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  Jesse Kelley June 1, 2009 15:42

  

  Toujours Pret Paul,
  Welcome to the new DragoonBase, the new Base has plenty of newer features, lots of sub-groups,(ie,F-Trp,Amberg,Medics,etc.) and links for 2nd Cav News and History.
  Robb Russell has posted some tips for navigating the site (ie,photos,links,ect) in the Forum.
  Make sure you stop by and read the latest Tacoma Dave ‘Triva Quiz’, learn some 2nd Cav history and you can even win a kool prize.
  If you need any help, you can contact Robb, or any of the 5 admins listed at the top of the page, or just yell out, another member may be able to help you.
  And our only wish, ‘Keep it clean’, use our Real names/with Pictures(pix from back in the day, work best for searching for Brothers, but any picture will do).
  And that you please tell all your friends about the new DragoonBase.
  
  Thanks again for joining Dragoon Base, and for your service to our great country,
  Jesse Kelley