Background

Website Crew Chief

Photo taken June 1989 at Fort Hood AAF in front of UH-1H #704

Division/Unit Patches

Other Unit Awards

Boss Hogg Competition - 1st Place - 1988
Crew Chief of the Month - March 1989

Echo Whoppers Cartoons

Some of you may remember me drawing some cartoons based on our trip to Reforger '90 and the Gulf War time frame. I have scanned a few of them for your viewing pleasure. Click here to view them.

Other Pictures from Ft. Hood (more unit photos)

History

30MAY85 - Assigned to D/5/3 BT BDE (Cycle #34-85) - Ft. Dix, NJ

03AUG85 - Assigned to E/14/4 CST BDE - Ft. Jackson, SC
AIT - MOS 75D Personnel Records Specialist Course

19SEP85 - Letter of Commendation in achieving a total of 908.4 out of 1000 while attending Personnel Records Specialist Course, Class 85-42.

20SEP85 - Relieved from Active Duty - Assigned to 402D PSC (USAR) - Ft. Sam Houston, TX

26MAR86 - Released from 402D PSC - Assigned to 887TH Supply CO (USAR) - Sinton, TX

11MAY86 - Discharged from 887TH Supply CO (USAR) - Delayed Entry to Regular Army

12NOV86 - Assigned to C Co 4TH ATB 1ST AVN BDE (AA) - Ft. Rucker, AL

03FEB87 - Awarded Aircraft Crewman Badge (Permanent)

26FEB87 - Graduated UH-1 Helicopter Repair Course (67N), Class 87-8
*Held at C Co. 3 months due to erroneous paperwork.

02JUN87 - Assigned to 176TH AVN CO Ft. Hood, TX

31JUL87 - 176TH AVN CO Deactivated
Reasssignment to E Co., 3rd Aviation, 2nd Armored Division

General Orders #46:
CO E, 3d Aviation Bn, UIC: WAMKEO will be REORGANIZED and RE-DESIGNATED as Co E, 3d Aviation, UIC: WC44AA under MTOE 1-257JFC02, FC1087 with the following strengths: STSTR: 7 OFF, 45 WO, 116 ENL 168 AG- G-AUSTR: 7 OFF, 45 WO, 116 ENL, 168 AGG and remains ASSIGNED to the 2d Armored Division at Fort Hood, TX, effective 16 August 1987.

10NOV87 - Army Achievement Medal (1st)

01MAR88 - Promotion to Specialist Four

11MAR88 - Crewmember Flight Status Activated

MAR88 - 5.7 Hours Flown

APR88 - 22.3 Hours Flown

MAY88 - 4.9 Hours Flown

JUN88 - 7.9 Hours Flown

JUL88 - Gallant Knight/Gallant Eagle Exercises - March AFB, CA

JUL88 - 23.4 Hours Flown

26AUG88 - Army Achievement Medal (2nd)

AUG88 - 3.5 Hours Flown

SEP88 - National Training Center (NTC) - Ft Irwin, CA

SEP88 - 10.6 Hours Flown (7.1 NVG)

OCT88 - 2.0 Hours Flown

16JAN89 - X-Country Flt to NTC w/ BDE CMDR (COL John Shaw & CW4 Messinger)
  Ft. Hood to San Angelo, TX (fuel)
  San Angelo to Pecos, TX (fuel)
  Pecos to El Paso, TX (fuel)
  El Paso to Deming, NM (fuel)
  Deming to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ (overnight)
17JAN89 - Davis-Monthan AFB to Luke AFB, AZ (fuel & breakfast)
  Luke AFB to Lake Havasu City, AZ (fuel)
  Lake Havasu City to Las Vegas, NV (fuel)
  Las Vegas to Ft. Irwin, CA (2 days)
  Returned to Ft. Hood (Total Hrs: 23.6)

JAN89 - 32.3 Hours Flown

FEB89 - 10.7 Hours Flown

MAR89 - E Co 3rd AVN REG "Crew Chief of the Month"

