Hey all...I am posting two photos from one of my STASI groupings of a STASI man at his ceremony. I am mainly posting the two photos to show what he was wearing during the ceremony. I hope you all find the two photos useful.
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Last edited by R Pickard; 09-06-2004, 03:45 PM.Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance group -
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Final part...Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance group -
I find it interesting that after 20 (+) years he is only a Captain. Maybe the Stasi wasn't such a great career opportunity after all? Hmmm.....
Hope this wasn't his "Retirement" ceremony.
Michael D. GALLAGHER
M60-A2 Tank Commander Cold War proverb: “You can accomplish more with a kind word and a ‘Shillelagh’ than you can with just a kind word.”Comment
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Hey Mike...In one or two of my groupings. I have a STASI person going from enlisted ranks career and progressing up to an officer career. So by the time they retired (20+ years) they may be either in the junior officer ranks or mid level officers status. Just like how some US military personnel careers would go.Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance groupComment
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So this brings up another question? Did the NVA have OCS? Maybe Dag can comment on this and provide some personal insight into that aspect of the NVA and other military organs of the DDR?
I don't recall a triangular pin for OCS School as such, and would think surely there would be one, if they in fact had such a program.
Anyway, food for thought.Michael D. GALLAGHER
M60-A2 Tank Commander Cold War proverb: “You can accomplish more with a kind word and a ‘Shillelagh’ than you can with just a kind word.”Comment
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Ralph, Do you have an exact date for when the photo was taken?Comment
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Originally posted by Panzer Fuehrer
What does OCS stands for? I can't recall an east German institution which would fit the abbreviation. So I assume it is English but.....
Thanks, DagComment
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Hey Dag...OCS stands for Officer Candidate School...Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance groupComment
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Hi Dag,
In the U.S. Army, Enlisted Ranks could apply for Officer's Candidate School (OCS), as another possible means of attaining an Officer's Commission. Each Military Occupation, such as Armor, Artillery and Infantry, had their own school. The one for the Artillery for example, was at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
In this way, it was conceivable that a military officer in the U.S. Army after 20 years, might retire as a 1st Lieutenant, or Captain instead of a higher rank.
We on the board are trying to comprehend why there are officer's in the DDR that have 20 year loyal service medals, or are the recipient of a 25 year loyal service Urkunde, but are only of the rank 1st Lieutenant or Captain?
Hopefully, you can shine some light on this subject for us, so that we have a better understanding?
Thanks from all of us.Michael D. GALLAGHER
M60-A2 Tank Commander Cold War proverb: “You can accomplish more with a kind word and a ‘Shillelagh’ than you can with just a kind word.”Comment
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Hey Mike well said...I guess I could have done better with my OCS reply...thanks...Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance groupComment
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David...I had to go back to my bunker and pull the grouping out to answer your question...so here goes I hope...I can not give you an exact date, but the timeframe of the two photos are around 1972 to 1974. The STASI person in the photo in 1974 held the rank of Major. I hope this assists in your question...Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance groupComment
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