He was one tough hombre. But Cavazos is fine too.

I looked him up. He does look like a tough sob.

He was assigned to 5th SFG and the 82nd. 5th Group was assigned there during Vietnam.

There are worse names, but I’ll need a minute.

MSG Benavidez was one hell of a warrior. I never met him, but I’m not fit to shine his boots.

I’m right there with you.

There’s is probably a 1000 names .

I’d like to know who picked that and why.

Maybe some disgruntled people. There is definitely a lot of ill feelings and I say jealousy. Towards anything elite or special operations.

Remember Shinseki taking away the black beret and given it the common soldiers. Berets used to represent people in airborne units.

The CSA took away the blue berets from the 101st. We pushed a lot of Kentucky into Tennessee then!

Yes, berets have lots of meaning to the people who earned them. Other people don't get it and never will.

Read about his second DSC.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_E._Cavazos

If you watched “We Were Soldiers. It was the same type of battle. A battalion fighting.

When I was assigned there in 1971 l, after a year serving in SE Asia, I immediately applied to be sent back. Other Vietnam veterans whom I met there also volunteered to be reassigned back to Vietnam to avoid the Texas boredom of having nothing to do in a “warehouse” of daily monotony. It was an unexpected surprise to see them again in the Oakland Overseas Replacement Station when we met a year later, waiting ti be discharged to civilian life again and on with our lives.