MAR89 - 8.5 Hours Flown

APR89 - 6.2 Hours Flown

JUN89 - 8.9 Hours Flown

JUL89 - 10.1 Hours Flown

AUG89 - 3.4 Hours Flown

SEP89 - 6.2 Hours Flown

OCT89 - 14.7 Hours Flown

NOV89 - 12.3 Hours Flown

DEC89 - 9.4 Hours Flown

10NOV89 - Army Good Conduct Medal

02JAN90 - Deployed to Reforger '90 - (C-5A Galaxy)
  Robert Gray AAF to Dover AFB
  Dover AFB to Brussels, Belgium Airport
  Antwerp to Brasschaat, Belgium airfield - fogged in 4 days
  Brasschaat to Mannheim, Germany - fogged in 3 days
  Mannheim to Ingolstadt, Germany
02FEB90 - End of Reforger '90 - (C-5A Galaxy)
  Ingolstadt to Ramstein AFB
  Ramstein AFB to Robert Gray AAF

JAN90 - 15.8 Hours Flown

FEB90 - 4.8 Hours Flown

21MAY90 - Army Achievement Medal (3rd)

MAY thru JUN 90 - SINCGARS ICOM IOTE

MAY90 - 43.9 Hours Flown

JUN90 - 7.5 Hours Flown

31JUL90 - Army Commendation Medal (1st)

AUG90 - Fort Hood Lifeguard Training Course
Graduated Top of the Class

AUG90 - 4.3 Hours Flown

07DEC90 - Reassigned from E Co 4th BN 3rd AVN 2nd AD (Deactivated) to
HHD 2nd BN 58th AVN REG 6th CAV BDE

TOTAL CREW CHIEF HOURS FLOWN: 312 (Incomplete)

Wind Storms on Fort Hood

On 13 May 1989, violent winds in excess of 100 miles per hour damaged or destroyed 142 of the 495 aircraft at Fort Hood Army Airfield and nearby Robert Gray Army Airfield. The III Corps' fleet of 150 AH-64s, one-third of the Army's Apache inventory, was hit the hardest. Apaches from the 1st Cavalry Division, the 2d Armored Division, the 6th Cavalry Brigade (the Army's only separate air combat brigade), and the Apache Training Brigade were damaged. Of the 101 Apaches damaged, 31 needed depot repairs. Thirty to forty other helicopters (UH-60s, OH-58s, UH-1s, CH-47s, and AH-1s) were severely damaged. Most of the helicopters suffered damage to the main rotor blades, structural faults, and damage to transmissions. Losses were initially estimated in excess of $600 million, which included facilities repair.

Fire Birds

In 1989, Hollywood came to Fort Hood to film a movie. One day while walking back to the barracks we came across a blocked off section of Central Ave. and 20th St. where several movie trucks and film crew were shooting a scene. A few of us stopped to take a peek and talk to some of the people standing on the other side of the barracade. One guy was greeting us with a handshake and a "Hello". Some young guy that was basically unknown actor named Nicholas Cage. They were shooting the "panties" scene.

E Co 4/3 AVN REGT, 2nd AD (176th AVN)
1987-1990

Photo taken June 1989 at Fort Hood AAF in front of UH-1H #704
(Back L-R): SPC Kevin Allen, SPC Cedric Morris, SPC Brad Smelser
(Front L-R): SPC Benjamin Bahoque, SGT Tony Cory, PFC Marty Lange

Utility Helicopter Repair School
Fort Rucker, Alabama

CLASS 87-8 67N
21 NOV 86 - 26 FEB 87
Kevin M. Allen
Steven M. Almeida
John D. Blake
John D. Blozik {contact}
Robert C. Chiusano
David L. Clifton
Daniel Drisckell Jr.
Reid W. Everett
David J. Gunderson
Kitchener L. Harding {contact}
Michael J. Hassman
James L. Klatt
Steven P. Lindberg
William E. Lovett III
Roger A. Merrill
Eric J. Mutersbaugh
Michael N. Quia
Marshall L. Silva
Lawrence A. Shorback Jr.
Steven M. Small
John Terjelian
Robert M. Vetscher
Shawn E. Wallenfelsz
Barry C. Walters