1st Squadron 4th Cavalry 1st Infantry Division Vietnam

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DragoonA26T — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:42:52 GMT

I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. I think if you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done. - -- Mike Ditka

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New Guy

Smokey — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:37:10 GMT

Wish I would've been active here sooner.

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Heads up to all veterans

DragoonA26T — Thur, 12 Mar 2009 04:31:01 GMT

I'm sending this now because of it's importance to many/all of us. If it's true, we are definately in for hard times.

Would a few of you who have a little time on your hands please do some scouting to first of all make sure what is being reported here is true. Let me know. If it is, We, need to unify and do an e-mail blitz protesting this posibility.

If you don't agree on doing this, that's ok, but if you feel like you guts are being ripped out, get ready for the battle.

Prepared And Loyal!!

Bill Baty

Just a heads up for all you veterans

Subject: E-9ers: Vet's, Heads Up !!!!!!!!!! (Important)

Hey guys read and heed, we are on the bubble again

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I believe we should give the widest dissemination of this info and start sharpening our pencils...I have gone to the OMB website and it is definitely in the budget.

CMSgt. Eugene C. Eggers (USAF ret.)
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Vet's, Heads Up !!!!!!!!!!

What was it the U.S. Armed Forces recruiters use to tell us if we served 20 years or more in the military?
(FREE MEDICAL FOR LIFE AND THAT INCLUDED DENTAL AND VISION)!!!!
Change is about all we will have left.....
"Another benefit subject to change is V.A. medical benefits. Everyone who is receiving a benefit from the V.A. for a service related injury will have to be re-assessed and the proposal states this will affect "90% of vets receiving V.A. benefits and will save the government $53 Billion dollars over 10 years."
I guess that we will all pay for the poor judgement of others.
About **Obama's Heath Care proposal **on Active Duty Military Families and Veterans.
Everyone, My office just got word **today that our new "President Obam" has proposed a plan to cut military health benefits! This is great news for the 99.9% Veterans and Active Duty members who are currently using health care benefits.. The Congressional Budget Office has made public a proposal stating that Veterans (you know the men and women who have fought in wars and spent
20 plus years in the service) are now going to be paying up to 50% of their medical bill. That's a big jump from paying nothing for the past 30 some odd years.
The biggest kicker is Active Duty Military (yep, I said Active Duty) will now be paying 10% of their total bill. They will now be billed for their kids visiting the doctor. Again, a big jump from being free!
Another benefit subject to change is V.A. medical benefits. Everyone who is receiving a benefit from the V.A. for a service related injury will have to be re-assessed and the proposal states this will affect "90% of vets receiving V.A. benefits and will save the government $53 Billion dollars over 10 years."
Needless to say, today is the first time I have heard from the few Obama supporters in my office say "if this gets passed they will not co ntinue to be a supporter".
Isn't this the candidate that just a few months ago was preaching to get healthcare coverage to ALL! Isn't it ironic and moronic to steal $53 Billion from vets and active duty military families so the Crack Head down the street will receive free medical coverage.
GREAT NEWS!!
If you're as upset as I am then write your elected officials so hopefully some of the dummies running this country see the light and would never ever dream of taking away a penny from a military member! Here are some links to article.

http://soldiersmind.com/2009/01/07/proposed-tricare-cuts-could-cause-pro blems-for-military-families-and-retirees/
http://www.veteranstoday.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=4305
Feel free to Google if you're in dis-belief.
Below is a message from an Army General who also points out some links and ways how to contact your elected representative.
Subject: FW: TriCare for Life's Future Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 09:14:10 -0800
To All, This is for real. The heavy assault has begun on Veterans'/Retirees' benefits to pay for other programs. The word on the street is that these indeed are a high priority of the Obama administration. The one most of interest to Retired Military is in Article 189. If approved by Congress the first assault wave would hit the beaches in 2011 and would hit hard. It would initiate cost sharing to require retirees to pay the first $525 of medical cost and 50% of the next $4,725 for a first year cost of $2,888 per person. It would be indexed to increase with in flation. A reason given for this action (for PR effect) is "overuse" by Retirees. Clyde ________________________________
For those of you who are covered by TFL you will want to pay attention to what B.G Bob Clements has surfaced about the future of TFL. If you know of anyone who is Retired Military, please forward this on to them.
I don't know how many of you partake of the TriCare for Life program but here is a very interesting note on the subject. Seems as though our President has placed a priority on cutting it out of the budget as a means to provide funding for those things he promised during the campaign.
In any case, on page 189 of the Congressional Budget Office report, see the note below on how to get to that spot, there is a strong recommendation to eventually eliminate the program as it is too expensive.

