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Comment by Todd A. Mercer on January 6, 2016 at 4:22pm

... and none of them were married in '87.

Comment by Todd A. Mercer on January 6, 2016 at 4:11pm

Hmmm... Dave Fulton's wife is not "Page".  It is Debbie.  Crytzer's wife is/was German, don't recall her name.  Shutte married a gal who's name I forget, and they later divorced anyway. Shutte was from the Cincinnati area (not far from you) , last I heard he was back there.

If you accept my friend request, I'll send you Dave Fulton's email address.

Comment by Jeff Hamel on January 6, 2016 at 3:57pm

Awesome.. thanks for the info. It must have been Fulton. Back to sporadic memories... he introduced me to his wife once when he stopped by the arms room ( her name was Page ). Interesting to hear about where some of the rest of these guys ended up. 

I agree with you about Bamberg too.. it was a great place to serve and I was very sad to hear about the Army leaving Warner Kasserne. I was only 17-19 years old when I was there and it made a huge impression on me. Cant wait til I can go back to visit some day. 

Comment by Todd A. Mercer on January 6, 2016 at 3:46pm

That LT had to be David V. Fulton, the only West Point LT we had at that time  (the other two being LT Crytzer [3rd, PLT, I think] and LT Doug Shutte).  LT Fulton retired as LTC Fulton, and currently works at HQ USAREUR as a GS14.  LT Crytzer, is a USAR Brigadier General, who is Deputy Commanding General of Special Operations Command, Central.

Comment by Jeff Hamel on January 6, 2016 at 3:37pm

Ya, some memories stick with you for reasons we'll never understand. Other things I should remember have long sense faded away. And you are correct... I was the unit armorer at Graf ( my last Graf ) and I had the arms room GP Medium setup not too far away from where the tanks were firing 24 HOURS A DAY!! :)  I actually went to a field E-5 board during that stay at Graf. Lucked out since I didnt have to wear dress greens. 

Seems I remember a grenade being lost.. but guess I lucked out being the armorer and did not have to go look for it. The armorer before me was Sergeant Hadorn. Funny Texan that taught me well going in. 

Our time didnt overlap too much but I do remember that you seemed pretty down to earth and you were one of only two officers to stop by my room. The other was Captain Jennings to come tell me my grandfather was about to pass away and I was sent home on emergency leave. 

I also had a platoon leader and I feel terrible because I cannot remember his name... but he and I were drinking beers during some downtime at Graf ( the one and only time that ever happened ) and he told me all about his Aeronautical Engineering degree from West Point. I was hooked at that point and ended up getting my Aerospace Engineering degree from the University of Cincinnati. I would love to track him down and let him know what happened since those beers we had together. He was the 2nd platoon leader for only a short period of time. If you can remember his name please pass it along. :)

Comment by Todd A. Mercer on January 6, 2016 at 3:19pm

Wow.  Good memory.  

I think I vaguely remember you as armorer.   Wasn't the previous armorer a PFC who sought to have his parachutist qualification removed? 

I had my moments of doing things like walking into rooms with open doors and striking up conversations.  I loved being a soldier in that time and place.  

So, you must have been armorer during the summer '87 Graf rotation?  We were in Camp Kasserine, and CPT Jennings had to go home on emergency leave during most of it?  We were at Graf for nearly a month.  That was the rotation where somebody lost a grenade on Range 201, and we actually went on hands and knees searching for it!  Never found the grenade we were looking for, but found other grenades from other rotations.

Comment by Jeff Hamel on January 6, 2016 at 3:01pm

I actually left Nov of 87. You might remember my last six months as the unit armorer. And oddly enough I remember a conversation that you and I had a couple days before I left Germany. My door was open and you walked in and just struck up a conversation which I thought was pretty cool. We talked about all things military and things to do in Germany. 

Comment by Todd A. Mercer on January 6, 2016 at 2:50pm

Jeff, when in '87 did you leave Mad Dog Company?  I took over as XO in March/April of 1987, just before a return trip to Hohenfels.  Your name is vaguely familiar.

Comment by Jeff Hamel on November 11, 2015 at 11:54am

That is the first time I have seen a picture of CPT Jennings since leaving!! He was a fun Commander. We pranked some tankers at Hohenfels one night ( snuck up on their tank while they were sleeping and wrote something on the side of their tank to embarrass them ). Previous on that day they sort of pissed us off ( long story ). Anyway, I also wrote on the side of their tank ( with a white camo stick ) that I took something from the top of their tank while they were sleeping and leaving the tank un-guarded.  ( but I didnt actually take anything ). Later, they complained about it and I was called before CPT Jennings ( all of this taking place in the field ). I told him the story and he said to me "Goddamn it Hamel, you should have taken something so that you had something to give back. By the way, outstanding F'ing mission!! ". I ended up taking something from my own gear and "returning" it to the tankers to get them to stop bitching. 

Comment by Todd A. Mercer on March 25, 2015 at 12:41am

I wonder when that picture was taken?  I was CPT Jennings' XO for the second part of his command.  I remember that office all too well, up on the top floor.

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