John P. Spearman Jr:  

I graduated from Minnie Holman school with many of the Woodlawn High school friends. They went to Woodlawn and I attended Glenn for my freshman year. I tried to transfer to Woodlawn and attended class for several weeks when I was informed that my paper work had not been received at the office. So I tried to returne to Glenn but with out any papers I could not be enrolled. So I joined the Alabama National and went basic training at Ft. Gordon, Ga. I finished basic and returned to Bham. I volenteered for active duty and went to Ft.Benning, Ga for jump school and returned to the 20th Special Forces Gp. I was in that unit for four years. I was injured while making a jump and went thru two back surgeries. After recovering from the surgeries I became a dupty sheriff for Jefferson county. After a year there I was recalled to active duty and left for advanced training with a Special Forces Group. After I returned from my first assignment I attended the 300F1 coarse now called 18 Delta I was sent over seas to another Special Forces group stationed in Europe. I served in Europe for a total of eight years as part of a counter terrorest group. I returned to the US and changed my job and became a Army nurse or 91C as we were called. I was stationed in several different countries for various time frames. My last joint venture was in Desert Storm as first a chief Wardmaster for the 10th MASH hospital then attached to the 3rd Special Forces as a dive medic on a shark team. Then attached to the 18th Airborne Bdg 44th Med FAST team and then reattached to the 10th SF Unit. After I returned to the US I was stationed at Ft. Rucker, Al as the assitant Chief Wardmaster and incharge of the OTSG office for Hyperbaric Medicine and diving unit. On 30 June I retired from the US Army after 26 years of active duty I moved to Mobile, AL, area. I attended the 91C clinical Specialst coarse at William Beaumont, Army Medical Center. We had a good class and I enjoyed all of the time I spent there as well as the friendships that I made there with my Classmates. We were a very close nit unit. After graduation I shipped to Germany and reported to the 3rd. Inf Div, 3rd Medical Bat Acheffenberg, Germany. Reuped and went to the 97th General Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany. I rotated back in 1976 to Ft. Gordon and was assigned to DDEAMC Dwight David Esienhower Army Medical Center. It had just opened up a year or two earlier. I attended Medical College School of nursing and also Dekalb Comunity Clooege and received my Assoc Degree. I next attended Braneu College, Now Braneu University and received my BS degree and then back to Germany. ON special assignment to a specialty team as NCOIC of a rapid deployment 150 personnel medical team. I also served as a counter terrorest instructor and was assigned to V Corps commander's office as a consultant to the commander and trained with K-52 a German Police unit assigned to respond to any terrorest incursion in the Frankfurt Region. I served on a Broken Arrow Team while assigned to Ft. Gordon after returning from my first European tour. I was also assigned to a Special Forces unit assigned to Bad Tolz FRG. I operated under the following MOS'S 91A,91B, 91C,91S,91D, 31K, OOB, 18D, 18E, 18F ,630,31K,O5C, 76K, 91H, 95B and 95C.I retired from the Army after Desert Storm and now I work for the State of Alabama as a Patrol officer located in the Mobile distric. I am a law enforcement Paramedic and training officer. I also have a gunsmith shop and install,repair and operate Hyperbaric chambers.Since I live on the coast I fish and Scuba dive when I ha...Expand for more