Wildflecken, Germany Army Post -- 1992

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Inside the former Army post in Wildflecken, Germany. This video was filmed using a VHS recorder in 1992. I was stationed there in the 54th Engineer Battalion from 1989 to 1993.
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@NeoDarkling Год назад

I'm an Army Brat, born and raised. My Dad was a tanker and I was born in Frankfurt and grew up mainly in Baumholder and Wildflecken. Was feeling nostalgic today and it was good to see the Wild Chicken again. Thanks, Man.

@mikep4745 5 лет назад

Thanks for posting. This brought back lots of memories. Lots of good times were had in those billets. Lots of kick-ass stereo's. The US Dollar also bought lots of German Marks and I think smokes were about $4 / carton. We lived well. B 1/1 and B 3/52 ADA '84-'87

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching Mike!

@Plus9dB996 5 месяцев назад

The only Army base in Europe with a ski lift. I remember skiing in Wildflecken. 84 - 85 Bravo company, 54th Engineer Battalion. It snows sideways there. Chillin your beer on the window sill.

@calijeff21 13 лет назад

Wildchicken is where I learned to ski while I was stationed in Fulda. I also liked its close proximity to the Kreuzberg! Love them monks and their beer.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@anthonygalietti4730 6 лет назад

Holy shit!!!! 55 years old now !!! And I can’t believe that I still love the hell outta wild chicken!!!!!! All the best to my men in arms. ..... and props to graff also.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching Anthony!

@timjohnson204 3 года назад

wild chicken..? LOL!

@Scoobz187 8 месяцев назад

Though not in use by the US Army anymore, the German Army still uses the Wildflecken post. The old Hospital still is a medical site, and US Troops still do train on the ranges and training sites. The old HLS, where the MedEvac was stationed, is still there. Elvis was in Wildflecken in October 59, when his Unit D Co 1-32nd Armor/3rd AD did a exercise at the Wildflecken training area.

@coolroy4300 Год назад

I only went to Wildflicken one time I think from Pioneer Kaserne to qualify M16s .Snow was everywhere and I remember how cold it got when we were going up the mountain in the German bus .Everyone closed their air vents so quickly that it sounded like an M16 going off lol . 1984 or 85 long time ago 🇺🇸♥️🇩🇪

@jexsmx6608 6 лет назад

108th. best part about wildflecken was kreuzberg beer.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching Jex!

@bobybarra3096 3 года назад

11th Cavalry to K- monastery. Best time

@pillscottvt6628 3 года назад

5 Liter Club,,, not for me

@juster2410 3 года назад

1/355. in Oberwildflecken in 1986/87. I never forgot the "Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freunschschaftsfest" !

@michaelmiltz4688 3 года назад

We drove our M1 tanks from Fulda to wild chicken on the auto bahne . 1985 to1987. Thanks for the memories.

@lorrainegilmer4555 Год назад

Dad was 1SG of HHC 54th Eng from 1978-1982 Idk how it was for you soldiers really, but I loved being a kid there.

@degatyphoon 14 лет назад

I was assigned to B Co. 54th Eng. Bn. and was pretty miserable the entire time ('88 to '91). Met some good people and some not so good people and basically tried to stay away as much as possible. Having a car was a huge help. Got to see a lot of the country that way, learned to ski at the Wasserkuppe, rock climb at the park in Steinwand, and drive really, really fast. All in all they're fond memories 20 years later.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@donalddosch1656 4 года назад

Wow that brought back great memories. B Co 54th EN BN Dec 89-Feb 92. Best duty station I ever had in 23 years.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching Donald!

@edgarrodriguez9351 8 месяцев назад

I was with Aco 54th and also the best duty station, great memories.

@mus4967 Год назад

I was in wildflecken this week With My Unit for 1 week. I really asked myself how it was back than because it was all so empty there…. Now i See this Video and its really exiding. Nothing much changed there only some new Buildings but Like i said its like a ghosttown nowadays….

@kevinlong8872 10 лет назад

I was stationed here in 93 when we deactivated post and went from here to Baumholder one rock for another rock minus that great Kreuzberg beer damn monks were master brewers

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching! Yes, master brewers indeed!

