Here is a player list for the 2008 All Army Chess Team competing at Fort Myer, Arlington, VA….The top 6 players will advance to the Interservice Chess Championships against the top 6 players from the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps in a 24 player 7 rd Swiss in Tucson, AZ in June.
2008 All Army Chess Team
1LT Arthur Macaspac
Fort Dix, NJ
CPT Christopher Pitts
William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Chief, Health Physics WBAMC
Fort Bliss, TX
SPC Jhonel B. Baniel
C Co LRMC
Landstuhl, Germany
COL Michael Donovan
National Nuclear Secruity Agency , NA-16
Dept of Energy, Wash DC
SGT Darryl L. West
377th TSC, G6 Section
Camp Amfjer, Kuwait
SPC Sherwin Duke
Armament Aviation Electrician
Fort Campbell, KY
PVT David Corona
PACOM
Fort Lewis, WA
PFC Christopher King
EWS Operator
Camp Casey, South Korea
SGT Christopher Floto
Second class Driver
Fort Schafter, HI
SGT Christopher Drake
HUMINT Collector
Fort Bragg, NC
SGT Daniel Fissel
Centcom Desk NCO
Fort Bragg, NC
PVT Derek Shepherd
767th EOD Co
Fort Bragg, NC
Wow, they came from all over.
I competed on the Army team from 1978 through 1981, but I just kept missing the cutoff to qualify to move on to the big match with the other services. Good luck to Army!