Greetings to everyone
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Greetings to everyone
I just wanted to say a quick hello to everyone on the site and especially the Rangers. I've always had the greatest respect for the Rangers and in return they've always shown respect towards me. I'm a US Army veteran and I served as an RDF Military Policeman with the 978th MP Co at Ft. Bliss, Tx from 1984 to 1987. I did a brief combat tour in Central America while attached to Joint Task Force Bravo with the 5th SF Group in late 1984. I look forward to being a member of the site and hope I can be a contribution to the site as opposed to dead weight. Hooah.
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Spartan
Happy to respond, Spartan. Yes, I was in several other areas while there. I'm not sure how much of this is still classified, if any, but I'm among friends 
. We were actually based at Palmerola Air Field which is near Comayagua. We ran patrols throughout the area. The SF were short of ground pounders so they sort of adopted a squad of MP's of which I was fortunate enough to be a part. We initially landed at Tegucigalpa, though. We did a lot of recon work in and around El Tigre. We ran one SAD mission near La Paz and also secured and recovered a UH1-D that developed in flight mechanical problems near La Ceiba off the Carribean. I also spent a week on top of a mountain OP we referred to as hilltop. As far as 5th or 7th, I'm not going to swear to it because it was 20 yrs ago and I was pretty green in the army then. I was pretty sure that the flash was 5th though. I hope this covers it as I don't expect you to ignore a claim like mine without challenging me occassionally. 
. We were actually based at Palmerola Air Field which is near Comayagua. We ran patrols throughout the area. The SF were short of ground pounders so they sort of adopted a squad of MP's of which I was fortunate enough to be a part. We initially landed at Tegucigalpa, though. We did a lot of recon work in and around El Tigre. We ran one SAD mission near La Paz and also secured and recovered a UH1-D that developed in flight mechanical problems near La Ceiba off the Carribean. I also spent a week on top of a mountain OP we referred to as hilltop. As far as 5th or 7th, I'm not going to swear to it because it was 20 yrs ago and I was pretty green in the army then. I was pretty sure that the flash was 5th though. I hope this covers it as I don't expect you to ignore a claim like mine without challenging me occassionally. Graduated Military Police school Class C-10,2/84
Assigned 978th MP CO, Force Command.
Honorably Discharged 2/87
Rank at time of discharge, A/Sgt. (P)
Assigned 978th MP CO, Force Command.
Honorably Discharged 2/87
Rank at time of discharge, A/Sgt. (P)
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