Previously Held MOS 05C10-Radio Teletype Operator
72B10-Communications Center Specialist
72G10-Automatic Data Telecommunications Center Operator
74G-Telecommunications Computer Operator-Maintainer
31Z-Telecommunications Operations Chief
Other Memories I moonlighted at the AMCROSS (American Red Cross) Telecommunications Center in the rear building on either the second or third floor. The telephone room is where the most of the messages were received from Red Cross chapters. A few of the larger chapters had their own TELEX comms to send teletypes to AMCROSS. In early 1974 we transcribed the incoming telephone calls on typewriters. When I/we left for Naples, Italy in 1977, we were using those dumb computer terminals with the green illuminated letters/numbers. Also, a Honeywell minicomputer was introduced in this time to create teletype message start of message preambles and end of message functions. The primary purpose of AMCROSS was sending information for emergency leave, health and welfare, financial distress, and more decisions to be made by commanders. When Vietnam fell in April 1975, we began receiving requests for sponsorship and sending the replies, either yea or nay. I myself sponsored Sister Mary Goretti, nee Ngoc Lan, who fled Vietnam with her niece. The hourly pay was pretty good and on weekends I could call anywhere in CONUS for free.