Engineer Memoirs _____________________________________________________________________
Capka and Houng Soo worked initially on developing the many inputs that formed the
concept. As they moved on to other positions, Colonel Fred Parker along with Lieutenant
Colonels Russ Fuhrman and Tom Farewell and Major Al Carroll, picked up the baton to push
the concept on throughout the Army. They all did yeoman work over long hours.
General Kem (center) received the Distinguished Service Medal from the
Commander of the Training and Doctrine Command, General Maxwell Thurman
(left), at the Change of Command Ceremony at the Engineer School on 6 July
1987. Ann Kem is on the right.
Deputy Chief of Staff, Engineer, USAREUR
Q:
You went to Europe to become Deputy Chief of Staff, Engineer, U.S. Army Europe. That
was July or August 1987, after you'd finished your tour as commandant at Belvoir. How did
you get that job, how did the opportunity come up, and how was it connected with your time
as commandant at the Engineer School?
A:
Well, while I was still commandant at the Engineer School, General Vuono, commander of
TRADOC, asked me what I wanted to do next. Well, I told him I wasn't sure. I wanted to
stay involved where things were going on, either in the Pentagon; Headquarters, USACE; or
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