@BLITZKRIEGBIKER ...Oh, GOD!....And you SURVIVED the butt chewing? Maybe you remember the CSM's both squadron and regimental that was known as "white death and black death"? Both were named CSM Ashmore........I drove for the squadron CSM before he went back to the "world" on the "freedom bird".......
80-81 my frostbitten fingers and toes didn't have a good time, and the shift to NATO's 24/7 combat load with half Troop strength .. gotta hand it to 'em, the bluff worked. miss it that much, theres a place called Afghanistan. Reup Blackhorse.
wow thank you so much for posting this ----i was staitioned there from feb 1976---to sept 1979 was with the 15th maintenance company spent lots of time in field with all the cav troops was on contact team would go out and fix all the broke stuff a couple of times pullin pack on 113-s right on border had lots of friends in 58th eng and air troop best time of my life ----o yea 15th maintenance kicked but in softball and football again ty ------
I was there from 1985 till 88 ! I was an Army wife only 18 years old when I got there , I had my 2 baby boys at the small privet german hospital (heart of Jesus) I was married to PFC Mahoney we had a wonderful Tour there ..made alot of friends, he soon made rank and we got housing up on the hill they called Little Chicago....rember at 5:00 when they would take down the flag and sound off the cannon! BOOM! everyone would stop in there tracks and get out of there cars! those where amazing times!
I thank you very much for posting this. I was a member of Charlie Troop 1/11 ACR for several months before being sent to HHT 1/11 ACR. Served with pride there in Fulda 1984-1986 and had "Son of Tank" as my Squardon CO: LTC John Abrams. The man was so charasmatic that I believe if we had orders to storm HELL and take over, he'd be the man to pull it off. I truly miss DOWNS BARRACKS and not to mention Herkules ( The Mall in Fulda...not to mention the Irish Pub! )
Wow this brings back so many memories. I worked for CID from 86-88. Never forget the Thanksgiving at our quarters. We had single and married enlisted, German nationals, single officers..................it was unforgetable!
blackhorsecav1 i have probably met you i was in bravo troop.i was the driver on b41.westmorland and i and you prossesed at the same time.westmorland and i polished a bottle of southern comfort off newyears 88 ended up passed out in a video game in the goose.havent heard anybody mention andreasburg.
the green goose was my hangout.used to go from the irish pub to the goose to the journal to the ob.there used to be abouncer in the goose named ross 'isaw that guy kick the crap uot of some people.
Wow...lots of changes...was only there from 92-93, was one of the last to leave...was in A 1/11 and HHT 1/11...spent a lot of my nights at the Goose and Irish Pub...
I was stationed with HHT Regt from 87-90. Worked in the comsec vault in the basement of the headquarters bldg. Was there when the wall went down. I spent my share of time in Graf and Hohenfels. Lots of good memories.
Stationed there 87-89 with HHT !/11 Hellfighters. I remember seeing Platoon in that theater. I drove my M577 down to that railhead many times over on my way to Graf and Hohenfels. I lived above the MP station on the thrid floor, I almost thought I was going to get to see my window for a second. Remember PFC Westmorland (B Trp) dying on the Graf CALFEX range in '88. I worked for Mr Kay at the aid station. Great times! reply if were there during that time.
@9mikee I was there the same time PFC Westmoreland was there - we were in processed there in June 87. I was at Graf when his Bradley was hit from one of the M1's from Delta. Talk about being bummed out when we heard about it. He was a great guy. I was in A Troop from 87 - 90 - we were part of the group that got kicked out from Costa Brava in Spain in 87. Took the bus home and no one said a word when we got back! Some of the best years of my life were spent there!
wow i havnt seen the commissary and mp station in over 20 yrs.. wished you would of had the play ground there.... cause that was were i spent the majority of my time at when i was 6ish... i wonder if the slides are still orange?.. anyways .. nice video
B Troop 1/11 Acr 2nd PLT B21 M1A1 Tank 1987-1990 yes my first duty station i served with proudly. yes, the base still there but we the we Soldiers are gone but I go n visit every other year I will never forget.
OMG! My dad was stationed here from 63-67. I went back to Germany in 06 with my husband & we took a side trip to Fulda-I could've walked that base blindfolded! So much was the same-the layout & most of the buildings I remember were still there. The school was the same-just added onto the backside. The drillfield is a parking lot and the church is boarded up & the steeple is gone, & so are the helicopter pads. I took old pix that my parents had taken in the 60's and tried to take the same shots.
looking at the new officers club brought back some good and not so good memories,lol remember getting threw out of there for being in the girls restroom stall with a greman chick who drug me in there,i was so damn drunk.the good ole days!
