MANNHEIM,GERMANY
The Air Support Operations Center AN/TSQ-209 Communication Central system was designed and deployed by the National Security Division?s Integrated Defense Systems. The Air Support Operations Center or ASOC is an Air Force unit collocated with the Land Component Commander, responsible for managing air assets in support of ground maneuver. By January 2001, the INEEL has fielded six units, two each at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, Fort Hood in Texas and Sullivan Barracks in Viernheim, Germany. Six more were in the works for 604 th ASOS at Camp Red Cloud in Korea, 111 th ASOS at Ft. Lewis, Washington and for the 182 ASOS Unit in Illinois. Each base receives two units for tactical ?leap-frogging?. One AN/TSQ-209 could be deployed and as the troops advance, the second would follow the maneuver units as the corps moves forward and become the primary unit.
ARMY BARRACKS 
I was in Mannheim at Furnari Barracks 85-89…in the PSC.
I was assigned to the 531st Ordinance Co, 81st Ord Bn on Sullivan Barracks from 1962-1965. Some names I remember are James Eversole, Richard Chavez, Kenneth Wilson, Percy Taylor, Jerry Verscheur, Green, John Tomalonis, Haagenschmidt, James E White, Doody, Sgt Lowe. Any contact with any of these guys would be greatly appreciated.
anyone from amfl 77-79
I was there with the third medium tank battalion, 35th armor from February, ’60 to
September, ’62. Best time of my life and most memorable….I think of it every day!
Richard, I arrived at the 531st Ord Co just as you left. I probably worked on some of your vehicles. As you drove out the back gate, our barracks were on your left and our shops were on your right.
I was in between Heidelberg and Mannheim. Hammond’s Barracks in Seckenheim. Compared to the other Kasernes in the Mannheim district, Hammond’s was very small. At that time, 69-72 it was Central Army Group, CENTAG.
Duty there was easy as we never went to the field and we observed both American and German holidays. A company of the Bundesfehr was stationed there too. For those lucky German soldiers, it was Disneyland. They were also paid equivalent to the American troops.
Seckenheim had the usual GI bar near the gate and my favorite eatery was the Loewen down a few blocks. Excellent Cordon Bleu. I was TDY to Heidelberg in 2001, I made a trip to the Loewen. It wasn’t on the menu that night, but I explained to the owner I was a regular in my time at Hammonds Barracks and I referred friends going to Heidelberg to visit Loewen. He prepared the wonderful dish for me!
Seckenheim had the Strausse transit out the gate. It was easy to go to either Mannheim or Heidelberg. My German fraulien lived in Mannheim at 16 Stamitz Strausse, just north of the Kurfalz Brucke. Great memories.
HHC 5/68 AR BN from 87 to 90. Spent most of my time at the music center right behind the sandwich shop and Uncle Sam’s club in downtown Mannheim. Also loved going over to Heidelberg and checking out the castle there. Great times.