so in your case, you had orders for this new cavalry air unit at ft. benning before you had even before to artillery obc. >> right. the very first orders i ever got said that's where i was going, but you're going here first. and then to ft. sill first, then to ft. benning. >> so you graduate in spring of '64 and you go to obc until september or so? >> no. i was -- i graduated in march. so i was -- i was at ft. benning in may, maybe? >> you got to benning in may of '64. so you were there with the units for virtually a year before you -- >> before i left. right. yep. >> what was your responsibility at benning? >> i was a platoon leader of the rocket group, and we had three companies. it was set up just like a regular artillery outfit. and you did the same type of things. i had a platoon of people that took care of this rocket. it was so unique, nobody else knew what we were doing. it was off on the side of the base. but it was fun, because you're playing with a nuke. you had all these drills with the screwdrivers and all this. it was really -- >> but you