God, the memories this brings back. My two kids waking up in the middle of the night terrified at the alert siren... going on alert when the embassy in Tehran fell and Downs Barracks was sealed by the simple expedient of parking two M-60 tanks across the road at the gates... when the first live Super Bown on AFN ended at 02:00 and a USAREUR-wide alert was called five minutes later... turning in the Sheridans for M-60's... Garry Owens on the parade field...
I was one of the PAC Clerks in First Squadron and always wondered what happened to good ole Downs Barracks. I can't believe the way it is now, different but the same somehow. I miss that place. I guess there's only one thing to say.....ALLONS.
was stationed there in late 80s. i remember some of the places at downs barracks but i was on the airfield so alot of the places i have either forgot or didnt see when i was there. love the video. i miss fulda as well. now that everything is different it feels as if part of my youth is gone forever.
Bring back memories. I was an MP in Heidelberg and Stuttgart from 1988 to 1992.
Everrthing all changed once the Wall fell and Germany Unified.For the worse, The SOFA Agreement etc. Soldiers, FRamily members and DOD Civilans lost a lost as the SOFA agreements changed. We had a good life in the Cold War days, and all I can say it was Mission Accomplished as the goal was German Unification and an end to the Soviet Threat . Today the US forces in Germany have it totally different. I dont like it.
I was there 77-80. Tank plt ldr, Cav plt ldr, HHT XO, Asst. RS-3. If the rest of the Army could have their stuff together as tight as this Regiment was, no one would even think about pissing us off.
Do any of you guys that were there late 70's to early 80's have a copy of your Border Legionnaire certificate? I never got mine wondering if I could make a copy and have it reprinted. Thomm196123@yahoo I was in CTroop 1/11th 79-81 served under Capt. Williamson and Col. Crow thanks
Thanks for the post! I was stationed there from 91-92 @ 261st signal company det. We ran the comm center @ the HQ building. My first duty station, good times.
I was there from 87 to 89 HHT Regiment driver for CSM Norman, Maj Anker in S3 Training. Remember the Temporary barracks then moved to remodled barricks next to HQ. Probably the best two years of my life! Great post and memories
in the video they show A troop above the mess hall and say it's D-company. I was in A-troop from 1973-1975 so it's been 35 years since I last saw it. Can't find any photos of the old OP alpha
79-85, D-COMPANY AND C-COMPANY. COFFEE IS MY NAME. MAN I LOVE THAT PLACE HAD THE GREATEST TIME OF MY LIFE. GREAT TO KNOW PEOPLE LIKE, LELAND TABB, 1SGT STRANGE, CSM COTTON, MONA STRODER,
@Mock45Fulda Thank you so much for posting this. I lived in those C-Troop barracks for a while before moving off post. This brought back so many memories. I was also a UP and spent many a night in both the main and second gate guard shacks. Wow! I wonder if you can still get in the buidlings, it would be awesome to see our old barracks and messhall. Very cool, thanks again!! You may be alone there, but you are not forgotten.
I was there 77 to 79 in A troop. One barracks was mislabeled. A Troop let out by the mess hall steps D company thetank company shared it with Alpha. REFORGER 78 and Graf in Jan, 79. I was a tanker on M551s and M60s.
Woah! I barely recognize anything. My family lived there from 91 to 93. My father was 1SG of C Troop 1/11ACR. Anyone remember the Kreuz bar? I was hitting that place up when I was just 14. Hahahahah! Thanks for the memories.
Thanks for the memories! Saw a bunch of movies at the theater 1989-1990; spent quite a bit of time at the railhead--POL/S&T/CSS kept our 5,000 gal diesel tankers there for a time. Our barracks was one building over (to the west) from the MP station. Wish the Schnell Imbiss was still next door, I could really go for a bratwurst and pomme frittes right about now!
Great video and great sad song to accompany the video. Thanks for posting.
jerrodsdad 4 days ago
WHO REMBERS WHEN THE today show came to fulda??? WOW THAT BROUGHT US HOME TO AMERICA FOR ONE WEEK!
3MissMorphine 3 weeks ago
@BLITZKRIEGBIKER ...Oh, GOD!....And you SURVIVED the butt chewing? Maybe you remember the CSM's both squadron and regimental that was known as "white death and black death"? Both were named CSM Ashmore........I drove for the squadron CSM before he went back to the "world" on the "freedom bird".......
