i was born in Garmisch while my father was stationed in Murnau (US Army Engineer). we also lived in Hanau, and later in Fulda. i guarantee that there is no finer duty than being stationed in Germany. time spent in Germany will change your life in so many positive ways. best of luck and best wishes!
Graf, the Army and 7th ATC are different than when my AF family was assigned there in the early 80s, but our time there then was wonderful and I'm jealous of anyone assigned there now.
17:1717:18 Was stationed at Graff 82-85 . 535th Eng.Co. ( CSE). 563 rd Eng Bn 7 Corp. It looks like Graff has changed big time. I heard that the Tank Trails are now hard ball. We did range upgrade and built ranges 10 months a year.
I lived there from 1967 to 1974.. My father was an instructor for the arming of the Nuclear missiles with the "physics Package"... I never knew until just a few years ago what Dad was doing there.. I didn't even know about the caves until then either ! Verner Von Braun was there and purposely surrendered to the US.. Dad was: Alfred G Pease 1922 - 2016 Rank CW4 Has anyone here been in the caves? As kids (BRAT) we were not allowed to go to that area of the base. My Father was Army but he worked for 3 Generals in three branches. Army, Navy, and either Marines or Air force. I don't remember. I was very young and this was my first "Reality". I LOVED it there !
Being sent to Germany after Worls War two, was a great way to say you were in the US Army, while wasting two years of your life playing like you were a badass,,, seved there from 1966, to 1967......
Let me tell you a little history of Rose Barracks. I was stationed in 663rd Ordinance Company at Rose Barracks from 1972-1975. When I got there I was not even sure I was in the Army. The barracks were in terrible condition. The bathrooms were disgusting and the only heat we had were coal oil stoves in each room which were fueled by hauling fuel from the dark basement in a bent up oil can. These stoves often belched black smoke and frequently caught fire. The windows were so old and warped that when the wind blew the draft blew all the way across the room. We slept on the old thin mattress spring bunks and they sagged so much your butt touched the floor below you. Drunkenness was widespread and fights often resulted in more damage to the building. There were no locks on the doors and you had to keep your wall locker secured to protect any valuables. Speaking of drunkenness drug use was rampant. Not only hashish but hard drugs like amphetemines, LSD and heroin were readily available. Over the counter German painkillers called Mandrakes were a common drug used by just about everyone and were used along with alcohol. The mess hall was another joke. We had hotdogs and hamburgers so often I just assumed that was what the Army subsisted on. The food was of poor quality and for some reason there was never any coffee. The coffee mystery was finally solved when the mess sergeant went to Leavenworth for selling food and coffee on the black market. There were several personnel who I noticed every morning sitting on the hood of their 5 ton trucks who I assumed were German workers. They were dressed in Army fatigues which were in disrepair and they all had hair far longer than Army regulations allowed. It was only later that I learned that these were soldiers who were shipped to Germany from Vietnam who were allowed to do pretty much what they pleased. They couldn't have given a shit less about the Army or anything else. What was the Army going to do to them, ship them back to Vietnam? It was people like them who were responsible for all the heroin which was shipped into Germany and used by US servicemen. At the time you could go to Munich and purchase 1000 grams of hashish for $1000.00 American currency and sell it in the barracks for $5.00 a gram. A very good profit margin. My room mate was a Spec4 who had a hashish business in the barracks and he came back from Munich one Sunday with 10, 100 gram slabs of hash. He stuck it in his wall locker in the bottom drawer and covered it with with underwear. Early the next morning there is a BANG, BANG, BANG on the door and in walks the Company First Sergeant who shall remain nameless. It was a health and welfare inspection conducted periodically to search for contraband (Drugs) and weapons. Well, my room mate and I are standing at attention and the First Sergeant goes over and searches my room mates locker and I watched him search the drawer where I know there is 1000 grams of hash. I am standing there shaking in my boots thinking this is it, I'm going to Manheim, the Army prison in Germany. well, the First Sergeant can't help but see that hash but instead of saying a word he closed the locker and walked out of the room. After my heart started beating again I asked my room mate what the hell had happened and why we were not getting arrested. He just looked at me with a smile on his face and said, Top (Army slang for First Sergeant) came from Vietnam also, and smoked hash and that he would take him a chunk of hash later to thank him for cutting us slack. I was stunned but thankful. I could tell you a lot more stories but suffice it to say that the Rose Barracks of today is much different than the Rose Barracks I remember. It was tough duty back then and not a very pleasant experience so enjoy what you have today and remember your predecessors who came before you.
