Did you go through mortar fire unit evaluation at Wildflecken training area? If so how many times?

LTC Stephen F., I became an 11C (Indirect fire infantryman-mortars) while at AIT at Fort Jackson, SC from JAN70 to MAR70. I then went to the Weapons NCO Supervisor Candidate Special Forces Course at Fort Bragg, NC late MAY70 through AUG70. The last half of the SF course was all heavy weapons, with tremendous emphasis on the M30, 4.2" mortar during the week long FTX at the end of heavy the weapons portion of the course. Photo is of me hanging a round at the actual SF heavy weapons FTX at Fort Bragg in JUL-AUG70! COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. SGM Gregory Tarancon IV CPT (Join to see)
SFC William Farrell PO3 Phyllis Maynard SGT Robert Pryor SGT Mark Anderson

LTC Stephen F., I thought I had posted these photos on another discussion thread, but I could not find it. So here they are on this thread, if that's OK with you. It may be interesting, in any event.
When we made our trips to the FRG to support the various NATO exercises, we were attached to VII U.S. Corps at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart. During our numerous trips there, we became good friends with a lieutenant colonel, who was in the USAR program in the FRG which was very impressive. He met and married a baroness, more specifically a freiherran. My last trip over I took my wife and so with one other couple we spent a few days with them in their castle in the village of Thüngen, which is about 25 km NW of Wurzburg.
Here's an aerial photograph of Schloss der Freiherren von Thüngen, home of LTC James L., Freiherr (Baron) von Thüngen. The castle was protected by a hillside to the rear (left) and a dry moat to the front (right). According to Jim, records showed that the rectangular block building to the right of the castle dates back to the time of Charlemagne (742-814 A.D.)!
The second photo is a detail of the castle and the third photo is a detail of the "Charlemagne" building. What looks like a bay window is really an early version of indoor plumbing! The color photos were from JUL85. COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. CPT (Join to see) PO3 Phyllis Maynard SGT Robert Pryor SPC Woody Bullard

Here’s the FRG tag I mentioned, SFC William Farrell.

My travels don’t compare to yours SGT Mark Anderson, but I thought this little story might interest you.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel, your shared link about "How Germans remember World Wars" put me in mind of this little tale from my trips to the FRG. Thought you might be interested.

I went to Wildflecken with 2 11 cab in 81 and a whole bunch of times after that. Was Battalion Commo Chief of 54th Engineer Bn stationed at Wildflecken from 90 until 93 when we shut the unit down.

Yes- went to Wildflecken twice and Graf twice with 3/63 AR BN, 3rd ID, 1986-1989. Feels like forever.

I went to Wildflecken twice for mortar ARTEPS in 1984 and 85. Also went to the monastery there and had some great beer.

LTC Stephen F. Sir, I spent six and half years (74-77 & 79-82) in the 11th ACR (Fulda, GE) and did many a CAV Troop convoys and Jeep trips to Wildflicken for Gunnery, FTXs, other live fires, guard duty, etc. Seen it snow in the middle of summer on more than one ocassion. The Kruzberg Monestary is memory I will never forget. In fact I've been back twice since retiring in 96. I went back for 2 11th ACR Reunions in Fulda and we ensured a day at Kruzberg was a part of each Reunion.

I recall the Dead Man's Curve with the Crosses and in fact was present for one vehicle accident along the cobblestone tank trail that did result in a Soldier's death.

Here are a few photos: Kruzburg Mug, typical Wlid-Chicken snow and Troop convoy to the WTA training area.

My unit went to Wildflecken in 1982 and 1983.

Remember the CHICKEN!

I have been to Chicken Flicken with the German Army Unit I was attached to, but didn't have mortars. Sorry.

I been there many time !
I was a 11C also 1/54 Inf BN Bamberg Germany