THE ARMY
There is no question in my mind but
that my greatest source of pride is having had the privilege of serving in
the United States Army. Soldiers and veterans sometimes have a
peculiar sense of humor about the service. But the pride and the
honor of the experience are obvious, even in the humor.
A tribute
To my brothers and
sisters in arms, from
GCS Distributing:
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I served from 11 February 1982
until 10 June 1986. During that time, I served with the 82d airborne
division in the invasion of Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury), and in
Honduras Central America (Operation Crazy Horse). I went through
basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and attended
the Defense Language Institute, Foreign Language Center at
the Presidio of Monterey, California. I had duty at Goodfellow AFB, Tx;
Ft. Devins, Mass; Ft. Bragg, NC; Ft. Meade, Md; Ft. Huachuca, AZ;
Ft. Ord, Ca; Ft. Clayton, Panama; Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Center,
NJ; Ft. Monmouth, NJ; Ft. Belvoir, Va; Ft. Dix, NJ; Ft. Jackson, SC; Boca
Chica Naval Air Station, Fl; Truman Annex, Key West, Fl; Howard AFB,
Panama; and Palmerola AFB, Comayagua, Honduras.
Time in service: 4 years, 4
months, 8 hours & 32 minutes.
United States Army, February 1982 – June 1986
Spanish Linguist / Intelligence Operator / Paratrooper
Crazy Horse – Honduras, Central America, 1984 – 1986
Intelligence operations and aviation reconnaissance
Urgent Fury – Invasion of Grenada, October/November, 1983
Intelligence operations and electronic warfare
82nd Airborne
Division – Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1983 –1984
Intelligence operations
313th Military
Intelligence Battalion
Defense Language Institute – Presidio of Monterey, California, 1982 – 1983
Spanish language training
Decorations – Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal
(2), Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Armed
Forces Expeditionary Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Parachutist Wings,
Aircraft Crewmember Wings, Combat Service Patch and Expert Rifleman
Badge
Army links:
U.S. Army Homepage
GoArmy.com
The Presidio of
Monterey
Defense Language Institute
82d airborne
division
Fort Bragg
Fort
Meade
National
Security
Agency
CrazyHorse photos
CrazyHorse history
(long
page, CrazyHorse is near the bottom)
"Elections belong to the people. It
is their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the
fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit
on their blisters."
– Abraham Lincoln
Copyright
© 2005 Ashe
Lockhart. All rights reserved.
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