I would ask that you contact your elected officials and register your strong opposition to the eliminat ion of this program. Just another move to slight those of us who dedicated much of our adult lives to the defense of our country. Thanks for listening.
Heads-up from B.General, Bob Clements, USAF Ret (P38 Bob)
The following has been added to the Congressional Budget Office Web Site
http://www.cbo.gov/ a. Budget, Options, Volume 1: Health Care
(http://www...cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9925 ; For those who have never opened one of these web sites from OMB :
1. double click on the above URL
2. click on PDF
3. click on the binoculars
4. do a search for TFL
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"Now here it is folks and I will guarantee if you sit around on your behind and do nothing about it as they bring these options forward this coming year, you will lose one of the best healthcare benefits that the Medicare eligible retired military have. It is short of the promises made that we fought so hard for back in the late 90s and early 2000s but it is still the best healthcare program that anyone in the United States has, bar none. People who are professionals always look for the channel of least resistance when it comes to cutting money out of the Federal and DOD budget. I can tell you this straight on, military retirees are one of those channels of least resistance noted for sitting around, doing nothing, and waiting for ole Joe to do it for them. You had better wake up. Your medical benefits are prime target. If you lose them, you have nobody to blame but yourself.
Let me repeat that ... you have nobody to blame but yourself.
The way to secure your benefits is to write to your members of Congress and to keep writing and writing and writing. ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH!! Keep repeating the above statement until you are blue in the face. Now I'm going to make one more statement to all of you younger people out there who are not yet eligible for TriCare for Life. HEALTH CARE WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME THE DOMINATING FACTOR IN YOUR LIFE.. Remember that . . . . it will impact you big time with the utmost in cruelty unless you are fortunate enough to die from a heart attack . . . or get run over by a truck. Now, I am going to attach AGAIN exactly what OMB has in store for military retirees using TFL. This source is directly from OMB and is not something that I have dreamed up. They are telling you exactly what they are going to do with your benefits. If you do nothing, this is what you will get. The service organizations will put up a fight and are aware of this and will put up a fight but, they will need your help and can't do it by themselves.
I hope this makes it clear as to what you can expect if you do nothing. To show you how stupid these professionals can be at times if you will read the attached document closely you will see that in spite of the MTFs (Mili tary Treatment Facility) need to get patients back to keep their doctors busy and the hospitals from going to clinic status, these people from OMB would employ a means to keep retirees from using MTF facilities by charging them a fee for services. How dumb can you get. Even if you are an Obama lover, and believe that changeth cometh, TFL option from ** people who produce nothing but votes** to keep their boss in office. chk 6 ... bob"
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A footnote: Brig. General, Bob Clement is known with affection as"P38bob". He flew P38s in WWII. He was one of the stalwart warriors that led effectively from the front when the hard battles were being fought to bring TriCare for Life to reality. I was honored and pleased to a player in that effort by following P38 Bob's lead. (in those days I was known as MilVet99) MilVets: it looks like we will again be confronted by the 'attack of the beancounters' who, by and large, wouldn't know (and probably never will know) genuine unselfish service to our country and are solely motivated by crunching numbers so that those numbers will reflect favorably on their bosses and their boss's causes. They have no thought to the havoc they would cause . . . in many cases the loss of any amount of TFL benefits would be a an insurmountable hardship ...... and to some it would truly be a death sentence. It is well that we gear up for the fight now. As P38 Bob says, we must write, write, write and write. Once is not enough! In time I will be preparing letters for your use in writing to your elected officials and submitting them to the TREA Membership, and to others who may want to join the fight. Them Bean counters haven't seen anything un til they've see a united and angered group of MilVets. Lets do it and git 'er done!!!!!
Their has never been no greater power than that of the Military of America, and when we came together as a force of one, we could NOT be defeated by anyone or any Government, America is only free as long as we have the Brave men and women who fight today and in the day's past for her and our Constitution, the United States Military, our Soldiers and Veterans, which is now also in Jerpordy, it is now today time to stand tall and ready for this battle to make our voices come together again as ONE to be herd by those in our very own government who are bent on taking away everything we have fought for died for and gave our blood for in foriegn countries, and seems none of the Leaders of today knows what it means to fight for the full cause of our country, we are called to a new duty, we must not fail or lose because we are the only one's who can win this battle ........

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1968 Tet Offensive 41 Years Ago

DragoonA26T — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:11:36 GMT

Would love to hear stories from those that served during that time in VN.

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Happy Holidays

DragoonA26T — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:51:28 GMT

Happy Holidays to all. This year is the 40th anniversary of our tour for some of us. Would love to hear from others.....

