[Night Hides Not]

+1

I am forever grateful that my four years in Germany were at a battalion whose mission was airbase defense. I never had to worry about extraneous BS. My first battery was over 40 miles from battalion HQ. When the base had an alert or tac eval, we were for all intents and purposes detached to the Air Force.

Unlike our brethren in Hawk and Nike-Herc units, we didn't have to worry about women being assigned to our unit. I saw the havoc that created.

My last two years, I was at Battalion HQ, mostly as the S-4. I was a real PITA by that time, and Group HQ pretty much left us alone. It was a job (Battalion Supply Officer) I was uniquely qualified for, as my degree was in Public Accounting, and very few knew our area of operations better than I.

I think I did my job well, at least as far as my Battalion Commander was concerned. We arrived back at Fort Bliss within a few months of each other, and I worked for him in another role for a year and a half.

He hated parades, too...lol.

[TexasGunLover]

I am forever grateful that my four years in Germany were at a battalion whose mission was airbase defense. I never had to worry about extraneous BS

Thank you for your service.

[nickedknack]

Good story. I’m out of date — didn’t realize Hawk & Nike-Herc batteries had women crewmembers. Thought they were retired before the feminist onslaught, but what do I know.