I was with the lst Artillery, 35th Cacti, Third Brigade, 25th Inf. Div. on a 90 day TDY mission. The 27th Wolfhounds were the first unit to spend 90 days TDY in Khrot. We were naturally from Schofield Barracks. Each reinforced battle group consisted of about 3000 personnel. I'm not dreaming. I was there. Since 2001 I have attempted to get information about the US military's participation in Thailand. Todate the National Personnel Records Center, The National Arachives and Records Administration and the U.S. Army Military History Institute refuse to admit that they have any records showing 25th Infantry Division presence in Thailand. I was a patient treated in the 31st Field Hospital and need records for VA or verification that I was atleast in Khrot during this period. Any info from anyone will greatly assist me in following-up. Thanks.
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What was the name of the operation?  \n\nhttp://www.25thida.com/
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There have been many people that have returned to full duty after being in TDRL.  The time spent on TDRL did not count as service time.  The ones I know of were shipped out to new units as they had departed the area of the old unit.  There time in paygrade was adjusted/prorated to make it appear as if they did not have a break in service.
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Wild chicken, I remember it well. It was where we used to do our mortar gunnery trials. Great food, got to meet German soldiers... I didn't appreciate the blizzard during the winter of 75-76 though.
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I am an army wife of 6 years and have moved with my husband on 2 different AIT's.  Once to Okalahoma, he deployed twice and now he re-classed to MI and we are in Arizona.  ANY AIT that is over 6 months is considered a PCS move and you and your family will be allowed to move there.  The army will move your household belongings.  You can also qualify for on-post housing.  Now if any is available is another question.  We just left Georgia after spending alomst 5 years there.  Please E-mail me and I will send you all the info you need including phone numbers and help you step-bystep.  It is a very hard confusing process, since your hubby is new to, he will not know all the in's and out's.  Hope to talk to you soon.  Barbara
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Sounds great! I wish you luck. I was thinking on similar lines myself. You think these contractors would take in former non-US army personnel? Send me details if you come across any please.
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Hey KB,\n\nsee if this site helps.  It looked pretty extensive , but I havent served so I dont know how in depth it will be, but it looks like a decent site.\n\nhttp://www.militaryconnections.com/
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Scrappy has it pretty much right.  Ask a recruiter.  Be sure to ask your recruiter what his MOS is though, because my recruiter wasn't really in the infantry and didn't know much about it.  Luckily, another recruiter was and could answer all my questions.  Try to speak to someone in an S-2 office.
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It all has to do with your life style. We are an ARMY family.  Fort Sam was fun when it was just the two of us, Lots of music and shopping.  Fort Huachuca was great ,it is a small community with a great High School and close to shopping in Nogales, Mexico; not too many deployments and a good post hospital.  Fort Gordon, GA is 2 hours from Atlanta, lots of restaurants in town, very humid, elementary school on post is really good. Sadly Middle school is very scary and better consider private school instead. Fort Bliss too big, need lots of gas, town very crowded and shopping is expensive, the heat is incredible. Fort Polk is very lonely with an extra tiny town around, nothing to do. Fort Campbell, stay away from it and Fort Stuart those post are very high on deployments to Iraq. I've never been to Fort Carson but I heard is beautiful.  Hope I helped a bit. Remember no matter where you go, the most important thing is that you are together.
