SFC Michael McCauley

Army | Combat Engineer

Dates of Service: Sep 1983 - Aug 2004

RETIRED

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Bio

I'm just a poor boy from a poor family, I live, I work, I'll die. In the meantime Party On.

Military Experiences

Mar 1989 - Aug 2004

Senior Drill Instructor

C co 2 bn 390 th Bde | 98th TD

I spent the next 10 years as a DI training BCT troops at FT. Leonard Wood, Ft. Dix, and Ft. Knox. I survived the cutbacks of the Clinton presidency, Converted my MOS to 12B, and attended several NCOES schools. In approximately 2001 or 02 I transitioned from being a DI to being the Company Training NCO, in which position I remained until my retirement in August 2004

Mar 1989 - Aug 2004

Senior Drill Instructor

98th TD, 108th TC (IET), USARC | Rochester, NY

I left Active duty after 5 years and change with almost 4 years as a Spc4 in an over strength MOS with no hope of promotion for years to come. I enjoyed being in the military, so when I was offered the chance to join the Reserves at ETS I took it. I never imagined myself as an Army Drill Instructor, but the closest Reserve center to my home of record when I ETSed was a 98th Div. DI unit in Batavia NY so here I was on my way to being a DI and 12B Instructor. I had my first drill in March of 1989, was enrolled in DI academy at 100 North Forest Ave in Amherst NY, Recieved my promotion to SGT while in DI school. I Graduated from the course and received my Round Brown on the day the ground war started in the first Gulf war in 1991.

Jan 1987 - Feb 1989

Spec-4

42 Engineer Co. Combat Support Bn. Berlin Bde. | Berlin, Germany

Again, I was still an equipment operator responsible for maintaining and operating a D-7 Dozer and MW24C loader, I was in the 3rd Squad of the Equipment Platoon of the largest Engineer Company in the US Army. I learned to drive a bus while here as well as a Mercedes Benz 8 ton dump truck. I saw President Reagen speak at Brandenburg Gate and attended French Commando School while stationed in Berlin. I learned to speak some German and saw many sights that I never would have seen otherwise.

Mar 1984 - Dec 1986

Private through Spec-4

B Co, 46 Engineer Bn. 18th EN Bde | Fort Novosel, AL

I was a heavy 62 E heavy equipment operator, I was in 2nd Squad, Horizontal Equipment Platoon. My jobs ranged from operating and maintaining Loaders, Dozers, and Pans, to driving duce and a half's, and 5-ton dumps. I was also licensed to drive 5 quarter and CUCV trucks. I was training to drive M915 Semi tractor-trailers when my orders for Germany came in and so never finished getting that license. I helped build the Horse Stables and Riding area on the Post, A BMX track in a nearby town, As well as several other projects that I don't recall now.

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Deployments

(4 months)

Jun 1985 - Sep 1985

Honduras

Assisted in building a 90 mile Main Supply Road in the Aguan River Valley of Honduras. Running a D-7 bulldozer clearing jungle and cutting road grade.