Should the Bamberg, Germany group include all members ever stationed there?

LTC Stephen F. — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 20:15:49 -0400

The US has been drawing down forward deployed forces and turning bases back to host nations for some time. The Base Realignment and Closure [BRAC] process periodically closes bases.

FYI COL Private RallyPoint Member MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. LTC Marc King SGT Richard H. SP5 Philip McClure CPL Carl Buck SFC Raymond Baum MAJ Michael Bressler CPL Bill Burt SSG Dave Castro SPC Paul C. SPC Woody Bullard SPC Michael Terrell SSG Robert Pratt Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown PO3 Edward Riddle SFC John Davis

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Apr 26 at 2015 8:19 PM

LTC Stephen F. — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 20:19:26 -0400

All military post groups should include any member every stationed there. Otherwise, as bases close, groups will be reduced to zero members because nobody will be stationed there. By design, Rallypoint includes veterans who be definition were stationed somewhere bur are not currently stationed anywhere.

Response by SFC Stephen Smithers made Apr 27 at 2015 4:28 PM

SFC Stephen Smithers — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:28:21 -0400

The group should be opened to all members every stationed there.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 29 at 2015 12:17 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:17:26 -0400

Since Bamberg is now closed and has been for around a year, this group needs to be open to anyone who ever had the opportunity to be stationed there.

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Apr 29 at 2015 12:35 PM

LTC Stephen F. — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:35:48 -0400

SSG Private RallyPoint Member, thank you for confirming what I suspected. Even though Warner Barracks, Bamberg has been returned to German control for a year, the RallyPoint Bamberg groups has more than 40 members currently stationed there. RallyPoint should not be expected to jeep track of OCONUS base/post/station closings and for many reasons active duty members should not always be updating their current location. I hope RallyPoint will modify the site rules to allow any members ever stationed at a post to be a member of that group.