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Friday, January 15, 2010

FORTY-THIRD SIGNAL BATTALION COMBAT TRAINING

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There have been a lot of changes in the United States Army and the Signal Corps since I was in the old Republic of Viet Nam.
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The equipment is different, the uniforms are different, and females now serve in the ranks.

I was given a "Secret" security clearance and trained as a Field Radio Relay and Carrier Equipment Repair Specialist (Military Occupational Specialty 31 L 20), a job which no longer exists, because that equipment no longer exists.

In 1969, I was a private first class in Company "A", 11th Air Defense Signal Battalion, 32d Army Air Defense Command, based at Kleber Caserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany.


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Most of my time was spent on temporary duty (TDY), assigned to a repair team at Spangdahlem Air Force Base.

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Afterwards, I served in Saigon, Republic of Viet Nam with the Phu Lam Signal Battalion of the First Signal Brigade.

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