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Here's mine (as boring as it may be) -<BR>
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Where's yours, Wayne?<BR>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">My assignments </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">June 15, 1969 Enlisted (Army Recruiting Office <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on">Sherman</st1:City> Oaks, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>) - Enlistee</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">June 16-18, 1969 Induction Center in downtown <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:City> - Enlistee</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">June 19 June 25, 1969 Reception Station (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fort Ord</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>) Hold status pending assignment.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">June 26 August 20, 1969 Company B, 1<SUP>st</SUP> Battalion, 3<SUP>rd</SUP> Basic Combat Training Brigade (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fort Ord</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>) Trainee (Promoted to Private E-2)</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">August 21 October 17, 1969 Company C, 1<SUP>st</SUP> Battalion, 4<SUP>th</SUP> Combat Support Training Brigade (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fort Ord</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>) Trainee (Promoted to Private First Class E-3)</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">October 18 November 2, 1969 On leave.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">November 1969 August 1970 Headquarters Company, 1<SUP>st</SUP> Battalion, 9<SUP>th</SUP> Infantry (Tan Son Nhut Air Base, RVN) Battalion S-3 Operations Clerk (Promoted to Specialist E-4)</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">September 1970 May 1972 Company D, 71<SUP>st</SUP> Maintenance Battalion (Merrell Barracks, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Nurnberg</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>) Shop Office Clerk</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">September 1972 March 1974 504<SUP>th</SUP> Maintenance Company (Muna Kaserne, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bamberg</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>) Unit Supply Clerk</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">March 1974 July 1974 Court Reporter School (Newport Naval Station, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Newport</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Rhode Island</st1:State></st1:place>) Training (flunked out partied WAY too much) (Reduced to Private First Class E-3)</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">July 1974 January 1976 Company D, 4<SUP>th</SUP> Battalion, 3<SUP>rd</SUP> Basic Combat Training Brigade (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fort Dix</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:State></st1:place>) Unit Armorer (Promoted to Specialist E-4)</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">February 1976 March 1977 Headquarters Company, 802<SUP>nd</SUP> Engineer Battalion (<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Camp</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Humphreys</st1:PlaceName>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Pyong Taek</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">South Korea</st1:country-region></st1:place>) Unit Armorer</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">March 1977 November 1977 Headquarters Company, 504<SUP>th</SUP> Military Police Battalion (Presidio of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>) Battalion S-3 Training Clerk (Promoted to Specialist E-5)</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">November 1977 August 1982 Headquarters Company, VII Corps (Kelley Barracks, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Stuttgart-Moehringen</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>) Assistant Training NCO/Training NCO (Promoted to Staff Sergeant E-6)</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">August 1982 August 1983 Headquarters Company, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Training</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fort Irwin</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>) Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (Admin Services Branch)</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Placed on orders for reclassification to 11M (Bradley Fighting Vehicle Infantryman)</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">August 1983 November 1983 Company B, 5<SUP>th</SUP> Battalion, 3<SUP>rd</SUP> Basic Combat Training Brigade (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fort Benning</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Georgia</st1:country-region></st1:place>) Trainee</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">November 1983 March 1984 Bradley Training Unit, 1<SUP>st</SUP> Battalion, 29<SUP>th</SUP> Infantry Regiment (Fort Benning, Georgia) Trainee</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">March 1984 November 1984 Operations Group, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Training</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fort Irwin</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>) Battlefield Effects Controller (fancy name for, what was better known as a firemarker)</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">November1984 December 1986 Company D, 1<SUP>st</SUP> Battalion, 15<SUP>th</SUP> Infantry (Mechanized) (Harvey Barracks, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Kitzingen</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>) Squad Leader/Platoon Sergeant (Promoted to Sergeant First Class E-7)</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Medically evacuated in December 1986</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Here is where youve got to tip your hat to the Navy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was medically evacuated from <st1:City w:st="on">Kitzingen</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region> to <st1:City w:st="on">San Diego</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State> (via <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Landstuhl</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My wife accompanied me as a medical assistant (on orders) on the flights (more than one flight, as I had multiple over-night layovers in Washington, DC and Travis Air Force Base, California).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Navy, in its infinite wit, payed both myself and my wife travel pay (with per diem) from <st1:City w:st="on">Kitzingen</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region> to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Diego</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place> (almost five thousand dollars).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If I had been evacuated to an Army hospital (like maybe <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Letterman</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Army</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Medical</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City></st1:place>), my reimbursement would have amounted to nothing more than the taxi fare from the airport.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">To continue . . .</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">December 1986 September 1987 Medical Hold Detachment (Balboa Naval Hospital, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Diego</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place> Patient/Holdover</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Here is another feather for the Navy cap.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After having recovered from an operation, and realizing that I was going to be there for some time, some lieutenant commander asked me what my primary duties were in the Army, so that I can be given duties at Med Hold until I am sent to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Fort</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ord</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> for medical boarding.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I told him that I was a platoon sergeant in an infantry line unit before I was medically evacuated. (I didnt tell him about my 14 years of administration)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It seems that Med Hold had no temporary duties suitable for an infantry man.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They, therefore, assigned me to home, a cottage-like house (on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">University Street</st1:address></st1:Street> across from Tubamans Grand Slam, a tavern almost identical to Mingles) where my wife and I stayed until . . .</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">September 1987 July 1989 Medical Hold Detachment (<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Silas</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hayes</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Army</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Hospital</st1:PlaceType>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fort Ord</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>) Party Animal pending medical retirement on . . .</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">July 15, 1989 Disably retired from the Army.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Hey, it was a fun ride.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Seeya round town, Moscow.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Tom Hansen</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Moscow, Idaho</FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_EC_MsoPlainText><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New">"For a lapsed Lutheran born-again Buddhist pan-Humanist Universalist Unitarian Wiccan Agnostic like myself there's really no reason ever to go to work."</FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_EC_MsoPlainText><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New">- Roy Zimmerman</FONT></P></body>
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