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One thing you notice about people who were
assigned to TUSLOG Detachment 150 at Sahintepe (or Sahin Tepesi if
you like!) is they all felt it was a significant growing experience
in their life. A.J. Aldrich, who
was assigned to Det 150, affectionately calls Sahintepe a "fine
mountain that it was..."
A.J. sent us a wealth of information
on not only his 1979-1980 tour, but also more recent
information:
Pat, More to add to your SAH page,
as the station reporting designator was in 79-80. (Ed.
Note -- This lines up with some of the radio identification
information shown on our Interesting Stories page about
the 30-G designator. I wonder if "H" was short for
SAH?)
We were Turkish/US Logistics
Detachment 150 (TUSLOG) and were also known as DCS Station Sahin
Tepesi (SAH). The station designation 30G was a radio call
sign for a dedicated radio network (Customer and Mission shall
remain unspoken). The operations Center was located at Patch
Barracks Germany, Their call sign was PATCH, and they provided
command and control of a network that extended the entire route of
the 486L Mediterranean Comm System. On a regularly scheduled
basis they would do a voice poll of every station in their
network. Woe be to the operator that was asleep and missed
his call. (Ed. note: The mystery of 30G and SAH
have now been solved!)
I was NCOIC of the Tech Control
Facility, Fire Marshal, Site Lounge Manager, Security NCO, CIUWF
council member....probably more that I can't remember.
(Ed. note: A.J.'s
comments are quite common among Det 150 veterans in one way.
Everyone at Det 150 wore about six hats--I was the
postmaster, the administrative NCO, the assistant Quality
Assurance Evaluator, the personnel guy, the finance guy and the
medic's helper. AJ's comments are very typical. CIUWF
stands for Central Isolated Unit Welfare Fund which
purchased recreation items for the remote sites like
Sahintepe. I know for a fact CIUWF purchased two
Flexible Flyer sleds and two tobbogans for the site because I rode
as the last man on a toboggan down through the site after
a snow storm!)
I have been back thru Gemlik, Bursa,
Golcuk, Izmit...several times 1996-1999. I worked with
COMSAT, company that installed the DMIP program that put a
satellite shot into Izmir and Incirlik. We had a maintenance
contract and I got to go back every 3 months. Pretty neat
over there as a contractor with all expenses paid. Lived in
the Izmir Sheraton at 185.00 a night. Of course there was
the trip to Erzurum to a Turkish base and then Diyarbakir.
You take the good with the bad. Earthquake really trashed
the area around SAH and Bursa.
I read your note from Hakan
Bey. (Ed. note -- see his note on the Interesting
Stories page). He is right, the site is
abandoned. I was fortunate travelling from Adana to Izmir to
fly right over it and could see the remains. Road still
looks good....AJ
Thanks, A.J., for sharing all this
information.
-- Pat aka
Bluejeans
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