Comments on: Discussion http://charliegrunts.com A website to promote social and welfare activities of the "Charlie Company" Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:12:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Dan Roczniak http://charliegrunts.com/discussion/comment-page-15/#comment-2383 Dan Roczniak Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:12:02 +0000 http://charliegrunts.bharper.com/guestbook/#comment-2383 Gary, we have been contributing money to The Friends of the Orphans for several years. One of the Orphanages we suupport is in Hati. Our church also collects old sheets and linnens and sew's crosses on them to be used as burial cloths for the children in Hati. I hear that they average seven funerals a day and they don't have coffins. You may get a chance to see the FOTO facility. Good luck, we'll be praying for you. Gary, we have been contributing money to The Friends of the Orphans for several years. One of the Orphanages we suupport is in Hati. Our church also collects old sheets and linnens and sew’s crosses on them to be used as burial cloths for the children in Hati. I hear that they average seven funerals a day and they don’t have coffins. You may get a chance to see the FOTO facility. Good luck, we’ll be praying for you.

]]> By: Bill Beckum http://charliegrunts.com/discussion/comment-page-15/#comment-2380 Bill Beckum Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:57:56 +0000 http://charliegrunts.bharper.com/guestbook/#comment-2380 Amen Brother! Amen Brother!

]]> By: Gary Capshaw http://charliegrunts.com/discussion/comment-page-15/#comment-2379 Gary Capshaw Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:18:38 +0000 http://charliegrunts.bharper.com/guestbook/#comment-2379 Bill: Thanks for the kudos. Yes, it's not really a mystery as I can see the hand of God working all through my life, even before I knew Him. Amazin', ain't it? There will be Baptist's in heaven, but I think those of us who occassionally sneak a beer and smoke will be put with someone besides other Baptist's. :-) Bill:

Thanks for the kudos.

Yes, it’s not really a mystery as I can see the hand of God working all through my life, even before I knew Him. Amazin’, ain’t it?

There will be Baptist’s in heaven, but I think those of us who occassionally sneak a beer and smoke will be put with someone besides other Baptist’s. :-)

]]> By: Bill Beckum http://charliegrunts.com/discussion/comment-page-15/#comment-2378 Bill Beckum Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:32:40 +0000 http://charliegrunts.bharper.com/guestbook/#comment-2378 Gary, Bless you and your group for your efforts. God does not work in mysterious ways. He has a plan if we will only listen. If God can use me, he can use anyone. Here I was trained to kill the body & now Jesus uses me as a Methodist pastor to save souls. Being a Methodist I am convinced there will be a Bapitist or two in Heaven despite what those other Methodist say. Gary,
Bless you and your group for your efforts. God does not work in mysterious ways. He has a plan if we will only listen. If God can use me, he can use anyone. Here I was trained to kill the body & now Jesus uses me as a Methodist pastor to save souls. Being a Methodist I am convinced there will be a Bapitist or two in Heaven despite what those other Methodist say.

]]> By: Rick Lowell http://charliegrunts.com/discussion/comment-page-15/#comment-2376 Rick Lowell Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:22:52 +0000 http://charliegrunts.bharper.com/guestbook/#comment-2376 Gary; Godspeed. You have obviously wrapped your heart and mind arount this mission. You'll wrap your arms around it when you get there. These fine people have been dealt a devastating blow, from which they may never recover. People like you, are the only link to hope that they have. My wife, Barbara and I will keep you in our prayers and thoughts, as we do those affected by this catastrophe. Please use this medium to keep us up to date on your progress. Gary;
Godspeed. You have obviously wrapped your heart and mind arount this mission. You’ll wrap your arms around it when you get there.
These fine people have been dealt a devastating blow, from which they may never recover. People like you, are the only link to hope that they have.
My wife, Barbara and I will keep you in our prayers and thoughts, as we do those affected by this catastrophe.
Please use this medium to keep us up to date on your progress.

]]> By: Gary Capshaw http://charliegrunts.com/discussion/comment-page-15/#comment-2375 Gary Capshaw Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:02:08 +0000 http://charliegrunts.bharper.com/guestbook/#comment-2375 My brothers: Please pray for me next week. I've been chosen to spend a week in Haiti building permanent shelters for the victims of January's earthquake. Our team leaves Sunday. I've been doing disaster relief with the Southern Baptist's for about 5 years now, but this is the first time I've been offered the chance to do it overseas. I'm as excited as a kid before Christmas! This will be my 14th or 15th deployment in response to 10 or 11 disasters, so this isn't anything new, but the chance to impact the lives of desperate people in the name of Jesus in Haiti is a blessing which I can't quite wrap my arms around. Who woulda thunk that someone like me, chief among sinners, could have such an opportunity? The last time I was in a third-world country, the mission was to kill and destroy. This time, it's to build and love. God works in mysterious ways, doesn't he? I just had to share this with my brothers and ask for your prayers. My brothers:

Please pray for me next week. I’ve been chosen to spend a week in Haiti building permanent shelters for the victims of January’s earthquake. Our team leaves Sunday.

