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Richard 11-29-2010 17:14
Either of you guys know a LT Harke?

Richard

mojaveman 11-29-2010 17:18
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Originally Posted by PRB (Post 359835)
That was a ball!
I had a break in service from RVN..was an 11B and came back on active duty as an E5. Asked the recruiter where all the 11B P's could reenlist for and when he said 'Italy" I was all over it.
Back when you played hard and partied hard and it was all good. It was the NCO club at Wildflicken we were barred form because our Bn CSM (Spike) punched out another Bn CSM (Leg) and we all went at it like an old style Western! Throwin chairs doin the back to back punch everybody, what a hoot.
I had to take one of my guys to see the Bn Cmdr about weekly, Frank Kelley, then a SP4...He later went to 5th Gp as I did.
Man, that was a great assignment.
Hey PRB,

Didn't know that you and Frank K. went back so far. Knew him in 3/5.

Sounds like you guys had fun in Wildflecken. More stories! More stories! :p:D

PRB 11-29-2010 17:25
Yeah, Frank K was in my squad right out of Ranger school. I swear I kept him out of jail for the next 20 years lol!.
Had another young guy too 2LT Patreus.....his nick name was Peaches because his cheeks were always rosy. It was his first assignment.

PRB 11-29-2010 17:28
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Originally Posted by Richard (Post 359838)
Either of you guys know a LT Harke?

Richard
Sounds real familiar Richard, he wasn't an LT of mine but it rings a bell. I had Lt. Leroy Dunn too, great guy, went on to become a Col. in SF. Probably the best Lt I ever served with and I had a ton with 10 years in the Inf prior to SF.

The Reaper 11-29-2010 18:09
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Originally Posted by Richard (Post 359838)
Either of you guys know a LT Harke?

Richard
Herman Harke?

TR

Richard 11-29-2010 19:33
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Originally Posted by The Reaper (Post 359850)
Herman Harke?

TR
The one and only. He was an 05B in C/2-7th SFG before OCS and posting to the 509th circa '76-'78. I knew him in the 7th and used to visit him in Vicenza from Tolz.

Richard

Last hard class 11-29-2010 20:06
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Originally Posted by PRB (Post 359128)
I still have my first issue gortex cammy jacket like the one in the pic. That was magic gear in the day, high speed and all lol.


As I recall my first set of gortex were two sided (desert and woods)but only breathed one way. One side was water resistant and the other side sucked up water like a sponge when it rained. When we got to the Grand Orifice we were told to wear the desert side while in base camp. And then it rained...

Roger 12-30-2011 09:57
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Originally Posted by Hellboy (Post 127727)
Didn't they used to call the 5th...The Legion.........?
It was a Guest thing. He started that when we deployed on Bright Star in '83. Nobody else used it to my knowledge.

glebo 12-30-2011 15:37
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Originally Posted by Roger (Post 429522)
It was a Guest thing. He started that when we deployed on Bright Star in '83. Nobody else used it to my knowledge.
And IMHO he shouldn't of started...

fasteddie565 01-09-2012 16:57
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Originally Posted by glebo (Post 429556)
And IMHO he shouldn't of started...
From what I have read on the Internet, Bowra used it all of the time as did Mulholland and some after him. From what I read anyway....;)

scooter 01-09-2012 17:30
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Originally Posted by fasteddie565 (Post 430765)
From what I have read on the Internet, Bowra used it all of the time as did Mulholland and some after him. From what I read anyway....;)
Not just 'some' after LTG Mulholland.... its been around since then. Chief Watts was "The Voice of the Legion" for all functions, now fufilled by someone else. Motto has been Strength and Honor since I've been there.

sfbreed 03-21-2015 12:50
flashback
 
Dave Asher was also there. B500 Tony's boys


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Originally Posted by glebo (Post 358684)
Riding...what a concept...LOL.

When we first started the Desert Training Program (DTP) we were given a "few" mapsheets, an assload of water and directions of "go that way as best you can"....

We were always wondering....haven't these bone heads found their LRDG manuals/lessons learned shit.

I guess it finaly caught on, and they (they being B500 AKA the "GOD" squad (Guests' Operational Detachment) and the bunch started using these vehicles Fast V's and different variations of stuff or something like that. Damn things always broke the reverse gear, they were just some civilian stuff they tried to militarize.....eehhh, didn't work.

Anyone remember Dave Nicewander(sp?) RIP, he had that chevy 1/2 ton with duece 1/2 axles under it??? He also got a write-up in Army Times if I'm not mistaken...

18B30 09-09-2015 15:41
Col. Mulholland told me "welcome to the Legion", so I figured I was in the "Legion"...

PRB 09-09-2015 16:56
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Originally Posted by 18B30 (Post 592660)
Col. Mulholland told me "welcome to the Legion", so I figured I was in the "Legion"...
Well, you were.
As noted here it has been called the 5th Legion internally and externally for decades.


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