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Yup, was a Pvt in my Tm/Sqd, want to hear how I smoked the shit out of him to numerous times to mention?NG_11B30 wrote:It probably is him, Medium height blond guy, acne scars. Quiet. Ring a bell?
Nice kid, tell me more what you know. When did you serve w/ him, when did he RI?
Co B/1-75 RGR(81-85)
Army Guard 96-to the present day
E-8/MSG.
Ranger Class 12-82
"You can have one for free if it will shut the hole under your nose"
Army Guard 96-to the present day
E-8/MSG.
Ranger Class 12-82
"You can have one for free if it will shut the hole under your nose"
Well it must've paid off 'cause he was pretty highly thought of in our Mech. Inf Battalion. Sgt. Goens as I knew him came to our platoon from one of the infantry line companies in our battalion. Back then the scouts in the mech inf bn.'s were supposed to be 19D's. I was 11H, and they were short of scouts when I arrived into the Bn so by stroke of luck I ended up in the scouts. I took a ton of shit cause I was the only infantry guy - everything was "no no stupid grunt."
Then we came up on orders to do rotations on the communist border with Czechoslovakia and E. Germany (this was 88). We were short of good NCO's so our Battalion gave him us. Our PSG put him in charge of the dismounts and he was one squared away dude. He rarely yelled, he just never let you get over or sham out of shit, the smallest friggen thing and he'd be on your ass, not loud, but persistent. Oh he'd smoke you in a matter of fact kinda way too.
I learned so much from that guy in the 8 months or so that he was my TL. I really couldn't land nav for shit till he came along. He was a no bullshit kind of guy. Anyhow, it was a while before he told us that he was in the Ranger Battalion and got sent away to that MI unit. I think it stung him that it happend that way. I don't remember his stories much. Other than he went to an MI unit at Ft. Stewart I think, he seemed to like it there, he really knew his stuff when it came to recon, you could tell during our train up to going out on the border. At that time the border rotations were a big deal, as high speed as you could get in Germany - at least for the non SF guys - we were carrying live ammo (eee gads!!). We had to study all kinds of soviet equipment, he really drilled it into us. In 2003 when I was in Iraq I was talking with some Polish guys rattling off different kinds of equipment types - they were astonished that I knew about GAZ 69 jeeps, AN-12 colts, Su25 Frogfoots and on and on, I still know all that border crap. Useless trivia now. But almost 20 years later & I still retain that stuff? You tell me if he knew how to train his troops?
Anyhow, in the fall of 89 we both came down on PCS orders, I went to Ft. Campbell and he went on to Ft. Benning as far as I remember he went there to be an RI.
We hung out a few times on the weekends, I was a runner like I said, but man that friggen Goens was something else. I was pretty cocky about my running abilities, but Sgt. Goens would grab the guidon and run around the formation, drop and do push-ups and then run around us some more on our runs. He was un smokeable, at least from my perspective. Wherever he ended up I wish him well. Thats pretty much most of what I remember about him. A good egg.
Then we came up on orders to do rotations on the communist border with Czechoslovakia and E. Germany (this was 88). We were short of good NCO's so our Battalion gave him us. Our PSG put him in charge of the dismounts and he was one squared away dude. He rarely yelled, he just never let you get over or sham out of shit, the smallest friggen thing and he'd be on your ass, not loud, but persistent. Oh he'd smoke you in a matter of fact kinda way too.
I learned so much from that guy in the 8 months or so that he was my TL. I really couldn't land nav for shit till he came along. He was a no bullshit kind of guy. Anyhow, it was a while before he told us that he was in the Ranger Battalion and got sent away to that MI unit. I think it stung him that it happend that way. I don't remember his stories much. Other than he went to an MI unit at Ft. Stewart I think, he seemed to like it there, he really knew his stuff when it came to recon, you could tell during our train up to going out on the border. At that time the border rotations were a big deal, as high speed as you could get in Germany - at least for the non SF guys - we were carrying live ammo (eee gads!!). We had to study all kinds of soviet equipment, he really drilled it into us. In 2003 when I was in Iraq I was talking with some Polish guys rattling off different kinds of equipment types - they were astonished that I knew about GAZ 69 jeeps, AN-12 colts, Su25 Frogfoots and on and on, I still know all that border crap. Useless trivia now. But almost 20 years later & I still retain that stuff? You tell me if he knew how to train his troops?
Anyhow, in the fall of 89 we both came down on PCS orders, I went to Ft. Campbell and he went on to Ft. Benning as far as I remember he went there to be an RI.
We hung out a few times on the weekends, I was a runner like I said, but man that friggen Goens was something else. I was pretty cocky about my running abilities, but Sgt. Goens would grab the guidon and run around the formation, drop and do push-ups and then run around us some more on our runs. He was un smokeable, at least from my perspective. Wherever he ended up I wish him well. Thats pretty much most of what I remember about him. A good egg.
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RS Class 5-82
French Commando 11-83
LRSLC Class 5-87
U.S. Army 1980-1984 and 1987-1990
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“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
George S. Patton
French Commando 11-83
LRSLC Class 5-87
U.S. Army 1980-1984 and 1987-1990
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“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
George S. Patton
Nice to hear, and thanks. He was in my platoon about a year+ as far as I can remember. Went to SOT w/ my squad in Apr 84. After he got out of Ranger school he wanted to get a HHC job(I think fall 84), can't remember if he got it at the Company or Bn level. Any way, he took a lot of shit from me for that, my feeling was he just finished his most important year in Bn, now it was time to take ball and pass the knowledge. So I got on him, but he went any way. Must have got sent down the road from there, guess he had a bit of LOM.
Great to hear he stayed in and did well, he was a good kid.
Great to hear he stayed in and did well, he was a good kid.
Co B/1-75 RGR(81-85)
Army Guard 96-to the present day
E-8/MSG.
Ranger Class 12-82
"You can have one for free if it will shut the hole under your nose"
Army Guard 96-to the present day
E-8/MSG.
Ranger Class 12-82
"You can have one for free if it will shut the hole under your nose"
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K Company (Ranger) 75th Infantry (Airborne)
4th Infantry Division
82d Airborne Division
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Mentor to Pellet2007, ChaoticGood & RFS1307
Ranger School Class 3-69
7th Special Forces Group
K Company (Ranger) 75th Infantry (Airborne)
4th Infantry Division
82d Airborne Division
12th Special Forces Group