Stationed in Germany from 1971-1974. Spent time at Grafenwohr, Tennenlohe, Hohenfels, Bad Tolz, Katterbach, Urlas, and Ansbach. Based on the testimony of the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff General Milley before congress, I am no longer proud to have served. Not my Army.
I certainly agree that Miley is a disgrace but for those of us who served during the Cold War we did a great job in that the Communist Russians never came across that border and invaded Western Europe.
Spent two seperate tours in Bavaria. First on 74-76 Cobra gunship crew chief, Illesheim /Ansbach mil comm. Second,MP NCO out of Schweinfurt. Spent many of good times in Rothenburg, Garmisch, Berchtesgaden, Munich,the countryside.The people were very hospitable everywhere, and it seemed like every taxi driver was a one time POW who was transferred to a U.S. POW camp in the states!
Danke für die Information. Mit anderen Worten, geht es den Soldaten und ihren Familien hier besser, als in den USA. Traurig aber nicht hoffnungslos. Hier funktioniert die zivil/militärische Zusammenarbeit besser.
@@Volesky1775 Da ich in solch einer Liegenschaft schon arbeitete, darf ich das so beurteilen und stehe auch dazu. Dass sich im Laufe der Zeit etwas ändert, ist auch normal.😁
Still the preeminent area to be stationed. Unlucky me got Baumholder to the west instead. If you get a choice for PCS to a new duty station in Germany choose Bavaria. I cannot list all the cool things you can do in this region on this comment board.
These facilities shall be removed back to the US. Germany is free country, the war is over long ago, the Warsaw Pact ceased, so there is no reason to keep this military forces abroad
@@abn76280 The NATO is almost over, as well as European Union, do wake up. 30 years after end of the Warsaw Pact NATO bases are in Poland and former Soviet Baltics and Central Asia. Sо who's lurking?
i was born in Garmisch while my father was stationed in Murnau (US Army Engineer). we also lived in Hanau, and later in Fulda. i guarantee that there is no finer duty than being stationed in Germany. time spent in Germany will change your life in so many positive ways. best of luck and best wishes!
I Was stationed at Graf from 1975 to 1978 assigned to 7 ATC.
Graf, the Army and 7th ATC are different than when my AF family was assigned there in the early 80s, but our time there then was wonderful and I'm jealous of anyone assigned there now.
17:17 17:18 Was stationed at Graff 82-85 .
535th Eng.Co. ( CSE). 563 rd Eng Bn 7 Corp.
It looks like Graff has changed big time. I heard that the Tank Trails are now hard ball.
We did range upgrade and built ranges 10 months a year.
I made 2 ARTPs there from Bad Kissingen (2nd/41st FA 3rd ID) back in 84 & 85. They let us go to the theater in 85 and watch "Red Dawn"....
I was stationed in Furth in 88-89. I loved Bavaria and especially the beer! 🍺
I was there as a Dental lab tech in 1966, to 1967, and worked in a Lab in down town furth...right accross from the Big PX...tell me what you did....
@@jackjohnsen8506 I was a Forward Observer with a field artillery unit.
I lived there from 1967 to 1974.. My father was an instructor for the arming of the Nuclear missiles with the "physics Package"...
I never knew until just a few years ago what Dad was doing there..
