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What unit(s) did you serve in with the 2d Cavalry?
84th Armored Engineer Company
Where were you stationed?
Merrell Barracks, Nuremberg
What MOS or job description did you have?
71H20 & 12F20, I was the Company Clerk from September '67 to Nov '68. Also, trained and served as a Gunner on an M728, CEV.
What was your rank/title?
Sergeant E5
What years were you assigned to the 2nd Cavalry?
1967-1968
Tell us a little about your cav days.
I was trained in Armor at Fort Knox before being assigned to Germany. Luckily, I was a very, very good typist and wound up as the Company Clerk. As was often the case, we retained skills in various MOSs, so I cross-trained on the CEV while in the field. Nuremberg was a great place but the "alerts" were constant. Of course, when the Russians went invaded the Czechs it got pretty interesting. I loved my time with the 2nd and hated to leave for Vietnam where I served as a CEV gunner with the 11th Armored Cavalry.
Tell us a little about you now.
Retired, former director of Veterans Affairs for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Name a few buddies you served with that you would like to find.
Andy Bishop, John Kitchen, Richard Story and others whose name I can't remember.
Comments
Toujours Pret Rick,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.
If you need any help, you can contact Robb, or myself, 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 tell all your friends about the new DragoonBase.
Thanks Again for joining,
Jesse Kelley