Organization

Our organization is made up of members who served honorably in the battalion from World War II to the present: European Occupation; Cold War; Vietnam; Desert Storm; Bosnia; Kosovo; Iraq, and Afghanistan.  We presently have about 200 members whose ranks range from PFC to Major General. Our dues are only $10 a year.  We publish three newsletters a year and distribute them by e-mail (A few are sent US Mail to members without e-mail addresses). We hold a three-day reunion each September in different US cities. Our officers and board members are listed below:

Veterans of the First Engineer Battalion
Board of Directors

President:
Jerry Hunter
Desert Storm, OIF

Vice President:
James Griffith
OIF & OEF

Immediate Past President:
Joe Vargas
Vietnam

Secretary:
Patrick Zastrow*
Desert Shield/Storm
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
* Liaison to the First Engineer Battalion and Society of the First Infantry Division

Treasurer:
Dale Greenfield
Desert Storm
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Director:
Jesse Hougnon
OIF

Director:
Chad Covey
Vietnam

Director:
Alan Simmons
Vietnam

Director:
Blair Smoulder
Vietnam

Director:
Tom Jennings
Vietnam

Newsletter Publisher:
Kate Guttormsen
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)

Website Coordinator:
Fowler Charles (Chuck) Humphrey
Vietnam
852 Brookside Lane
Pocatello, ID 83204
208-241-7499
humpflow@isu.edu

Chaplain:
Larry Blair
Vietnam

(updated Mar 11 2026)