[bvvanes]

I was in the 11th in the 1981-82 time frame. I had ETSd from the 5th years before, went to college then got accepted into medical school in NYC in 1981. I bit off too much with med school and SF reserve but later would end up at 'Mead as a bn doc. I had gone up to Tappen Zee to "interview' with their top. Was a waste of time since I was being treated as a civie trying to get into SF. So I left and someone there told me about the C Co at 'Dix. Went down there saw SGM Jim Santos and was immediately accepted by SFC Walter Rosario on his team as an 18 B/D E-5, he was a hell of a good guy! Ran into SFC (?) Paul Drensik (?) there. Strangely he was my class leader in phase III at 'bragg when he was at the 11th C co. Paul Decker was the CO at that time.