I was on a detail in 1983 as an observer for an inventory. It was one of the strangest operations I ever was a part of. I got called in at 4 am and wasn't told a thing until we were being escorted into the Gold Depository. We just observed Government Civilians counting (documenting) the gold. I was stationed at Ft Knox at that time and I was assigned to the Armor School Brigade as the TR NCO. I reported directly to the CG of the Armor School which at that time was a 2 star by the name of Major General Dozier. He was the American General that was captured in Italy by the Red Brigade terrorists and held for 42 days until Special Forced rescued him. See the link I posted. Anyways.... I was in charge of all the assets of the Armor School and the 194th Armored Brigade. My mission was to assign combat troops, tanks, trucks, equipment, firing ranges, classrooms, etc. to support 14 major training operations from AIT (Advanced Individual Training) for new soldiers to be tankers and also mechanics. I also was completely in charge of GOPU (General Officer Pre-assignment Update). That course is 100% electives for every General before they take command of a new assignment to get them up to date on the armor, tanks, tactics, operations, secure communications, etc.
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