First In Asia

**Bill Harsey** · 05-28-2006, 08:04

"First In Asia" has it's 50 year anniversary coming up in 2007.

Anyone from 1st Group around here?

Bill

**Team Sergeant** · 05-28-2006, 08:10

There's a couple of us on here......

Where's the anniversary going to be held?

Ft Lewis?

**Bill Harsey** · 05-28-2006, 08:20

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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

There's a couple of us on here......

Where's the anniversary going to be held?

Ft Lewis?

I will confirm what I've been told and post in the correct place.

longrange1947 · 05-28-2006, 11:09

First Group in early 70s when it was 1st SFAsia.

**Team Sergeant** · 05-28-2006, 11:11

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Originally Posted by longrange1947

First Group in early 70s when it was 1st SFAsia.

I was not yet a teenager......

I was there in the early 90's

longrange1947 · 05-28-2006, 11:14

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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

I was not yet a teenager......

I was there in the early 90's

Young Pup!!

Go For Broke · 05-30-2006, 22:14

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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

I was there in the early 90's

I was there in the early 00's

V/R,

plato · 06-14-2006, 12:35

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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

"First In Asia" has it's 50 year anniversary coming up in 2007.

Anyone from 1st Group around here?

Bill

Another one here from the early 70's, hangin out with all you youngsters

**Pete** · 07-11-2006, 17:23

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Originally Posted by plato

Another one here from the early 70's, hangin out with all you youngsters

Youngster, you better check out Russel. I think he has you by a couple of decades.

Pete

plato · 08-01-2006, 11:04

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Originally Posted by Pete

Youngster, you better check out Russel. I think he has you by a couple of decades.

Pete

Shucks, and I thought I was hittin the top 5% agewise at least

Looks like he may have almost a decade on me, but I still may have him beat if we measure "decrepit" instead of purely age. I was a dirty old man before I was 19

I gotta get a .sig line.......................

Plato

bkleonards · 04-03-2007, 14:49

72-74 timeframe for me. Site "Hanza" (Sig. Co.) couple miles up the the road from Torii Sta.

MFFI115 · 04-10-2007, 13:07

Okay. Let me walk into the kill zone - Was in 46th SF CO, Thailand in '71 when we became 4th BN, 1st SFGA (classified, then) and renamed USASF - Thailand. Then Oki in 1/1 '88-'93.

But, if we count time on Oki, I was a dependent chile' there '55 - '58.

When I got to Oki in '88, I met ole SGM, aw sxxt!, what's his name at the American Legion on Oki. He arrived on island (torii beach, I think) EARLY on 1 April '45 as a US Navy Frogman (that was the invasion for those who may not know their history), joined the AF, then the Army and SF in the 1st where he retired and stayed on island. I think he's got us all beat.

longrange1947, do you know who I'm talking about? He must have still been in Group when you were there.

Oops! Gettin' old. The conversion time was April '72 to Companies and BN's and concurrently for the 46th CO assignment to 1st Grp.

longrange1947 · 04-11-2007, 21:16

MFFI115 - Know who you are talking about but old timers is killing me on names now days.

I remember when you guys at 46th would get mad at us intruders from Okie getting TDY for being in the same place you guys were.

JFW · 08-05-2008, 22:07

I left 7th GP in Oct 86....Went to Oki and was on ODA-112 from 86-88, ODA-116 from 88-90, ODA-112 from 93-97, ODB-110 in 98, ODB-110 in 00, ODA-116 from 01-03, Current Ops WO (S-3) in Oki 2004......now heading back to 1st GP to be the Grp Ops WO (CW5) from 15 Sep 08 thru ?.....when I decide to finish....

JFW · 08-05-2008, 22:10

Chilly and Donny.....Its me....JW....hows life? Yes I am still in and I seen chilly prior to him going back to Oki a few months ago..if thats him......