I didn't even know about the caves until then either !
Verner Von Braun was there and purposely surrendered to the US..
Dad was:
Alfred G Pease 1922 - 2016
Rank CW4
Has anyone here been in the caves? As kids (BRAT) we were not allowed to go to that area of the base.
My Father was Army but he worked for 3 Generals in three branches. Army, Navy, and either Marines or Air force. I don't remember. I was very young and this was my first "Reality".
I LOVED it there !
Your bat shit crazy
I was stationed in Ramstein AB 2009-2013. Trained w Army medic in Grafenburg Army base
Being sent to Germany after Worls War two, was a great way to say you were in the US Army, while wasting two years of your life playing like you were a badass,,, seved there from 1966, to 1967......
Thank you for the great information!
Let me tell you a little history of Rose Barracks. I was stationed in 663rd Ordinance Company at Rose Barracks from 1972-1975. When I got there I was not even sure I was in the Army. The barracks were in terrible condition. The bathrooms were disgusting and the only heat we had were coal oil stoves in each room which were fueled by hauling fuel from the dark basement in a bent up oil can. These stoves often belched black smoke and frequently caught fire. The windows were so old and warped that when the wind blew the draft blew all the way across the room. We slept on the old thin mattress spring bunks and they sagged so much your butt touched the floor below you. Drunkenness was widespread and fights often resulted in more damage to the building. There were no locks on the doors and you had to keep your wall locker secured to protect any valuables. Speaking of drunkenness drug use was rampant. Not only hashish but hard drugs like amphetemines, LSD and heroin were readily available. Over the counter German painkillers called Mandrakes were a common drug used by just about everyone and were used along with alcohol. The mess hall was another joke. We had hotdogs and hamburgers so often I just assumed that was what the Army subsisted on. The food was of poor quality and for some reason there was never any coffee. The coffee mystery was finally solved when the mess sergeant went to Leavenworth for selling food and coffee on the black market. There were several personnel who I noticed every morning sitting on the hood of their 5 ton trucks who I assumed were German workers. They were dressed in Army fatigues which were in disrepair and they all had hair far longer than Army regulations allowed. It was only later that I learned that these were soldiers who were shipped to Germany from Vietnam who were allowed to do pretty much what they pleased. They couldn't have given a shit less about the Army or anything else. What was the Army going to do to them, ship them back to Vietnam? It was people like them who were responsible for all the heroin which was shipped into Germany and used by US servicemen. At the time you could go to Munich and purchase 1000 grams of hashish for $1000.00 American currency and sell it in the barracks for $5.00 a gram. A very good profit margin. My room mate was a Spec4 who had a hashish business in the barracks and he came back from Munich one Sunday with 10, 100 gram slabs of hash. He stuck it in his wall locker in the bottom drawer and covered it with with underwear. Early the next morning there is a BANG, BANG, BANG on the door and in walks the Company First Sergeant who shall remain nameless. It was a health and welfare inspection conducted periodically to search for contraband (Drugs) and weapons. Well, my room mate and I are standing at attention and the First Sergeant goes over and searches my room mates locker and I watched him search the drawer where I know there is 1000 grams of hash. I am standing there shaking in my boots thinking this is it, I'm going to Manheim, the Army prison in Germany. well, the First Sergeant can't help but see that hash but instead of saying a word he closed the locker and walked out of the room. After my heart started beating again I asked my room mate what the hell had happened and why we were not getting arrested. He just looked at me with a smile on his face and said, Top (Army slang for First Sergeant) came from Vietnam also, and smoked hash and that he would take him a chunk of hash later to thank him for cutting us slack. I was stunned but thankful. I could tell you a lot more stories but suffice it to say that the Rose Barracks of today is much different than the Rose Barracks I remember. It was tough duty back then and not a very pleasant experience so enjoy what you have today and remember your predecessors who came before you.
Truth. They just don’t know how good they have it today.