TheRedpaladin64 4 weeks ago
80-81 my frostbitten fingers and toes didn't have a good time, and the shift to NATO's 24/7 combat load with half Troop strength .. gotta hand it to 'em, the bluff worked. miss it that much, theres a place called Afghanistan. Reup Blackhorse.
RubberIceCream 2 months ago
wow thank you so much for posting this ----i was staitioned there from feb 1976---to sept 1979 was with the 15th maintenance company spent lots of time in field with all the cav troops was on contact team would go out and fix all the broke stuff a couple of times pullin pack on 113-s right on border had lots of friends in 58th eng and air troop best time of my life ----o yea 15th maintenance kicked but in softball and football again ty ------
sarge457 3 months ago
@sarge457 I was there 1974-1976 good timesssssssssssssss
Jimi812uc 3 months ago
I was there from 1985 till 88 ! I was an Army wife only 18 years old when I got there , I had my 2 baby boys at the small privet german hospital (heart of Jesus) I was married to PFC Mahoney we had a wonderful Tour there ..made alot of friends, he soon made rank and we got housing up on the hill they called Little Chicago....rember at 5:00 when they would take down the flag and sound off the cannon! BOOM! everyone would stop in there tracks and get out of there cars! those where amazing times!
3MissMorphine 3 months ago
I thank you very much for posting this. I was a member of Charlie Troop 1/11 ACR for several months before being sent to HHT 1/11 ACR. Served with pride there in Fulda 1984-1986 and had "Son of Tank" as my Squardon CO: LTC John Abrams. The man was so charasmatic that I believe if we had orders to storm HELL and take over, he'd be the man to pull it off. I truly miss DOWNS BARRACKS and not to mention Herkules ( The Mall in Fulda...not to mention the Irish Pub! )
TheRedpaladin64 3 months ago
Wow this brings back so many memories. I worked for CID from 86-88. Never forget the Thanksgiving at our quarters. We had single and married enlisted, German nationals, single officers..................it was unforgetable!
rainbaby80 3 months ago
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9mikeee my brother was in hht 88 to 90.iwas in b troop
MrElliejimmy 3 months ago
9mikeee my brother was in hht 88 to 90.iwas in btroop.
MrElliejimmy 3 months ago
blackhorsecav1 i have probably met you i was in bravo troop.i was the driver on b41.westmorland and i and you prossesed at the same time.westmorland and i polished a bottle of southern comfort off newyears 88 ended up passed out in a video game in the goose.havent heard anybody mention andreasburg.
MrElliejimmy 3 months ago
the green goose was my hangout.used to go from the irish pub to the goose to the journal to the ob.there used to be abouncer in the goose named ross 'isaw that guy kick the crap uot of some people.
MrElliejimmy 3 months ago
Wow...lots of changes...was only there from 92-93, was one of the last to leave...was in A 1/11 and HHT 1/11...spent a lot of my nights at the Goose and Irish Pub...
mpwuzhere 4 months ago
Steve Koschak I was there...you have contact with all the other troopers.
How you been?
rodneyrhino 4 months ago
1974-1977 btrp 3rd platoon Fulda a lot of memories. steve koschak
skoschak 4 months ago
Blackhorse...1974-1977 Fulda B TRP Rodney VanNortwick
lot's of memories...
rodneyrhino 4 months ago
I was stationed with HHT Regt from 87-90. Worked in the comsec vault in the basement of the headquarters bldg. Was there when the wall went down. I spent my share of time in Graf and Hohenfels. Lots of good memories.
lasombra68 5 months ago
Stationed there 87-89 with HHT !/11 Hellfighters. I remember seeing Platoon in that theater. I drove my M577 down to that railhead many times over on my way to Graf and Hohenfels. I lived above the MP station on the thrid floor, I almost thought I was going to get to see my window for a second. Remember PFC Westmorland (B Trp) dying on the Graf CALFEX range in '88. I worked for Mr Kay at the aid station. Great times! reply if were there during that time.
9mikee 5 months ago
@9mikee I was there the same time PFC Westmoreland was there - we were in processed there in June 87. I was at Graf when his Bradley was hit from one of the M1's from Delta. Talk about being bummed out when we heard about it. He was a great guy. I was in A Troop from 87 - 90 - we were part of the group that got kicked out from Costa Brava in Spain in 87. Took the bus home and no one said a word when we got back! Some of the best years of my life were spent there!
blackhorsecav1 4 months ago
wow i havnt seen the commissary and mp station in over 20 yrs.. wished you would of had the play ground there.... cause that was were i spent the majority of my time at when i was 6ish... i wonder if the slides are still orange?.. anyways .. nice video
jkcollins28 5 months ago
I was there in from 81-83 with the How btry. Miss it sometimes.
jerryRB14 6 months ago
B Troop 1/11 Acr 2nd PLT B21 M1A1 Tank 1987-1990 yes my first duty station i served with proudly. yes, the base still there but we the we Soldiers are gone but I go n visit every other year I will never forget.
