I recently came across a couple of pictures, that have sparked some memories that I would like to share with you.
The above picture was taken around 1985 at Fort Ord, California in the studios of "Music Radio KFO".
I have an earlier post about how I got into the Army here: "My Army Days."
Go ahead and read it. I'll wait.
All caught up are we? Good!
After Panama and Honduras, my first 'permanent party' station was Fort Ord, California. For a broadcaster that means being assigned to the Public Affairs Office on post. We couldn't actually broadcast on radio because we weren't allowed to. So we had a 'cable' radio station which could be heard in all of the dining facilities on post, as well as a post cable tv channel.
I was given the morning show to host. I looked much more official during the week than when I did when this picture was taken on a Saturday.
My show was entered in a nationwide competition and placed in the top 3. For that achievement I was awarded the Army Achievement Medal, presented to me by the Commanding General of Fort Ord at the time.
Quite an honor!
OK that's enough for now, I'll close with a bonus pic recently discovered of me using a typewriter to put together a radio broadcast log in my barracks room at Fort Benjamin Harrison where I took the Broadcast Journalist course:
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