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82nd Airborne
Division
Public Affairs
Office
Fort Bragg, North Carolina�
The 82nd
Airborne Division is a world unto itself... As a first assignment
in the Army goes, it doesn't get any better than this.
�This
is the "real" Army... everything else has been a breeze.
�I arrived
at the "All American" Division in December 1983.
�Cross-training
as a print journalist, I worked mainly to support the post newspaper, "The
Paraglide". My mentor was Sergeant Major (Ret.) Wilson D. Goldie,
bar-none, the best Non-Commisioned Officer in the Army.
�Some
of the other "stand-out" leaders were now-Colonel, then-Major
Barry Willey... now Sergeant First Class, then Specialist Douglas Ide...
soon-to-be-Teacher, still my best friend, then Sergeant Ken
Hudson.
�Here's
the folks I remember well. Help me out if you know their current whereabouts.
| COL
Barry Willey |
Mons, Belgium |
| SFC Doug
Ide |
Washington,
D.C. |
| Ken Hudson |
Madison,
SD |
| SGM Wilson
D. Goldie |
Fayetteville,
NC |
| SGM Raymond
Cole |
Fayetteville,
NC |
| Marcus Castro |
Fayetteville,
NC |
| Greg Tulley |
Unknown |
| Ray Thomas |
Unknown |
| MSG Dawn
Fitzpatrick |
Washington,
D.C. |
| MAJ Doug
Sams |
Unknown |
| MAJ Doug
Hart |
Unknown |
�During
my time at Division PAO, I traveled to Honduras, Panama and Turkey as well
as training areas throughout the USA. Fort Bragg is high-speed, low drag...
� You
get to explore your self imposed limitation on your physical abilities...
and in the end you find the mind is always stronger...
�If
you push yourself to exceed and excel it becomes a way of life.
�1997 All Rights Reserved.
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