[Joe 6-pack]

I did CTLT in Hanau...with an extended FTX at Wildflecken. I really liked Germany. Never got stationed there but got back as part of the last Reforger in ‘92 (Clinton actually got elected while I was there.)

[Night Hides Not]

I had the chance to take part in Reforger '77. We had one battalion in our group that was attached to the Big Red One. They were short on officers, so I volunteered. It was a great learning experience. I got along well with the Platoon Sergeant: told him it's his unit, I'll do whatever you need me to do.

Interesting two weeks: stung by a bee above my right eye, swollen shut for two days. Was treated by a Belgian medical unit my PSG found nearby. My jeep was struck by an M-60 tank...nudged, actually. Still enough to crumple the radiator. Met up with a British unit. One young soldier was so enthralled with paratroopers, he actually traded me his British field jacket for my baseball cap with insignia and wings on it (I was just a cherry jumper).