Letter Carrier PS-5, Carrier Technician PS-6, &
Distribution Clerk PS-5
Enjoying 5 Grandchildren (2 Boys & 3 Girls)
I have been fighting Leukemia (MLS / APL) since June of 2006. I Lost100 lbs from June of 2006 until January of 2007. I am in remission since my last Intravenous Chemotherapy in Februray 2007. I will not be considered to be Cured and Cancer Free until Februrary of2012. I am still taking oral chemotherapy at home, until Februrary of 2009. CANCER REALLY SUCKS !!!!!!!
I'M NOT BITCHING. I'M JUST THANKFUL FOR THE TIME I HAVE LEFT !!!!!!
Monitor your health, as we were exposed to Cancer Causing Agents. There were more defoliants than the popular "Agent Orange". I used and disposed of Defoliants Red, Orange, White, Purple etc. plus other Carcinogenics. We were told these were "as safe as drinking water". Radiation, which can cause Leukemia, is something else to consider, if you were exposed.
Did any of you attend the Chemical Corps 75th anniversary celebration (held at the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md.) in 1993.???
I think the 90th Anniversary was held this year at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. Does anyone know ???
Any of Y'all Former or Present Day Technical Escorts from Any of the Services ??????
We had Sailors, Marines, and Airforce (both Officers & Enlisted) in our J-5 Training and Certification at Ft. McClellan while I was was in from 1968- 71.
Other Comments:
Carter, James Dennis SGT E-5
****** M.O.S. 54B40 J-5 ******
U.S. Army Technical Escort
"DRAGON SOLDIER All THE WAY"
Chemical Corps My Entire Enlistment
9 July 1968 - 8 July 1971
Permanent Changes of Station :
11 B E-1 ( Basic Training - Ft. Benning, Georgia )
54 A 10 E-2 & E-3 (A.I.T. Chemical Operations Apprentice - Ft.McClellan, Alabama )
54 B 20 E-4 ( Decontamination Squad 13th Support Brigade - Ft. Hood, Texas )
54 B 20 E-4 (Technical Escort J-5 Training & Certification - Ft. McClellan, Alabama)
The U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) is the primary provider of materiel to the United States Army. The Command's mission includes the research & development of weapons systems as well as maintenance and parts distribution. It was established on 8 May 1962 and was activated on 1 August of that year as a major field command of the U.S. Army. Lieutenant General Frank S. Besson, Jr., who directed the implementation of the Department of Army study that recommended creation of a "materiel development and logistics command", served as its first commander.
AMC operates research and development engineering centers; Army Research Laboratories; depots; arsenals; ammunition plants; and other facilities, and maintains the Army's prepositioned stocks, both on land and afloat. The command is also the Department of Defense Executive Agent for the chemical weapons stockpile and for conventional ammunition.
AMC is responsible within the United States Department of Defense for the business of selling Army equipment and services to allies of the United States and negotiates and implements agreements for co-production of U.S. weapons systems by foreign nations.
AMC is currently headquartered at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, and is located in approximately 149 locations worldwide, including more than 49 American States and 50 countries. AMC maintains employment of upwards of 70,000 military and civilian employees.
The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission decision relocated AMC to Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. Personnel began relocating to Redstone in 2006 and the command was completely relocated by summer 2011, effecting one in every six AMC employees across the command, or approximately 11,000 people in 25 states. AMC was previously headquartered on Ft. Belvoir, VA, for approximately fifty years.
