LCpl Mike Zacher

LCpl Mike Zacher

Dates of Service: Apr 1981 - Apr 1987
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Military Experiences

Aug 1984 - Apr 1985
Field Radio Operator
radio operator for 2nd recon a company. Went on 1 float with a bunch of boots out of ranger school to Viegas Island.. They were with C Company.. Still building up after those guys got killed in the Barracks in Beirut.. all I remember is I kept finding their Ranger coins on the sleeping quarters of the deck all the time.. last deployment active duty. Did get to stop in Ft. launderdale.. 48 hours of fun in the sun..
Apr 1983 - Jun 1984
B Co
RTO
head RTO for B company and head coxwain for B Co, headed the first company size boat deployment since Vietnam. In charge of 6 boats & crews in 1983 to Guam. Deployed in very heavy and high seas.I was not a 0321.. had orders and didn't volunteer for the duty station. Went to the phillipines ( Subic Bay), Guam. Tinian, South Korea, Mainland Japan and Hokkiado (far North) . We were the first US ship in that port since Vietnam..

Deployments

(3 years, 2 months)
Sep 1984 - Apr 1985
2nd recon
Apr 1983 - Jul 1984
3rd recon
Feb 1982 - Mar 1983
mwcs 48 el toro
went to 29 palms, 1 cruise around california on the uss tarawa, mcas yuma
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