"Was in Monterey last weekend, and drove over to my old baracks. felt really strange"
15th Medical Detachment, Grafenwoehr, Germany
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"how about vegas, or maybe one of the AFRC locations. By the way I thinking the reunion didn't happen yet....or I could be havin one of those senior moments..."
The 15th Med Det Grafenwore Germany
"Thats who I ran into when I got out for a short time in 1980. I was doing reserve duty in Texas and ran into Karen Massa, she got divorced and was living in Corpus Christi Tx. Hey guys you didn't get a pic of Opns.... SP4 Ray... All…"
Dave the Avionics dude
"I saw Lamont Sampe after I got out of Jump School way back in 81' he was in St. Louis and I was on my way to Korea."
"Hey Joe, been a while since I have been on this site. How are you doing? I retired from Ft Ord after we saw eachother and moved to Fremont, Ca. Man it would be good to see you sometime. Rod Ray"
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- When did you serve at 15th Med?
- 1977-1980
- What was your rank and MOS?
- E-4/71P
- What is your current email address? (optional)
- roderick.ray@sbcglobal.net
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 11:15am on May 14, 2011,
Rodney Deaux said…
Ray, is are you in this photo?
- At 5:44pm on July 17, 2012,
Kal Kerns said…
You must have arrived in Graf soon after I left. The red VW that Frankel had previously belonged to Chuck "Uncle Chuckie" Schneider. Chuck and I drove it to to the running of the bulls in Spain and also to Portugal and back to Graf.
- At 11:13pm on September 29, 2012,
Kim G. Frankl said…
Hi Ray,
I'm not much of a social butterfly but yes I was one of the proud owners of the red VW. Like Kal implied I did buy it from Chuck, I think I paid $700 or so. I only crashed it twice but fixed it twice as well. I blame the distruction on the German "oat" thing!
Life been interesting over the years but I will have to say that I enjoyed the medevac thing and more or less have been doing it ever since. Got my Airframe & Powerplant License in 82 and been in aviation ever since. Spent the past 20+ years working with various EMS Helicopter operators; 19 with Air Methods in Denver - ended up being their Director of Maintenance the last 6 years, worked for Omniflight Helicopters out of Dallas for a year as a tech rep and I'm currently the Assistant Director of Maintenance with EagleMed in Wichita, KS. I guess I can't seem to get away from the air amublance thing.
I did go back to Germany in 1996. Went by the barracks with my wife and two daughters. Let's just say I got a lump in my throat and a little something in my eye. Miss you and all the other guys. If any sort of a get together is arranged I'd like to be a part of it.
Take care and do stay in touch!
Kim Frankl
- At 12:29am on October 23, 2012,
Roderick Clayton Ray said…
Hi Kim, I got there about a month before you left. I was the new 71P flight ops clerk. If my memory serves me correct, you and Deaux were roommates. I hooked up with Aldo Marshall the supply sergeant when I got there and he took me Can't quit remember our 1st Sgt's name, but he was quit the character. I ended up getting out after my tour in Graf, in 1980, but decided to go back active and make it a career in 1981. Went on to infantry training and jump school. Never made it passed E-7, got hit an run over by a 2 1/2 ton truck at Ft Ord, Ca and got a disability discharge in 1990. Went back to school and worked in Program Management in the Electronics industry in the Silicon Valley for over15 years. Now working at the VBA on disability claims in Oakland. Never got back to Graf, even with my second tour in Heilbronn. But I will say Graf, was by far the best tour I ever had.
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