😂
So, I guess you had a good time!
@@laakona8381 SCREW YOU!!! I'm sure you're a Biden voter!
You are just a whiner. Probably a clerk typist weenie.
Stationed in Germany from 1971-1974. Spent time at Grafenwohr, Tennenlohe, Hohenfels, Bad Tolz, Katterbach, Urlas, and Ansbach. Based on the testimony of the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff General Milley before congress, I am no longer proud to have served. Not my Army.
My day was stationed at bad toltz with the 2nd acr and he went to grafenwohr a lot
I certainly agree that Miley is a disgrace but for those of us who served during the Cold War we did a great job in that the Communist Russians never came across that border and invaded Western Europe.
Spent two seperate tours in Bavaria. First on 74-76 Cobra gunship crew chief, Illesheim /Ansbach mil comm. Second,MP NCO out of Schweinfurt. Spent many of good times in Rothenburg, Garmisch, Berchtesgaden, Munich,the countryside.The people were very hospitable everywhere, and it seemed like every taxi driver was a one time POW who was transferred to a U.S. POW camp in the states!
I have true stories from 77' to 80' , that would trip you out in West Germany. Siegelsbach. That's where I was stationed for 3 crazy years. Thanx.
He can read good
Things were way different in 1985 when I was there.
That looks like a luxury vacation compared to 1964-1966 when I was based in Germany.
My dad was there around then with the 2nd acr and he was a officer
How different do you think it was when I was there in 1966, tp 1967?????
He does a good job reading the script! Lets give him an Arcom!
Nobody is talking about Ray Allen @ 0:24
You forget Ansbach and Illesheim as Part of USAG Bavaria ;)
Danke für die Information. Mit anderen Worten, geht es den Soldaten und ihren Familien hier besser, als in den USA. Traurig aber nicht hoffnungslos. Hier funktioniert die zivil/militärische Zusammenarbeit besser.
Das ist eine sehr große Lüge 🤣
@@Volesky1775 Was ist eine Lüge? Die Dokumentation oder mein Kommentar?🤔
@@svenschopke8089 Die infos aus dem Video sind natürlich richtig. Nur deine Aussage ist Schwachsinn.
@@Volesky1775 Da ich in solch einer Liegenschaft schon arbeitete, darf ich das so beurteilen und stehe auch dazu. Dass sich im Laufe der Zeit etwas ändert, ist auch normal.😁
1/4 Inf. Hohenfels 92-96.
Still got ration cards?
I still have mine, I used to Black market my Tax free Tobacco 🚬 & class 6 🍾🥂🍻😝🤪
@@509Heavydrop Shame in you! I keep my old Germany driver's license😮.
Still the preeminent area to be stationed. Unlucky me got Baumholder to the west instead.
If you get a choice for PCS to a new duty station in Germany choose Bavaria.
I cannot list all the cool things you can do in this region on this comment board.
Did anyone see that soldier just totally eat it while landing?
East7 US army im captain for is all guys
Warum sprechen Sie kein deutsch?
Warum solten sie?
What is that ?😀
Wow I'm amazed how they coddle soldiers these days.
Yeah, 20 years of war and constant rotations to the sandbox is definitely coddling. Get out of here with that nonsense.
One of the useless leaders I ever served under.
it sucks here don’t come
These facilities shall be removed back to the US. Germany is free country, the war is over long ago, the Warsaw Pact ceased, so there is no reason to keep this military forces abroad
To assist Germany in remaining free. I think we’ll stick around.
@@abn76280 Free of American and NATO military forces, of course.
@@АндрейФедоров-ж7ю Das Vedanya Ivan! As long as Ivan is lurking we'll be supporting NATO.
@@abn76280 The NATO is almost over, as well as European Union, do wake up. 30 years after end of the Warsaw Pact NATO bases are in Poland and former Soviet Baltics and Central Asia. Sо who's lurking?
Where is the 126 trans. Co.?