“Was stationed in Germany. We went on alert.”
Ditto - I was the Staff Duty Officer on the kaserne.
Was TDY (Temporary Duty) to RAF Mildenhall when one of our MSgts Boom Operators came out in the hallway of the quarters we were staying (kept all the TDY Boomers in the same building), and announced the President had been shot. About 12 of us were off duty at the time and we were all in his room watching the reports. As soon as we found out Reagan was going to be OK we hit the Base Package Store (Military Liquor Store), and the party started. Later that evening we all walked over to the NCO Club to celebrate the toughness of our Commander in Chief.