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Lets see if I can remember that far back. ;-)
Active Duty US Army in Sep of 77, I was 17, did OSUT at Ft. Knox KY and left as a 19D Scout. 2nd ACR, Amberg FRG Feb of 78 through Jan of 80, OJT to 19G M551 Sheridan Crewman and then 19E M60 Tank Crewman. 24th ID, Ft. Stewart GA Feb 80 through Sep 81 as a 19E Tanker and Tank Commander. Injured and got MOS 76C while recuperating. Reenlisted for 36H (Central Office Telephone Installer and Repairer) and spent a year at Ft. Gordon GA training. 557th Maintenance Company, Aschaffenburg FRG Sep 82 through Sep 85. Left Active Duty with 8 years service.
US Army Reserves. 138th MI Bn CEWI, O'Hare Reserve Center, Rosemont IL USA. Joined the unit to become a 98G Electronic Warfare Voice Intercept Specialist with German as my language. Then Germany was reunited and they started to teach me Russian instead. There for nearly 5 years. Left there to get back to tanks as a 19E again, but in a Training Division which really sucked. Spent less than 2 years there.
Illinois Army National Guard. Joined as a 54B NBC Specialist with the 44th Chemical Battalion, spent nearly 5 years there. Unit was downsized so I joined the unit that replaced them in the armory I'd been serving in. Became a 13F Forward Observer with the 2/122 FA, so my career came nearly full circle as Scouts and FOs do many of the same things. Spent a little more than 3 years with this unit before retiring.
Total time in uniform 22 years.
Rick Cox
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