entered military service,Milwaukee,WI 24 march 1981
attended basic training,Fort Jackson,SC
attended advanced individual training,Fort Sill,OK as a field artillery crewman
reported to my first duty station,C Battery 2nd Battalion,27th Field Artillery,3rd Armored Division,Friedbergh,Germany October 1981(notable events-first combat action,1982,against euro-terrorists,and drove my platoon sergeant and first sergeant to even greater feats of alchohalism)
reported to second duty station-B Battery,2nd Battalion,18th Field Artillery,Fort Sill,Oklahoma
notable events-lots of drunken craziness.ate worms.caught snakes.met my first ex wife.
reported back to Germany-C Battery,2nd Battalion,92nd Field Artillery,Giessen Germany
notable events-drank even MORE beer,ran into my platoon sergeant from my first time over there,and soldiered on
17 July 1987-17 October 1989-break in service.was out of the army altogether.
Returned to the army in 1989.Assigned to A Battery 1st Battalion,82nd Field Artillery,1st Cavalry Division,Fort Hood,Texas
notable events-deployed on desert shield/desert storm,enjoyed the company of a few fat chicks in Texas,met my second ex wife.
7 January 1992-transferred to Wisconsin National guard
served as ammunition chief B Battery,1st Battalion,120th Field Artillery
August 1996-transferred to Army reserve.Mistake
July 1997-went back to the guard-HQ Company,2nd Battalion,127th Infantry,32nd Brigade-the Red Arrow brigade
October 1998-transferred to Michigan guard-served in 216th Armor Battalion as a mortar maggot
notable events-none
1999-transferred to 119th Artillery,Lansing Michigan-notable events-kicked the shit out a fellow NCO who REALLY needed it
20 March,2001-Returned to active service.retrained as cavalry scout at Fort Knox,KY
June,2001-assigned to Goat Troop,2nd Squadron 2nd US Cavalry.Great Unit-once commanded by Robert E. Lee,among others.
December 2001-transferred to Fort Lewis WA-assigned to HQ Company,1st US Corps-worked as exercises NCO,S-4 NCO
notable events-deployed to thailand,and Iraq
March 2004-transferred to D Troop,1st Squadron 16th US Cavalry(Commanded by Pershing when he was a Colonel)
served as squad leader,section sergeant,platoon sergeant,and in a pinch,as the first sergeant from time to time.great assignment there.
notable events-loved the unit,loved Kentucky.hated to leave
September 2005-assigned to A Troop,7th squadron,10th US cavalry. Fort Hood,Texas- sucks ass.hate the unit.We DID capture a certain S. Hussein,though...
notable events-deployed to Iraq-AGAIN.....got blowed up on 25 April 2006.Served as executive officer of HQ troop while in Iraq.Medevacked 27 May 2006
And now,just waiting to retire
