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
4 Foxboro Court
Troy, IL 62294
573-855-1306
cw4jerry.hunter@gmail.com
Vice President:
James Griffith
OIF & OEF
10120 Calle Bella
Albuquerque, NM 87114
303-430-4218
james.griffith16@gmail.com
Immediate Past President:
Joe Vargas
Vietnam
2582 E. 109th Avenue
Northglenn, CO 80233
303-430-4218
jxvarga@centurylink.net
Secretary:
Patrick Zastrow*
Desert Shield/Storm
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
2307 Timber Creek Dr
Manhattan, KS 66502
785-317-0013
pzsapper@gmail.com
* Liaison to the First Engineer Battalion and Society of the First Infantry Division
Treasurer:
Dale Greenfield
Desert Storm
20539
401st Ave
Huron, SD 57350
605-350-2319
dale.greenfield@yahoo.com
Director:
Jesse Hougnon
OIF
254 Heritage Circle
Manchester, TN 37355
720-989-4756
jesse.d.hougnon@gmail.com
Director:
Chad Covey
Vietnam
77 Whirlaway St
Clayton, NC 27520
828-851-1901
chadcovey1@gmail.com
Director:
Alan Simmons
Vietnam
1612 N. Stillwood Drive
Leland, NC 28451
910-399-7057
bandaid125@gmail.com
Director:
Blair Smoulder
Vietnam
56 Kamp Street
Warren, PA 16365
814-688-2487
btsmoulder@yahoo.com
Director:
Tom Jennings
Vietnam
27 Hampton Court
Red Bank, NJ 07701
tomandgeri07@gmail.com
Newsletter Publisher:
Kate Guttormsen
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
17563 Colonial Park Dr
Monument, CO 80132
808-349-2556
kpguttormsen@gmail.com
Website Coordinator:
Fowler Charles (Chuck) Humphrey
Vietnam
852 Brookside Lane
Pocatello, ID 83204
208-241-7499
humpflow@isu.edu
Chaplain:
Larry Blair
Vietnam
7309 Luella Anne Dr NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
505-249-1035
blairylar@hotmail.com
(updated Mar 11 2026)