Rough Duty

I spent four years in the army at the end of the 60s. One of the years was spent on the Czech border with West Germany. It was a single Army Security Agency company and we were the first line of defense if Russian tanks ever came across the border.

It was not very much like being in the Army at all. We got $18 a day, double the usual temporary duty pay and lived "on the economy". Pat and I drove all over Europe and had a great time.



The Command wanted to show the dedication of the Agency so they picked a picture of the worst looking duty station they could find, ours. The place was tiny and the picture shows about a third of it. Luckily we didn't actually live there, just rode up the mountain in the back of a "deuce" for our work shift.