@elhuichomer 3 месяца назад

Was there and had the time of my life! 48th Maintenance Company. 1990-1992

@orlandogeorge4477 9 лет назад

The best of times and the worst of times. HHC 108th MI Bn. 1988-1990. I made it off that Rock!! Thank God

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@thomasmikita2358 7 лет назад

My Dad was stationed there 1956 - 1959 my younger brother was born there in 1958 there was no hospital there then. I remember the movie theater full of kids on a Saturday afternoon. There were a bunch of us army brat kids on that base. Winter spring summer fall we played in the woods like a bunch of wild indians and roamed all over that base even restricted areas we shouldn't have been in. My Dad never complained about being there except for once in awhile when his company held maneuvers in the winter.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@rogerrice1772 2 года назад

Only place on earth where it can rain, fog, hail and snow all in one day...in July! Hope you made a pilgrimage to the Kreuzberg while you were there! 🍺

@OKChuck 5 лет назад

New improved video version -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v91HAo1kCRc.html ENJOY!

@knicklas48 3 года назад

A Co, 108th MI, 1983-85. They told me the post had two seasons: July and Winter. Not far wrong!

@OKChuck 3 года назад

So true!

@jimh3703 11 лет назад

I was born and raised there, still love and miss the place! If any of you are on FB there are at least 5 profiles about Wildflecken and more about the different companies.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@medic2731 2 года назад

I was stationed there for my first Perm Party posting. 144th Ordnance Co. Was definitely an experience for me. Would love to go back someday.

@chefjamesmuhammad2256 6 месяцев назад

I was stationed there until 92 thanks for the memories

@OKChuck 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@HerbWalker 10 лет назад

Lived there with 3rd Armored Division: Graf/Hoehenfels & WILDCHICKEN!!! This SCOUTS OUT

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching Herb!

@robertgetz8582 11 лет назад

I was the Post Chief of Logistics from '70-'73. There's no Flecken like Wildflecken!

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@toasthuawei1352 Год назад

Ain’t that the damn truth !

@papabear9608 8 месяцев назад

I was station there end of 1982 to 1983 I ETS A company 3rd infantry division..top of the rock

@iamgermane 3 года назад

Guess you liked it as you spent 4 years there. Married guy? I imagine the bigger Army posts were better. K-Town was full of American.

@ScottBanton-b6y 7 дней назад

Picked up food for the mess Hall there, stationed in B.K.

@wilsons043 5 месяцев назад

I was in the 58th Engineers there, and I used to box on the post team there with coach Oliphant "OP." we moved there in 92

@mikekeppler2691 2 года назад

73-74, 3rd ID, 1990 as a tourist. Used to party in Bishopsheim, wish I would have stayed

@mikemathews9277 5 лет назад

I was Did my Tour In Fulda from 89-91 But my Battalion HQ was in Wildflicken But we called it Wild Chicken.I was in a Hawk ADA unit C 3/52 ADA (Alcoholics Defending America) and we lived up our Reputation believe Me!!!!

@OKChuck 5 лет назад

Good times at the Chicken!

@robertonavarrete6688 4 года назад

i was in 2/15 inf...remember the hawk site on the hill over the ammo dump

@SurlyRider2019 4 года назад

Roberto Navarrete I remember the ammo dump, most of my time in the scout platoon CSC 2/15 was doing guard duty at the dumb. 1982-83

@bobybarra3096 3 года назад

@@SurlyRider2019 scouts out. 11D30F

@conniewebster1498 4 года назад

Wildflecken home in the 70s. ❄ lots of snow friendly local people.💙💜

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching Connie! I agree!

@radog1028 4 месяца назад

My unit trained there in the 80s. 3rd armored division 1st 36th infantry battalion

@OKChuck 11 лет назад

Glad you enjoyed the video Christopher! 20 years goes by fast doesn't it! It was a great place to be stationed!

@MakayaGemini3 9 лет назад

cjanco Oh definitely bro. Kinda miss those days. Although I wanted to be home I nevertheless had a great time! Wildchicken!

@usrmemp48082 11 лет назад

All I say is WOW!!! Not only was I stationed there from '92 to '94... your video has a shot of my car parked next to the Provost Marshal Office!!! it's at :32 in the video, gray chevy cavalier with a black bra! I was an MP there... greatest time I had in the Army!!

@MrBNARick 5 лет назад

Me too... about 10 years earlier

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching Christopher!