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This was the best that I could find under the 11th calvarly.\nLots of luck to you in locating your friends...\n\nThe 11th Armored Cavalry's Veterans of Vietnam & Cambodia was founded in 1984 after 75 names of  Blackhorse Troopers were collected in Washington DC at the dedication of the "Three Fighting Men" statue near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.\n\nReunions have been held every year since 1986.  Reunion sites have been: Arlington, TX; Washington, DC; Louisville, KY;  Minneapolis, MN; Sacramento, CA; Philadelphia, PA; San Antonio, TX;  Indianapolis, IN; Colorado Springs, CO; Appleton, WI; Louisville, KY; Las Vegas, NV; New Orleans, LA; San Diego, CA; Buffalo, NY;  Ft. Myers, VA; Nashville, TN; Eugene OR;  Daytona FL; and the 2006 Reunion will be held at Kansas City, MO. In 2007 Louisville, KY. has been chosen to host the reunion.\n\nWe have been able to reunite many of our brothers by keeping a computer master file of everyone we've found by their name, squadron and troop and their dates in-country.  We update our rosters continuously to assure they are accurate and complete. We have reunited many buddies this way.\n\nWe publish a quarterly newsletter to each member of 11 ACVVC with reunion information, historical stories by our membership and information about our current members and events.  Participation in contributing to the contents of the newsletter is encouraged to all.\n\nWe provide scholarships to our K.I.A.'s children, our 11 ACVVC members, and the children of our membership.  In the past years, we have provided over $375,000.00 in college scholarships to help defray the expensive costs of a college education.  Scholarships are for $3,000 per individual.  This program is one of our most coveted programs, helping our children get an education and to become our leaders for the future of our country\n\nSource: www.11thcavnam.com
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OH, THOSE MEMORIES.\nI arrived in Ft Benning, GA, directly from basic training in Nov/'63, weeks before JFKennedy was shot.\nI WAS A MEMBER OF THE THEN-CALLED "11th Air Assault Division", forerunner of the "1st Cavalry Division, AirMobile".\n\nI was transferred from 11th Air to HQ CO,  where I completed my term, never having left Ft Benning. \nMy former unit, the 11th, shipped out, lock, stock and helicopters in Aug/'64.\n\nSorry I can't help you in your quest. Good luck.
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Hey Congratulations. I myself leave for USAF BMT August 1st, 2006. I will be seeing you a week later I guess. I have done a whole lot of research on the Air Force, and lifestyles and such. It seems to be an awesome program to go into, as long as yyou don't mind always being under other people's command, but you will get that with any branch. You made a smart decision, but remember, the USAF is not right for everyone, you will determine that maybe within your first year to year and a half. I am also DEP commander for my unit in Eastpointe, MI. If you need to know ANYTHING about the Air Force, contact me, and I guarantee I will get you an honest answer. Til then, I'll probably see your Rainbow Flight at Lackland when you get there.
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Thank you for your kind heart and sensitive mind.  I have a son in Afghanistan, but he has plenty of correspondence.  I am going to list several sites below for soldiers with whom you might wish to correspond.\nThanks again.
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One of our local National Guard units is getting ready for their third deployment to Iraq.  This unit has not volunteered for redeployment...they have been ordered.  I think if you do some research, you will find that Guard and Reserve units are being ordered back to the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan more than once, and they aren't raising their hands saying, "Send me, send me".  These are men with jobs and families, and they didn't sign up to be permanent active duty.
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I went thru basic training at Lackland AFB on Oct 23,1983 the day after the Marines were bombed in Beruit. So there was stuff going on in the world then too. I went in with a guaranteed contract to go to Kessler AFB for air traffic control and the day my orders were cut graduation day I was wisked away from flight and put on a bus with no one else from my flight to a Top Secret base. The time I spent was great and the USAF is the way to go. If you think your a hero and want combat training join the Marines or Army.
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well my husband and i are one deployment hold and ive been told that if we werent we'd be 156 on the list. husband is stationed at fort drum deployed to afghanistan... it really all depends on your rank... email me at armywifes3lb@yahoo.com
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I can help with part of it - the last section I will leave to my Marine brethren to chime in. It refers to his unit of assignment. A "Weapons Company" was a unit that specialized in a particular heavy weapon (during Korea it would likely be mortars or a recoiless rifle). So...he was assigned to the 1st Weapons Company, under the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Infantry Division. This is where things get tricky - that is an Army designation. Marines are assigned to MEU's (Marine Expeditionary Unit) and MEF's (Marine Expeditionary Force), but it is certainly possible that he was a detached element. Now for the Tr Bn TCI - I am going to guess that this is a location. Something like Tran Binh. If noone here can specify this - check your Dad's service record - his duty assignments and basic locations will be listed. You can then search on line for veterans groups who served there and I bet you will find a host of his former comrades. Good Luck!
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Dad was stationed there twice when I was a kid. The folks are retired outside of Columbus, GA now. There isn't a lot to do in the imediate area. But its a nice place to head to the beach from on the weekends. Atlanta is nice if you like big southern city life. If you have been there for schools then you know all about Victory Drive. Girl friend? Yep you really need to stay off VD drive. If you like fishing and outdoors stuff its not a bad place. If you or her are party animals..... go somewhere else. I grew up in the infantry, I can tell you that you don't want to go to Polk, Irwin or Drum. Best places were Italy, <---- best post oconus,  West Point, Fort Ord (when it was open) and Fort Sam Houston, TX <--- best post conus.