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1/4 Cavalry Message Board and Guest Book

DragoonA26T — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:06:27 GMT

http://guestbook.superstats.com/guest.html?u=bocho&b=1&show=1

Don't forget our Guest Book

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Locating More Troopers

Doc68 — Thur, 14 Jun 2007 23:35:12 GMT

Hello Dan and Bill
Just curious if you guys or research team has located any more Troopers of A Troop , Specifically of 2nd Platoon.I called Tom Reed and toled him you guys found his long lost buddy Lenny Guada (Spelling??) in maine.He was so excited thanks for all the hard work. Let me know if you find any more of 2nd Platoon.Looks like e got a good crowd going to St. Louis,good job.
P.S. John Connely said he is still coming despite all his troubles See ya later
Prepared and Loyal
Doc Steve Determann 2nd Plt A Troop 1/4 Cav Nov 67-Nov68 BRO

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2007 Reunion

DragoonA26T — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:58:40 GMT

This is the latest list of 2007 Reunion attendees. The will be more added....

JOHN CONLEY
JOE BIRINDELLI
BILL BATY
BOB CORBIN
ROBERT SNYDER
GARY WARNE
JIM UMPHREY
ED NOVACK
ALAN BENOIT
WILLIE SIEBERT
TERRY VALENTINE
RICHIE GUREINE
WAYNE WITWICKI
JOE WEST
LYNN CAIG
LARRY KNOX
JORGE ESQUILIN
DUKE SNYDER
DAN BAKER
JAMES WRIGHT
STEVE DETERMAN
PAUL V MILLER
JIM DEMPSEY
SGT ROCK
GARRY MOORE
BILL BUTLER
ALEC DAVIDSON
DANIEL BAKER
RALPH BAKER
GERALD KINTZ
RICHARD HYMES
TIM TAYLOR
JIM CAPPS
DAN THOMPSON
SIE MOORE
CHARLES MURAWSKI

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Happy Holidays

DragoonA26T — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:09:34 GMT

Happy Holidays to all.

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Pictures

trooper6768 — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:28:51 GMT

Here a few pictures

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WELCOME HOME

trooper6768 — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:15:06 GMT

I was with 1/4 CAV. C-TROOP 2ND PLT. April 67 - April 68.

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BASIC FACTS

CAVTROOPER5981 — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:43:26 GMT

MY NAME IS ROGER H. COOPER
BORN AND RAISED IN ONTARIO COUNTY NEW YORK STATE
JOINED US ARMY 1959 / BASIC TRAINING FT DIX NJ
ADVANCED TRAINING FT KNOX KY 1960
1/9TH CAVALRY DMZ POLICE KOREA 1961
3D ARMORED CAVALRY 1962 - 1966
1/4 TH CAVALRY VIETNAM 1966
USAR TRAINING CENTER, ROCHESTER NY 1967
11TH ARMORED CAVALRY VIETNAM 1968
26TH TRANSPORTATION, OKINAWA 1969
KOREAN MILITARY ADVISORY GROUP, SEOUL KOREA 1970-1971
FT ORD CALIFORNIA,DRILL SERGEANT 1972-1976
FT RILEY KANSAS, SR INSTRUCTOR NCO ACADEMY 1977-1978
MANHEIM MILITARY COMMUNITY,NCOIC - INSTALLATION COORIDINATOR
MANHEIM GERMANY 1978-1981
RETIRED FROM ACTIVE DUTY MAY 1981
WORKED AS TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER (BIG RIG) 1983 -1994) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MANAGER WAREHOUSE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 1994 -1999
I OWN PROPERTY AND RESIDE IN THE PANHANDLE AREA OF THE STATE OF IDAHO NEAR THE CITY OF CLARKFORK
LOCATED APPROX 40 MILES FROM CANADA,40 MILES FROM WASHINGTON STATE AND 7 MILES FROM MONTANA STATE
I WORKED FOR THE CITY OF CLARKFORK IDAHO, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER 1999-JULY 2004

PRESENTLY RETIRED (DOUBLE DIPPING) LOL

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WELCOME NEW MEMBER johnsandri

CAVTROOPER5981 — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:39:10 GMT

JOHN "WELCOME HOME", WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF. WHY SHOULD'NT WE KNOW YOU IF YOU ARE OR HAVE EVER BEEN A CAVALRY TROOPER WE ARE ALREADY BROTHERS SO WHY SHOULD'NT WE KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT YOU. THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING THIS GROUP TO TAKE SOME TIME TO REUNITE AND MAINTAIN BROTHERHOOD.

"ONCE AGAIN WELCOME ABOARD".

ROGER H. COOPER
CAVTROOPER5981

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Add your pictures!!

DragoonA26T — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:52:13 GMT

A place to post pictures of your tour with the 1/4 Cavalry

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A Troop movement to Saigon Tet 1968

DragoonA26T — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:22:00 GMT

The attached is an excellent accounting of A Troop's movement to Saigon during Tet 1968. It was written by Major Fred Shirley commander of A Troop at that time.

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