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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Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase VI Campaign (1968-69)
From Month/Year
November / 1968
To Month/Year
February / 1969

Description
This campaign was from 2 November 1968 to 22 February 1969. In November 1968 the South Vietnam government with American support began a concentrated effort to expand security in the countryside. This project was known as the "Accelerated Pacification Campaign."

This period covers the election of President Richard M. Nixon and a change of policy brought about by his administration after January 1969 when he announced a coming end to US combat in Southeast Asia and a simultaneous strengthening of South Vietnam's ability to defend itself. Formal truce negotiations began in Paris on January 25, 1969. The period can be characterized as marking time in preparation for an about face. Forty-seven ground combat operations were recorded during this period, the following being the most important:

(1). Operation NAPOLEON in the Dong Ha area initiated previously (1967) by Marine units, terminated on 9 December 1968.

(2). Operation WHEELER WALLOWA by 3d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division and 196th Infantry Brigade (Light) in north-central Quan Tin Province. This ended on 11 November.

(3). Operation MACARTHUR initiated by 4th U.S. Infantry Division in II Corps tactical zone terminated on 31 January 1969.

(4). Operation COCHISE GREEN conducted by the 173d Airborne Brigade in Binh Dinh Province.

(5). Operation TOAN THANG II consisted of ground operations throughout III CTZ. This was a multi-division operation involving allied forces.

(6). Operation SEA LORDS was a coast and riverine operation. On 6 December Operation GIANT SLINGSHOT was started to disrupt enemy infiltration of materials from the "Parrot's Beak" area of Cambodia. Air operations continued to be important with over 60,000 sorties flown.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
February / 1969
To Month/Year
February / 1969
 
Last Updated:
Feb 10, 2023
   
Personal Memories

Memories
Read: http://bravecannons.org/history.html "As far as the 1st Battalion 92nd Artillery History is concerned, the Dak To, Ben Het, Dak Seang area is perhaps the most heavily fought over piece of terrain that the Battalion occupied." Bohdan Prehar, COL(R) A Battery Commander 9/68-5/69

   
Units Participated in Operation

1st Cavalry Division

29th Civil Affairs Company

1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment

630th Military Police Company

18th Military Police Brigade

16th Military Police Group

545th Military Police Company

300th Military Police Company

212th Military Police Company

66th Military Police Company

272nd Military Police Company

716th Military Police Battalion

504th Military Police Battalion

218th Military Police Company

22nd Military Police Battalion (CID), HQ, US Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC)

194th Military Police Company

1st Military Police Company, 1st Infantry Division

615th Military Police Company

720th Military Police Battalion

95th Military Police Battalion

127th Military Police Company

154th Transportation Company

552nd Military Police Company

23rd Military Police Company

4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery

557th Military Police Company

101st Military Police Company

981st Military Police Company

93rd Military Police Battalion

44th Military Police Detachment, 22nd Military Police Battalion (CID)

4th Infantry Division

8th Military Police Brigade

1st Aviation Brigade

101st Airborne Division

92nd Military Police Battalion

16th Military Police Brigade

89th Military Police Brigade

90th Military Police Detachment

549th Maintenance Company (Light)

97th Military Police Battalion

610th Transportation Detachment

46th Engineer Battalion

 
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
No Available Photos

  4724 Also There at This Battle:
  • Albaugh, James, SFC, (1966-1991)
  • Allbright, Jan, SP4, (1967-1970)
  • Allison, Richard, SFC, (1967-1992)
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