John McClain:  

Life Hello everybody! My life adventure started in 1980 after High School graduation. My first Career started in a place in Fort Leonardwood, Missouri for Basic Training in D-4-3. (Blue Devils). Then I was placed on a plane and sent to Serria Vista, Arizona ( Fort Hauchuca) to Become an 96B Intelligence Analyst. Upon graduation in the top of my class, I was assigned to the HHC 104th MI CEWI Bn, G2, 4th Infantry Division as a Military Intelligence Analyst in the Division Command Post Forward. I spent three year in the 4th Infantry Division in Colorado. I was placed on orders in 1983 for HHC 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Kitzegen, Germany. I spent most of this time in Europe living in the woods (3 weeks out of the month) and going to wine festivals. Eldest son was born in Wertzburg, Germany during this tour. From Germany, somehow I got an inter-theater transfer to Hawaii in 1984 to the INSCOM Theater Intelligence Center (ITIC-PAC). This tour sent me to many counties in the Pacific (Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Brunei, ect). Made many friends that I have lost contact with over the years. In 1988, my time was up and I went back to Fort Carson, Colorado to the S2, 3rd Armor Brigade. I saw lots of field time and the Pinion Canyon Training Center while in this Assignment. In late 1990, I was sent to Soto Cano AB in Honduras to work with JTF-B in the J2 as a watch officer. Lived life large in a hooch (B-52, The Bomber). Our hooch hosted every weekend BBQ of a cow and all the Jungle juice you could drink. Our balcony provided for excellent Jell-O Diving until some knuckle head went and broke his arm and the Commander cut it down with a Chain Saw. Traveled though the jungles of Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua (deactivating the Contra’s), Costa Rica, to Panama to support Operation Just Cause. The needs of the Army changed fast and Suddenly I was put on alert for Iraq (the big sand...Expand for more