Are you finding any unit discrepancies on RallyPoint?

2015-03-03T23:12:45-05:00

For example, under Army, I Corps, 7th ID, 16th CAB, one of the units listed is 4-6 ACS. That was my last unit on active duty, and unfortunately that unit deactivated last year. All of the OH-58D (Kiowa Warrior) units are deactivating in turn. I may know Army aviation, but I'm a babe in the woods as to what submarine is in what sub group, etc. If you come across any discrepancies, please post them here so they can be researched. If you find any "canvas covers" (unit pictures) that are wrong, please do the same. Arigatou Gozaimasu. Uncle Mark-san.

Response by PO2 Steven Erickson made Mar 3 at 2015 11:29 PM

2015-03-03T23:29:12-05:00

Remember, Uncle Mark, there's NO WAY your typical squid can remember anything other than...

Hi. My name is Petty Officer Schmo. I'm stationed on the USS Uh... Err... Yeah... BOB! Yeah! That's it! The USS "Bob"...

That's why we put our command in bold letters on our hats...

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 3 at 2015 11:50 PM

2015-03-03T23:50:09-05:00

The 316th ESC is missing under the 377th TSC, USARC. That's an entire division.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 3 at 2015 11:59 PM

2015-03-03T23:59:02-05:00

Mark,

There are a couple Army Reserve units stationed here on Fairchild AFB, that I support that are not listed on here. What info do you need to get this updated?

Response by SP5 Andy G. made Mar 4 at 2015 12:30 AM

2015-03-04T00:30:58-05:00

Hi Mark -

In light of the ever-changing military (budgets, re-engineering the structure, downsizing, consolidating, etc. etc.), the disappearance of units has been a fact of military life since The Governor's Guards of Connecticut militia (1771), and change is not about to end in 2015.

What RallyPoint will need to do over time is create a retrospective database that connects current units to their predecessors - kind of like an "Ancestry.com" for US military units.

Now THAT would be interesting to see all mapped out some day.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 4 at 2015 7:21 AM

2015-03-04T07:21:20-05:00

Yes. I brought this up a couple years ago as units I had been in early in my career had been reassigned to different headquarters, so it looked like I had served with higher headquarters I hadn't. I just manually corrected that in my bio. No worries.
Now with the battalion I command being redesignated to another name (4th Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment discontinued and Special Troops Battalion organized) I want to make sure that folks who served in the battalion prior to the change can reflect that on their bios, but yet the units remain linked. This is not the first time we have changed names either, as I know of at least four names this unit has gone under since 1998.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 4 at 2015 7:36 AM

2015-03-04T07:36:32-05:00

My unit isn't right at all, should be HHC 15Th Special Troops Battalion, 15th sustainment Brigade, 1 Armor Division

Response by TSgt Joshua Copeland made Mar 4 at 2015 7:41 AM

2015-03-04T07:41:12-05:00

I know at least one of my previous units doesn't exist on RallyPoint. It was deactivated and renamed due to Joint basing at McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. All of the MSG/MDG folks were 305, but were re-designated 87th when the Wing split in to a ABW for the MSG/MDG and AMW for MXG/OG.

Response by SSG Kenneth Lanning made Mar 4 at 2015 1:29 PM

2015-03-04T13:29:58-05:00

A couple of mine are out; Wiesbaden Germany 205th MI BDE (B Co, 302nd MI BN) - deactivated in 2006 then reflagged for awhile under 66th MI GRP...and Fort Lewis (pre JBLM) 25th ID 1st BDE (NOT BCT) Charlie Battery 2nd BN 8th FA in 1998 (they are now in Alaska). They have my other artillery units from back in the day, though first tour in Germany I was never in a BCT and my unit was at Ledward Barracks (was 1st ID in 1996-1997).

Response by MSgt Hal Weeden, MBA made Mar 11 at 2015 8:00 PM

2015-03-11T20:00:45-04:00

Back in late January I used the RP feedback link to report some unit issues from my past. I never got a response. I can't imagine the magnitude of trying to keep up with units standing up, shutting down, getting new designations, etc. As we all know, change is constant!

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 11 at 2015 8:08 PM

2015-03-11T20:08:24-04:00

Our career field has been totally revamped. Some of this is good and some of it, not so much. Because of that you literally have to ferret out information through due diligence and hard work. Rewarding because you try to find a common interest.