@chrisgallucci6179 8 лет назад

Why does it look so deserted? I was there 86-92 (D Co, 54th Engrs mainly with stints in the S1 & S2 shops). I don't remember it ever looking that dead.

@halbergs 8 лет назад

I remember a Sgt Gallucci' Hope all Is well. Nice to see the old place. Cpt Halberg Apr 91- Dec 93 D Co 54th EN BN, 2nd Plt AMF(L).

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching Chris! I think I filmed this on a Sunday morning.

@pamela0823 4 года назад

So much nostalgia, thank you! My dad was stationed there from 1986-1992, with 334 first with ordinance co. before transferring to air defense I think. I was aged 4-9 when we lived there. Do you happen to have any footage of the elementary middle school? I was trying to show my son the playground.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching Pamela! No school videos. You'll have to plan a trip there some day 😁

@beep1955beep 7 лет назад

75-76-77!!! 2nd Battalion 15th Infantry Division!!! TOP OF THE ROCK!!!

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@robertonavarrete6688 4 года назад

1st sgt camacho

@stevenbailey1293 2 года назад

D co 54th cmbt eng Wildflecken 76 to 79

@bigjoebuffalo 13 лет назад

Was there 1965-66 had a good time. Looks just like it did then, except for the hospitial.dam I,m getting old!!

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@lewiscleveland4661 5 лет назад

Brigade 75 if memory serves correctly 2nd B-12th Cav 1st Cav 1976 I did another tour there later but for the life of I cant remember the unit and I still have my beer steins from Klosterbrauerei.

@OKChuck 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching Lewis!

@jrturner1247 7 лет назад

I was with 54th Engineer Bn in 67-68. In 20 years, and 2 tours to Germany Wildflecken remains the pleasant assignment. Arrived as E3 and left as an E5. I regret that I did not take my wife and kids. I could gush to fill the page. Thanks for this walk in the past.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@RunsWithKnives 9 лет назад

Frozen my ass off there more than a few times, thanks for sharing the video. I loved my time in Germany.

@conniewebster1498 4 года назад

Very snowy. B btry near ski lodge.💙🇺🇸

@SurlyRider2019 4 года назад

My squad leader was E-6 in 1983, I found him years later. He became a first Sargent and then retired. Just 6 months after retirement he passed away. Found this from the Wildflecken guest book online. Never really liked the guy but he knew his stuff. scout platoon CSC 2/15 inf Bn Wildflecken

@donaldhawkes5226 Год назад

Station at the rock did our field training exercises their

@rogerhiscock4179 Год назад

D company 54 th 90 - 93. That. place rocked.

@MrBNARick 3 года назад

I love the commentary on the video LOL "high speed hospital" You should have seen the old clinic in the 80's. It was small and sat just at the top of the hill coming up from the gate on the right, where you would make the right to go to post HQ where your video started. You had a BK though, LOL we had the pizza parlor, the rod and gun and the bowing alley or the mess hall.

@OKChuck 3 года назад

Thanks for watching Rick!

@lorrainegilmer4555 Год назад

I loved going to the Rod and Gun. We would meet my dad there for dinner at least once a week. Dad always stopped in for a few Kulmbacher beers after work. Hubert the owner was such an awesome man and Adam the cook made the best steaks and mushroom gravy. I had to go to that awesome clinic of a hospital a few times. My brother and I got messed up skiing and sledding more than once.

@georgeseipel7087 4 года назад

Charlie Company, Weapons Platoon, 2/15 Infantry 83

@mikedillon9080 5 лет назад

C 54th eng. 1982-84 62b heavy equipment mechanic my old Bia's look for me on Facebook Michael Dillon bald head with a Rottweiler on my cover photo

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@darrylscott7609 11 лет назад

WoW i left there early 1993 to PCS to Stateside. 11th ACR. BLACKHORSE!!!!!!!!!!

