U. S. Army Engineer Officer Candidate Class 5-69, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia

[lestert357]

Friday, 7 February 1969…..one of my happier days…..anyone else out there happen to be at Ft. Belvoir during that era…..or maybe even in the OCS Class 5-69 roster and photo posted below?

 

[Crazywader]

Navy guy asking: top of the diploma states the school training was 'engineering' but the bottom indicates you were military intelligence. Is this a story that maybe can't yet be told?
I uncovered a box of pictures, certs, and things that mom saved while I was 'in'...a time when I was younger and fit and I thought I was indestructible and handsome. Them's were the good days.

 

[Legendarylawman]

I went there for the Engineer Officers Basic Course in 1985 and the Engineer Advanced Course in 1988. Ft. Belvoir, the beltway and Washington DC was "big time" for this guy from the sticks..... Just sayin...

 

[armytc]

I was stationed at FT Belvoir from late 1968 to August of 1970. As a Quartermaster 2LT I was assigned to the Director of Services. I was OIC of the Ration Distribution Section and also Assistant Post Mortuary Officer. It was a rewarding experience. 20 years later I served as a Colonel 0-6 with the Army Material Command just up the road from FT Belvoir during Operation Desert Storm. My wife and I were married at the Post Chapel while I was there in 1969.
I do know that OCS was tough. Thank you for your service!!!

 

[lestert357]

Navy guy asking: top of the diploma states the school training was 'engineering' but the bottom indicates you were military intelligence. Is this a story that maybe can't yet be told?
I uncovered a box of pictures, certs, and things that mom saved while I was 'in'...a time when I was younger and fit and I thought I was indestructible and handsome. Them's were the good days.

Yes, approximately half of my OCS class was commissioned in Military Intelligence rather than Engineering as the Army had an increased requirement for intelligence officers in Vietnam at that time. Although I was expecting to eventually go to Vietnam all during my training at Ft. Bliss, Ft. Polk, and Ft. Belvoir, it was not to be. Instead the Army subsequently sent me to Army Security Agency Europe Headquarters in Germany and assigned me as a G4 Supply Officer. I remained there until June 1972 when I was released from active duty as part of the Vietnam drawdown.

 

[ladder13]

Not that timeframe, but my brother was stationed @ Ft Belvoir ( he lived off base on US 1) from 1984 until he shipped out to Kuwait in 8/1990. When he returned in 1991, he retired with 20 in.

 

[olfart]

I was stationed at Belvoir in 1960 with US Army Polar Research and Development Center. Rotated to Greenland for two 90 day tours before being reassigned to 595th Signal Co. at Ft. Monmouth.