SFC Barreto E
USA Ret.
eebarreto 6 months ago
OMG! My dad was stationed here from 63-67. I went back to Germany in 06 with my husband & we took a side trip to Fulda-I could've walked that base blindfolded! So much was the same-the layout & most of the buildings I remember were still there. The school was the same-just added onto the backside. The drillfield is a parking lot and the church is boarded up & the steeple is gone, & so are the helicopter pads. I took old pix that my parents had taken in the 60's and tried to take the same shots.
sppanchi 7 months ago
Damn, I miss that place.
88-92
HedonisticHippie 7 months ago
looking at the new officers club brought back some good and not so good memories,lol remember getting threw out of there for being in the girls restroom stall with a greman chick who drug me in there,i was so damn drunk.the good ole days!
artifactman660 8 months ago
God, the memories this brings back. My two kids waking up in the middle of the night terrified at the alert siren... going on alert when the embassy in Tehran fell and Downs Barracks was sealed by the simple expedient of parking two M-60 tanks across the road at the gates... when the first live Super Bown on AFN ended at 02:00 and a USAREUR-wide alert was called five minutes later... turning in the Sheridans for M-60's... Garry Owens on the parade field...
Black Horse!
thnd3rb1rd 8 months ago
I was one of the PAC Clerks in First Squadron and always wondered what happened to good ole Downs Barracks. I can't believe the way it is now, different but the same somehow. I miss that place. I guess there's only one thing to say.....ALLONS.
hizevilcupcakequeen 8 months ago
my husbans was stationed there from 89 -94
BloodOfAGypsy 10 months ago
HHT Regt '90 to '92 FSE Great years!! Green Goose ruled!
gajithound 11 months ago
@gajithound hey i was there from 88 thru 92 HWB 1/11 and hell yea the Green Goose ruled for sure! those was the good ole days!!!
artifactman660 11 months ago
I worked alot of shifts in the MP Station there 91-94. Do you have anything on Bad Hersfeld? Thanks.
turtle19dad 11 months ago
was stationed there in late 80s. i remember some of the places at downs barracks but i was on the airfield so alot of the places i have either forgot or didnt see when i was there. love the video. i miss fulda as well. now that everything is different it feels as if part of my youth is gone forever.
flwhrtrb90 11 months ago
Bring back memories. I was an MP in Heidelberg and Stuttgart from 1988 to 1992.
Everrthing all changed once the Wall fell and Germany Unified.For the worse, The SOFA Agreement etc. Soldiers, FRamily members and DOD Civilans lost a lost as the SOFA agreements changed. We had a good life in the Cold War days, and all I can say it was Mission Accomplished as the goal was German Unification and an end to the Soviet Threat . Today the US forces in Germany have it totally different. I dont like it.
MrKaido93 11 months ago
I was there 1988 to 1990. Yeah, Green Goose. Spent a lot of drunk nights there.
vnycum 1 year ago
@vnycum green goose ruled
MedicCombat 1 year ago
I was an MP there from 1988 until 1992. Most fun I had in the Army! My son was born in the Fulda Krankenhaus. Green Goose was great!
cshq177 1 year ago
OMG! What memories....I was there as a teacher from 1974-1976!!!! Was hoping to see the schools....maybe next video???? Thanks!
fanforlsu 1 year ago
I was there 77-80. Tank plt ldr, Cav plt ldr, HHT XO, Asst. RS-3. If the rest of the Army could have their stuff together as tight as this Regiment was, no one would even think about pissing us off.
God Bless the Blackhorse and all who have served.