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@bobybarra3096 3 года назад

11th ACR Bdr Ops, map run, great terrain, Baumholder H.S. 68

@Underdog6501 13 лет назад

I was there from 80 to 82 , Btry 1/1ADA. 31M/10, and going up and down thhe hill was a every day thing but above all, I like the time that I was station there. ATT: SP/4 R.G

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@Chilltothend 10 лет назад

This video brings back memories. Across from the movie theatre, was the headquarters. I mowed that lawn.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@dwyneworld9645 3 года назад

Came here for training in the early 80's

@coinguruministerguitarsgam2889 2 года назад

Well that's a place I could try to forget but the rock of 4 seasons in a single day,great monastery beer,and loosing a friend from a tooth infection that caused his death in peace time is a grim reminder 2 balls and a cane remembers

@coinguruministerguitarsgam2889 2 года назад

I still have the very last coin issued stop by my channel some time I'll show ya lol

@rafaelmartinez6112 3 года назад

For those if you who may no know, Shaquille O'Neal attended the school there, his stepfather was our mess Sgt in our dining facility , good old days

@mikealexander5830 6 лет назад

4 July 62, a day I'll never forget. Drove up from Bad Kissingen on a bus to play some youth ball games. So cold it actually SNOWED! Ten years later when I was stationed in Germany, this was one place I had no desire to revisit- LOL!

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@conniewebster1498 4 года назад

I remember the soldiers would go to. zwei Tanen Club. The ski lodge b btry. The kRuezberg monastery beer.

@rickeyscott8184 4 года назад

I was in How Battery 2/11th. We were on Wildflicken Post. We were partying at ("Zwei Tannen"),and ("Tiffany's"),until the (Fatal Fire)!!. Scott,R. (Spc.)

@MrJohn49g 2 года назад

Can't be Wildflecken, the sun is shining ! LOL

@OKChuck 2 года назад

It was that one day per year when the sun was out :)

@MrJohn49g 2 года назад

@@OKChuck LOL

@pamela0823 4 года назад

@MakayaGemini3 9 лет назад

Wow awesome! Was there with 11th ACR/58th Combat Engineers (RED DEVILS!) about 92-93 after 58th moved from Bad Hersfeld 3/11th to 2/11th. How ironic that @ :58 secs. you panned over to 58th CEC barracks,lol! Even worked with ya'll in 54th a few times and have a certificate from your commander! Thanks for sharing this.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@bobybarra3096 3 года назад

Allons, Downs Barracks. RBOC JUMP TOC. SICKLES AFLD

@MrYummydonuts 12 лет назад

i lived their at the age of 10 ... i played sports at the DYA ... remember romeing the streets all over that place...i remember walking all over the place with my little radio listening to the song planet rock...... going to the gym playing basketball ... i think i lived on B street.....lol i also found out shaq lived their the time i was their... no tellin i probly played sports with him ..were the same age..lol anyways loved the place ..lots of memories

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@pillscottvt6628 3 года назад

Bco 54th ,,,good times

@peterbilt37042 6 лет назад

Thanks for the post. I was in the 108th MI from Dec 88 till Feb 92.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@dreday9436 4 года назад

Had some good cold times when I was stationed in 1978-1980. Thanks for the Video!

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching Noah!

@geodes4762 3 года назад

We came up from Vicenza in winter 1976 to spend a very cold six week up here living in a tent city out in the field-Gp mediums with diesel and mogas fired pot bellied stoves for heat. I spent many cold days and nights trying to do FA surveys using old German Army maps since many of survey points had been run over or hidden in the mud. Vehicles were constantly breaking down- the Gamma Goats would have freezed up fuel filters every morning if not carefully drained of water after every use. The tent city was a real “delight”-mud and snow everywhere and everything reeked of diesel fuel. No one wanted to leave the tents after dark, especially if you were anywhere near the mess tent. The wild boar would have a feast anywhere close. Bn policy was no officer would take a shower until all the enlisted in the unit had showered. I got one shower in six weeks. Wildflecken has provided 45 years of good stories but don’t miss it a bit! 1/509th ABCT D Btry!

@MG-bv1vl 9 лет назад

I was there on TDY, but I was in Alpha Co. (Raiders) 79th Engineer Battalion (CH), 18th Engineer Brigade 1991-1992, Bldg. 8 - 3rd Floor was Home while in Deutschland, The Place we called the ZOO! Gerszewski Barracks

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@pamela0823 4 года назад

@jimjones5590 10 лет назад

I was with the First Inf. Div. 1953 to 1955. We spent about one week at Wildflecken during the winter of 1954.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@lylewyant3356 2 года назад

We called it wild chicken.

@tyronegreene6150 5 лет назад

Hey mr jeter this is spc greene from your unit a co 54 like your video .

@OKChuck 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching Tyrone!

