I have to say it was really cool stumbling across this website. I’ve been trying for several years to find people from my very memorable time at the Rhein. I was sitting with my dying father at a hospice facility in November 2005 when I read online that the base had closed. I felt immediately sick and will admit to a tear or two. My dad, only a few days from his own demise, looked over at me and saw that I was having trouble containing my emotions and said, “Boy, I’m not going to die right now so there is no point in being upset just yet.” I replied, “Dad, I hate to burst your bubble, but I’m not upset about that. I just read they closed Rhein Main.” (I’m still a dick)

I was only there for about 3 years (from 86 to 88) of my 43 years on this planet, but that was the sum total of my military experience, and that place and you people had a great impact on my life. I have so many good memories of that time.

I processed out from RMAB and returned to the civilian world. I went to work in the comedy club business and a host of other jobs and bounced around the country for a couple of years – 9 kids, 1 grandchild, 15 business ventures, and 3 wives later I am back in Indiana where I grew up, and where I spend a bulk of my time raising my kids and running a non-profit youth baseball organization.

Because my expansive tribe also needs to eat, I operate several different companies that offer a variety of services and products to healthcare, education, government, and private businesses in the US and Asia. Feel free to contact me at at mwsanders "at" sbcglobal.net PROST!

-Michael Sanders

This site is a work in progress. Please tell other 435 SPS members to contact me and add their info. Let's all reconnect. Thanks! I really appreciate it.