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  Paul E Carter February 13, 2010 14:28

  Rob looking at your pics brings back alot of good memories of you guys and the mentorship you guys provided that stuck with me throughout my 20 year career. when i retired in Oct 2006 at FT. Hood CSM Gravins was retireing around the same time, also at FT. Hood i regret that i never caught up with him but i am sure he is still in the Kileen TX. area, and i did run into your favorite NCO 1st SG Figurora. He tried to avoid me but he new who i was and talking with his soldiers he is still the same.
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  Andy Josephson May 17, 2009 16:32

  That is me shooting from C22..... Wildfecken
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  Andy Josephson May 17, 2009 6:04

  Rob, do you still have that picture of my TOW shot from C22 "Rosebud"?
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  Andy Josephson May 15, 2009 11:32

  Gravens = God but the Selbo was nuts!
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  Ed Luzadder March 30, 2009 21:05

  Rob,
  
  Great photos of Bowen and the others. Those were great times.
  
  Ed Luzadder
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  Pete Salerno March 7, 2009 9:28

  Couldn't help but notice that you mentioned Michael Gravens. I had a two year break in service from 83-85 and when I came back in I ended up doing basic and AIT all over again at D/6 Cav. Gravens and Cablay were both drills there, Cablay being the senior drill. After I got to the Rock, they both ended up rotating there a couple of months later.
  Not being a cherry at Basic I was able to objectively watch these guys at work and I can honestly say that I don't think I ever met a sharper, more competent soldier that CSM Gravens. As a drill, I don't think I ever heard him raise his voice. He used to command detonate 'cruits with his stare. Spend a week in that Fort Knox mud and he'd still have a crease in his BDU's and his boots spitshined. We used to call him the Icepick. On the Rock, I remember that his platoon and mine (SFC Dave Lay's) went back and forth for high this or high that. I followed his career with interest and was genuinely surprised that he never got selected for SMA. He'd would have made a damn good one. Cheers,
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  John Johnson February 5, 2009 20:43

  Hey Rob, Thanks for passing along the site. It would be cool to find some old friends and catch up. Let me know if your headed up here to look for greener pastures.
  Talk to you soon.......JJ
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  Mark Korte February 5, 2009 13:58

  did you basic at Ft. knox?
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  Keith Pape January 19, 2009 13:12

  i figure he's got to be retired now - i talked to Chapman a couple years ago - and he was just retiring (E8)- they held him over a full year, as the war had just broken out in Iraq again.
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  david w fraidenburg December 21, 2008 14:36

  cool the snow is nearly 14 inches now hav'ent had a winter like this for a long time.Oh sorry never ment to forget the First CAV.man allways ready! how about you is the weather as messed up there as here?Hav'ent seen this much snow in a long long time,did your Reg.do any border duty?If so were?