Austin, E. Ray., MSG

Adjutant General
 
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Service Status
USA Retired
Final Rank
Master Sergeant
Last Service Branch
Adjutant General Corps
Last MOS
00R50-Recruiting & Retention NCO
Last MOS Group
Adjutant General
Primary Unit
1985-1987, 00R20, United States Army Information Systems Command (USAISC)
Previously Held MOS's
36A10-Wireman
36K10-Tactical Wire Operations Specialist
36A20-Wireman
05C10-Radio Teletype Operator
31B10-Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic
31G40-Tactical Communications Chief
67B10-Certified General Aircraft Repairer
00R20-Recruiting & Retention NCO
Service Years
1964 - 1991
Other Languages
German
Korean
Vietnamese
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Certificate Of Achievement
Certificate Of Appreciation
Letter of Appreciation
Letter of Commendation
Presidential Certificate of Appreciation
Voice Edition
Adjutant General Corps
Master Sergeant
Eight Service Stripes
Four Overseas Service Bars

 Official Badges 

Career Counselor 1st Aviation Brigade I Field Force, Vietnam Army Retired-Soldier for Life

US Army Retired Army Honorable Discharge (1984-Present)


 Unofficial Badges 

Armor Shoulder Cord Artillery Shoulder Cord Signal Shoulder Cord




 Additional Information
What are you doing now:


Officially retired from everything!
 

Please visit my photography website with hundreds of pictures: http://eraya.fotki.com/

   
Other Comments:

After serving 26 years in the United States Army and traveling all around the world, so to speak, and visiting 16 different foreign countries both work-related and for R&R, as well as traveling to and thru 40 or more of the States in the United States to include Hawaii and Alaska, I decided it was time to hang up my guns and retire. 

My last job assignment in the Army was at Fort Ord, CA (February 1990 until May 1991) as Senior Career Counselor (00R50) for Headquarters, 1st Aviation Brigade.
 
During the last year of my long Army career and after submitting for retirement, I worked part-time at a local Radio Shack in Marina, CA outside of Fort Ord. At the end of May 1991, after my retirement ceremony, buying a new truck, and loading up my worldy goods, I left Fort Ord around 4 a.m. on a Friday morning loaded with bottles of water and snacks in an Ice Chest, a Thermos of Coffee on the front seat, a pack of No-Doze Tables, the Pacific Ocean and California in my rear-view mirrow. I headed East towards Hampton Roads and the warm beaches on the Alantic Ocean side of Virginia. (Here's the crazy part) With only a few days rest along the way while visiting family members in Indiana and Ohio, I made the coast to coast journey in less than a week (Never again!). 

After retiring from the Army in May of 1991 and moving back to Virginia, I again worked part-time at a Radio Shack located in the Hampton Mall in Hampton Roads, VA. After about nineteen months in Virginia and getting a good Tan, I got homesick for Tennessee, so in February 1993, I moved from Virginia to Gatlinburg, TN, (Closer to home) and lived and worked for about six months for a Chalet Company, making Reservations. Around June 1993, I moved from Gatlinburg to Cookeville, TN, and worked part-time at a Walmart store, then enrolled in, and graduated from, an Architectural Drafting School in Livingston TN and then moved to Dale Hollow Lake in Pickett County TN where for about ten years I ran my own Professional Photography business and also worked part-time at a local Funeral Home. 

In 2004, my wife and I moved back to Scott County Tennessee where I was born and raised, and for two or three years I worked part-time for FOUR OAKS FUNERAL HOME before finally retiring for good.

Now, I'm just trying to stay out of trouble!

   

 Tributes from Members  
Military Bio posted by SC Glaeseman, Ron R, SP5 7
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   1974-1974, 31G40, HHC, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry

Staff Sergeant
From Month/Year
January / 1974
To Month/Year
October / 1974
Unit
HHC Unit Page
Rank
Staff Sergeant
MOS
31G40-Tactical Communications Chief
Base, Fort or City
Schweinfurt
State/Country
Germany
 
 
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 HHC, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Details

HHC, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry
Type
Infantry
 
Parent Unit
1st Battalion, 30th Infantry
Strength
Company
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Oct 27, 2020
   
Memories For This Unit

Other Memories
E. Ray Austin, Germany, 2nd Tour, Jan 1974 - Jan 1977.

Viewing the "Wall" that separates East and West Germany,

http://www.eraya.fotki.com/erfp/afd/e-ray/era-2/049.html

   
Yearbook
 
My Photos For This Unit
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9 Members Also There at Same Time
HHC

Fisher, Robert, MSG, (1971-1989) IN 11B50 Master Sergeant
Duncan, Mike, SGT, (1971-1978) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Moorehead, Michael, CPL, (1973-1978) IN 111.60 Corporal
Anderson, Jason, SP4, (1973-1975) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Cates, Michael, SP4, (1972-1974) OD 63H20 Specialist 4
Honeycutt, Donald, SGT, (1972-1992) TC 64C10 Specialist 4
Specht, Ted, SP4, (1973-1977) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Hall, Rod, PV2, (1973-1975) MD 91A10 Private (E-2)
Ricketts, William, SGT, (1971-1981) IN Sergeant

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