Re: First Post
 

welcome bro

Welcome roger.

And Mr. Hazen, is is truly a please to see you here.

ARSOFE.

Army Special Operations Force Europe - the Army HQ at Bad Tolz after 10th went back to CONUS.

Then it was 7th SOSC (TA) - I was a plankholder.

Then it went away...

Greetings from 1LT/CPT Charles Bloodworth
Company C, 3/11 SFGA(A) Winston-Salem NC 1976 - 1983
SFOD Exec Off, SFOD Commander, Company S2/S3

Also did a 21 day tour with SFODE at Bad Toltz 1981 ADSW out of Israel.

Here's a photo of SSG "Starvin" Joe Parvin and myself teaching at an MTT for another USAR unit at our Center. Since we were 10th Group/Europe affiliated, skis and akios were a part of our issue.
http://members.aol.com/cbjpegs/SkiClass.jpg

And here's a Recruiting Poster for the 11th, circa 1976:
http://members.aol.com/cbjpegs/poster.jpg

Finally, here's the handsome young officer from the allies, circa 1978:
http://members.aol.com/cbjpegs/11SFKhaki.JPG

Ah, Khakis...

No better uniform for wearing a beret and boots... well, TWs were better....

Roger that:

Terry

DAMN! Who was responsible for telling CSB the rules about not posting pics of SF guys in khakis? Now we're going to have a HUGE influx of young ladies signing up! DAMN!

Now that is a fact, comfortable, practically wrinkle free, and they held a good crease!

Thanks DOC and 18CV.

William

Here are two 11th Group photos that may cause NDD to rethink his "ladies attracted to the site" comment. Check out these Birth Control Glasses (Birth Control because she ain't gonna get anywhere near you while you are wearing those). aka "Buddy Holly's" these were the only glasses the Army issued for years.

http://members.aol.com/cbjpegs/BCGlass.jpg

The photo on the left is just me helping ROTC cadets at Campbell University, NC circa 1978. The one on the right is a 3/11th SF Group AT photo from Camp Edwards, Mass. We did the operation covertly, disguised as a Military Police unit. It worked so well that an inspector from Ft. Meade, MD (COL Paul Kite) came to inspect AT and went back to Ft. Meade and reported that no SF Battalion was at Camp Edwards. (Pay no attention to the long wire antenna running the full length of the roof and adjoining baseball field). The NCO to my left is MSG Estes.

B 1/11 SF 1988-91 (Newburgh, NY)
A 1/11 SF 1992-94 (Ft. Devens)

"Survivors" of the Les Aspin/Clinton cutback wound up as a provisional D company in 1/20. At the end of 12 months, 1/20 reverted to 3 companies and the one with the lowest MOSQ was erased from the board.

Thank you Mr Clinton.

Sat out DS in Norway. We in 11th watched 20th struggling to "certify" in what was the active army's version of an old Jim Crow literacy test fo' colored folk. (If he reads the paper in English, give him one in Chinese... whatever it takes to make the "n-word" flunk). The whole army was running scared with the cuts coming on, that it wasn't going to let any Guard or Reserve combat units go forward (and it didn't). Boy, did we resent the "n-word" vibe we got from the active groups, then.

Aspin, not being the military genius he thought he was, believed that the "certification" and "inspection" results from DS/DS for the guard and reserve were actual, objective reports.

Anybody know where he's buried? I'd like to piss on his grave. We could definitely use two more SF groups right now.

Here you go...lol


Les Aspin
AKA Leslie Aspin, Jr.

Born: 21-Jul-1938
Birthplace: Milwaukee, WI
Died: 21-May-1995
Location of death: Georgetown University Medican Center, Washington, DC
Cause of death: Stroke
Remains: Buried, Wisconsin Memorial Park Cemetery, Brookfield, WI

12th SFGA
 

Great site!

Team Leader - ODA 114 A/1/12 SFGA (Kansas City)
Asst S3 - 1/12 SFGA (Chicago)

I sure miss it - but I don't miss the road marches.

Battle Griffin?

Active duty advisor to 12th SFG 82-84. Also did double duty by serving as the group S3 when they decided that active duty folks needed to be integrated into the unit under the full time manning program.

Jack Moroney