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A btry 2nd/62 ADA Bitburg, Germany

MOS 24G20, 24G40 crosstrained 24C20. Radar technician from May 1974 through July 1976, in Germany, then on to Schoolly Park, Fort Bliss, Texas as an instructor until 1977.
One of seven siblings, but the only one with a host of ugly medical condition to include Tinnitus, intestinal (symptoms started in 1995, surgery in 2004),(diverticulitis rupture from bowel to bladder to the point of bowel gas and feces pass through the urethra!), prostate cancer (2008, PSA was high 2000) and heart condition, (abrupt plaque rupture in 2012). No other family members or family history of these conditions. Im the only one who stayed healthy in this family. Anyone out there have anything similar? Didn't find out this could be service related until January of 2023.

Re: A btry 2nd/62 ADA Bitburg, Germany

Charlie E Barlew
MOS 24G20, 24G40 crosstrained 24C20. Radar technician from May 1974 through July 1976, in Germany, then on to Schoolly Park, Fort Bliss, Texas as an instructor until 1977.
One of seven siblings, but the only one with a host of ugly medical condition to include Tinnitus, intestinal (symptoms started in 1995, surgery in 2004),(diverticulitis rupture from bowel to bladder to the point of bowel gas and feces pass through the urethra!), prostate cancer (2008, PSA was high 2000) and heart condition, (abrupt plaque rupture in 2012). No other family members or family history of these conditions. Im the only one who stayed healthy in this family. Anyone out there have anything similar? Didn't find out this could be service related until January of 2023.
Added note here. A btry 2nd/62nd barracks, mess hall, Headquarters motorpool was shared site with Battion Operation Center aka BOC. This large Pulse Aquistion Radar rotation was 24/7 and covered all four batteries A,B,C,D. Obviously at this point the VA is not going to contact you despite, just by the mere MOS, they know who we are.