The 7th Group sure was the place to be back in the '80's. I connived like a mo-fo to get there, and when I finally did....I finally had orders
in hand assigning me to 3/7....I had to walk away from them to take an ROTC scholarship.
In retrospect, that was a very, very bad move. With the perspective of decades.....I sure wish that I had gone to Panama, instead.
Man, my stupidity knew no boundaries in those days. It started for me when I first went to 1SFGA. Thinking that 1st Group would be cool, right as it was starting back up.
Here is a word to the wise: if they ever offer you the chance to be a plank holder when they
reactivate an SF Group, politely decline.
Maybe...I would have felt differently if I had been in the
warm weather battalion.
But NOOOOOOO. I had to go to Korea.
Meanwhile....all my buds were cavorting in Thailand, and Malaysia...and the PI.
Bastards.
It still chaps my ass, and we are talking decades now. I remember.