@SgtHank-nq2ze 10 лет назад

My Dad was stationed in Wildflecken 2 different times. He was in Bco 54TH ENG. SFC Hargrove is my pops. I rode the rabbit bus till we moved off base to Langenlighten. Second trip I went to High school in Fulda from wildflecken. I'm looking for school mates of mine named Michael Harding and my first girlfriend michelle pearson......Thanks for this video...Charles Hargrove

@danielhess2593 10 лет назад

I lived in Wildflecken and went to school in Fulda last class to graduate there until their closure in '94.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@migaroo501 8 лет назад

Thank you for posting! I miss living there. even though I was 11 I remember! I used to walk up to burger king and then get a ride from the m p's back down to state street to my house! loved it so much fun!

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@lavondadebrito1178 4 года назад

I worked at that clinic. 23rd Med Det '92-94

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching LaVanda!

@wiseowl2008 10 лет назад

I was there from early !965- late summer 1966. It is a place to remember. Just think, no cell phones or Video cameras ..

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@noahcline4592 11 лет назад

Hello, I was stationed with a fellow soldier named Roger L. Hiscock...1992-93..PARTY ANIMAL from Delta Company...big time boston celtics fan!!!

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@degatyphoon 14 лет назад

I didn't know that many people from A Co. One guy that sticks out though was a dude that went by "Junior". I'm not sure what he did.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@jallen69 Год назад

Wild chicken

@johnnyrodriguez1800 5 лет назад

I was in the 2/15 3 inf 80 to81 Charlie company will be going to see for my self will be Germany 3 weeks all most at40 years

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching Johnny!

@davidmcneil7548 8 лет назад

Name's McNeil.....B Btry 1/1 ADA. 75 TO 79. Had a great time during my tour. I'll never forget the place. I do wonder what happened to all the guys though.

@charliemercado3065 6 лет назад

Hey guys this is best place to be at B1/1st Ada this is comm E/4 velez

@charliemercado3065 6 лет назад

Hey guys I miss the tactics site

@charliemercado3065 6 лет назад

McNeil is Velez from the Comm section

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@gonzo59003 13 лет назад

I was there 1977-79, B Btry 1ADA. Didn't like walking up and down,,, Nice good memories.. THanks..

@MrMcda687 7 лет назад

I was there with you man. Names McNeil and I was the guy who ran the bucket loader. Those were some wild days.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@junglewalk 13 лет назад

I was in Wildflecken 79-81, & 85-87 with A Co.1/68 Armor. The history of 1937-45 envelopes you there. Great place, and easy to train with our tanks by just going out the back gate of our motor pool..!....Thanks cjanco!

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@Avidreader099 10 лет назад

OMG...spent 4 years there - from 1984 - 1989. Great assignment. Beautiful scenery. Thanks.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@neencox1363 11 лет назад

my x- husband was stationed there in 1971-1972. I was there in Germany with him those years for about 9 months. He got an early-out of the Army in 1972 the same year our son was born.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@zargeorge 3 года назад

Thanks for posting. I was stationed there in 1963 when the 1st Infantry Division was rotating troops from Ft. Riley to Wildflecken to Berlin. Ostensibly, we were guarding the Fulda gap when Germany was divided East and West. In reality, this was practicing for deployment to Viet Nam.

@doode1971 4 года назад

I was there in 1992 as well. How Bat Dude, I was in the building across the street from you guys! I remember the big fight down at the club.

@charlesjanco81 4 года назад

Good times!

@drakesteel4759 3 года назад

wow memories 8th inf 1/68 HHC stinger

@OKChuck 3 года назад

Thanks for watching Drake!

@maxwett1 12 лет назад

Wow, I remember like it was yesterday. I remember seeing Purple Rain at the movies, and I remember the bowling alley. But the Hospital is new,,woooow! Left there in late '85..

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@kellyferrell1266 8 лет назад

My husband was a 63B, SGT Bocek was his Squad Leader. Allen mainly worked in the Motorpool as I'm sure you can figure out. We still keep in touch with Steve Bocek & actually ran into him here in Savannah about 10 years ago and we still keep in touch. Allen retired in 2006, out of Ft Stewart & we never left. we have been here since 1995. its nice to see the video of Wildflecken. we had fun there also since we lived in the new housing behind the movie theater. thanks for commenting! Happy Easter.

@OKChuck 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!