I too was 23 in 1982 and stationed in West Germany as a Spec 4 Armor crewman. Those were the days. Listening to AFN Casey Kasem lying atop my tank in Hoenfels traning area...
1982 and stationed in West Germany
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12-13 years earlier, you would have been trembling at the 4 Soviet Mechanized Shock Armies with 400,000 troops and 35,000 tanks just waiting for the go signal to pass through Fulda Gap on their way to the English Channel 3 days later.
I listened to Casey Kasem all the time. That was the go to back them Radio. Always looked forward to his to 40 count down every week. I think it was son Sunday afternoon.