Howard75040 1 year ago
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001sexything 1 year ago
Do any of you guys that were there late 70's to early 80's have a copy of your Border Legionnaire certificate? I never got mine wondering if I could make a copy and have it reprinted. Thomm196123@yahoo I was in CTroop 1/11th 79-81 served under Capt. Williamson and Col. Crow thanks
thomm1961 1 year ago
Thanks for the post! I was stationed there from 91-92 @ 261st signal company det. We ran the comm center @ the HQ building. My first duty station, good times.
kaeDerrell 1 year ago
Was there '90-'93.. A Troop. Scouts Out! Lots of good times in the Green Goose, Irish Pub, Oberbayern, and Ciest Le Vie... Butler here!
artisticwildlife 1 year ago
I was there from 87 to 89 HHT Regiment driver for CSM Norman, Maj Anker in S3 Training. Remember the Temporary barracks then moved to remodled barricks next to HQ. Probably the best two years of my life! Great post and memories
steencc 1 year ago
I was stationed there from 1991 to Feb 1994 with HHT and deployed to Desert Storm with 1/11th ACR to DOHA Base
fjeff69 1 year ago
My dad spent 4 years if his life at that base from 85 to 89. He is gonna freak when I show him this. When were you there? As in active duty?
steencc 1 year ago
in the video they show A troop above the mess hall and say it's D-company. I was in A-troop from 1973-1975 so it's been 35 years since I last saw it. Can't find any photos of the old OP alpha
KMC1076 1 year ago
79-85, D-COMPANY AND C-COMPANY. COFFEE IS MY NAME. MAN I LOVE THAT PLACE HAD THE GREATEST TIME OF MY LIFE. GREAT TO KNOW PEOPLE LIKE, LELAND TABB, 1SGT STRANGE, CSM COTTON, MONA STRODER,
tmcoffee2003 1 year ago
wish it was still here because I miss this Base very much. I feel kind alone here being one of last1000 americans left behind.
Mock45Fulda 1 year ago 2
@Mock45Fulda Thank you so much for posting this. I lived in those C-Troop barracks for a while before moving off post. This brought back so many memories. I was also a UP and spent many a night in both the main and second gate guard shacks. Wow! I wonder if you can still get in the buidlings, it would be awesome to see our old barracks and messhall. Very cool, thanks again!! You may be alone there, but you are not forgotten.
owings64 1 year ago
hello i was stationed there 90 - 92 ctrp 1st plt c-12 dismount/driver
BLUECHET 1 year ago
@BLUECHET HHT 4/11 87 to 90
altell12 1 year ago
thank you so much for posting this.. i almost cried..........
BLUECHET 1 year ago
I was there 77 to 79 in A troop. One barracks was mislabeled. A Troop let out by the mess hall steps D company thetank company shared it with Alpha. REFORGER 78 and Graf in Jan, 79. I was a tanker on M551s and M60s.
tangocharlie11 1 year ago
I was stationed there from 76 to 78 with B troop as a Mortar man on an M106 with a 107mm mortar.
I have been wanting to go back for years but now I have, Thank you
Now I need to get out to the border and see where it has gone.
Allon's all the Way, Blackhorse
jtgator59 1 year ago
Woah! I barely recognize anything. My family lived there from 91 to 93. My father was 1SG of C Troop 1/11ACR. Anyone remember the Kreuz bar? I was hitting that place up when I was just 14. Hahahahah! Thanks for the memories.
LindsleyPCT2009 1 year ago 5
@LindsleyPCT2009 - omg!!! i sooo remember the kreuz!! loved that place. . .i was there from 87 - 93!! graduated from fhs in 91.
MelAEP 1 year ago
Thanks for the memories! Saw a bunch of movies at the theater 1989-1990; spent quite a bit of time at the railhead--POL/S&T/CSS kept our 5,000 gal diesel tankers there for a time. Our barracks was one building over (to the west) from the MP station. Wish the Schnell Imbiss was still next door, I could really go for a bratwurst and pomme frittes right about now!
Eversmeer 1 year ago
wow I left there in 1991, thx for the pics!
dewrideyz 1 year ago
Thank You. Some pictures were mislabeled. There was no separate Officer/NCO/Enlisted club. Was all in the same building, just partitioned
AGuyInFlorida 1 year ago
Danke, Schon gemacht!
T.p.V. C troop 11th ACR 1983 - 1986
schlirf 1 year ago
thanks so much! i am from germany close to fulda ! My husband was stationed in Fulda from 1972-1974!
08111956mo 2 years ago
nice..member of the border region..'87
vabeatsonthenet 2 years ago
Wow! Thank you. Brought back alot of old memories. (Stationed with the 11th ACR, Fulda, Col Crow, Col Saint, Col Franks (1977-1983) ALLONS!
MonaLevy 2 years ago
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EBOMr 2 years ago
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EBOMr 2 years ago
@MonaLevy DID U KNOW COFFEE
tmcoffee2003 1 year ago
@tmcoffee2003 Coffee? Refresh my memory....
MonaLevy 1 year ago