[Mosby Raider]

I graduated from the Q course in September 73. I got out of sequence when I and three other commo guys got recycled through Phase II because of IMC. We went on to Phase III because there were not enough radio operators to have one per team, so after Phase III, we went back to Commo Phase II, and graduation after the commo FTX in Pisgah. A friend of mine and I didn't attend our graduation. We were 20th Gp, he was from Mississippi, and I was from Alabama. Our orders ended three days before the graduation ceremony and our respective State Hq's wouldn't extend the orders because they said they didn't have the money and it was only a ceremony! On top of that, the 1st SGT kicked us out of the barracks and said we couldn't stay there because we had out processed and belonged to the National Guard now, not the Regular Army. We were so angry and disgusted we just loaded up our vehicles and beat feet for Alabama and Mississippi.