I’ve been doing disaster relief with the Southern Baptist’s for about 5 years now, but this is the first time I’ve been offered the chance to do it overseas. I’m as excited as a kid before Christmas! This will be my 14th or 15th deployment in response to 10 or 11 disasters, so this isn’t anything new, but the chance to impact the lives of desperate people in the name of Jesus in Haiti is a blessing which I can’t quite wrap my arms around.

Who woulda thunk that someone like me, chief among sinners, could have such an opportunity? The last time I was in a third-world country, the mission was to kill and destroy. This time, it’s to build and love.

God works in mysterious ways, doesn’t he?

I just had to share this with my brothers and ask for your prayers.

]]> By: Bill Beckum http://charliegrunts.com/discussion/comment-page-15/#comment-2372 Bill Beckum Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:34:51 +0000 http://charliegrunts.bharper.com/guestbook/#comment-2372 Lt, I was sent to Ft. Dix as I was going to be an officer. I had elected artillary & armor. However they said we all were going to be infantry or go as an enlisted. I chose to go as a PFC. Stayed two extra weeks & got out after my return with 19 months as an RA. Remember the marches well. Hey Gary, Training must have been OK. Still kicking today. Not sure about LT, but when I was there it was WWII training. Had two weeks of jungle training when I hit Nam. Not sure any training could prepare a guber like me for Vietnam. Lt,
I was sent to Ft. Dix as I was going to be an officer. I had elected artillary & armor. However they said we all were going to be infantry or go as an enlisted. I chose to go as a PFC. Stayed two extra weeks & got out after my return with 19 months as an RA. Remember the marches well.

Hey Gary,
Training must have been OK. Still kicking today. Not sure about LT, but when I was there it was WWII training. Had two weeks of jungle training when I hit Nam. Not sure any training could prepare a guber like me for Vietnam.

]]> By: Gary Capshaw http://charliegrunts.com/discussion/comment-page-15/#comment-2371 Gary Capshaw Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:47:00 +0000 http://charliegrunts.bharper.com/guestbook/#comment-2371 LT: Yeah, they probably were doing that as Ft. Polk graduated an entire battalion of Infantry every week I think, most of whom went directly to Vietnam. I was in A/4/3 (or A/5/3?), and the battalion had 5 companies. All but one got orders for Vietnam the day we graduated. It was us. We all went to Germany, except for some who left for specialized training such as dog handlers school, jungle school, jump school etc. Polk was a busy place in late '69 and early '70. There were 5 training brigades there (2 BCT, 2 AIT and 1 CST). Most of the brigades had 5 battalions and the battalions had 5 companies. Add that up and it comes to about 125 training companies. Since training companies were much larger than line companies, that's a LOT of trainees! LT:

Yeah, they probably were doing that as Ft. Polk graduated an entire battalion of Infantry every week I think, most of whom went directly to Vietnam. I was in A/4/3 (or A/5/3?), and the battalion had 5 companies. All but one got orders for Vietnam the day we graduated.

It was us. We all went to Germany, except for some who left for specialized training such as dog handlers school, jungle school, jump school etc.

Polk was a busy place in late ‘69 and early ‘70. There were 5 training brigades there (2 BCT, 2 AIT and 1 CST). Most of the brigades had 5 battalions and the battalions had 5 companies. Add that up and it comes to about 125 training companies. Since training companies were much larger than line companies, that’s a LOT of trainees!

]]> By: LT http://charliegrunts.com/discussion/comment-page-15/#comment-2370 LT Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:21:31 +0000 http://charliegrunts.bharper.com/guestbook/#comment-2370 Bill, My Infantry AIT was at Ft. Dix, NJ also. I was in C/5/1 Pulliam's Panthers. I do not have real fond memories of what was called Infantry Walk. 1st off I don't remember walking on it and it was loose sand which made it harder than heck to run on! Gary, They were apparently hurrying to get you ready for your tour in Nam! I took an OCS and a short tour at Fort Hood before they sent me over the pond. When they were ready for me to go they decided to make a mistake on my orders for Jungle School so when I got to Charleston SC the SGM there said my class had already started so they cut new orders for me to go to Oakland and then Vietnam. Bill,
My Infantry AIT was at Ft. Dix, NJ also. I was in C/5/1 Pulliam’s Panthers. I do not have real fond memories of what was called Infantry Walk. 1st off I don’t remember walking on it and it was loose sand which made it harder than heck to run on!
Gary,
They were apparently hurrying to get you ready for your tour in Nam! I took an OCS and a short tour at Fort Hood before they sent me over the pond. When they were ready for me to go they decided to make a mistake on my orders for Jungle School so when I got to Charleston SC the SGM there said my class had already started so they cut new orders for me to go to Oakland and then Vietnam.

]]> By: Gary Capshaw http://charliegrunts.com/discussion/comment-page-15/#comment-2368 Gary Capshaw Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:42:55 +0000 http://charliegrunts.bharper.com/guestbook/#comment-2368 If you didn't get your AIT at North Ft. Polk, you didn't have AIT at all. :-) If you didn’t get your AIT at North Ft. Polk, you didn’t have AIT at all. :-)

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