George Washington Chapter Sons of the American Revolution

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1 George Washington Chapter Sons of the American Revolution

2 1998 Present Major, USMC F/A-18 pilot F-35C Requirements Officer, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations

3 USS Nantahala USS Capodanno (plank owner) USS Agerholm USS Ponchatoula

4 Sergeant VIETNAM ERA 2nd Battalion, Ninth Marines M-48-A3 Mod-B Patton Tank Weapons Training Battalion, Marine Corps Base Quantico. I have many great and some not so great memories from my experience in the United States Marine Corps, but serving my country and making a positive contribution to the Nation our forefathers gave us -- at a time when many of my peers rejected service -- is an accomplishment of which I am most proud.

5 US Army Vietnam LT/1LT Intelligence & Infantry Advisor Cu Chi

6 Vietnam War era Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant Cold War Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Captain, Major Persian Gulf War Lieutenant Colonel Pentagon Attack 09/11/ Colonel Global War on Terrorism Colonel School Head and Deputy Director at Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA Branch Head for Marine Corps Reserve Personnel Plans and Policy Senior Marine and Deputy Director of Readiness for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs).

7 8 ½ years Major Vietnam War Green Beret Group Judge Advocate, 5th Special Forces Group (Abn)

8 U.S. MARINE CORPS NCOIC/Marine Officer, ~ U.S. AIR FORCE RESERVE (IMA) Line of the Air Force Officer, 2003-Present OEF/IOF Capt Headquarters, U.S. Air Force , 2014-Present (Lt Col)

9 Lieutenant Colonel Pilot

10 Colonel Fighter Gunnery Instructor Communications Officer Commander, 4 th ATTAF Signal Support Group, NATO

11 Aug Aug. 1955: Enlisted service in US Navy; discharged as Aerographer's Mate 2d Class (AG2) Sept May 1961: US Naval Reserves (while attending college and graduate school) May 1961-May 1980: Commissioned service in US Navy as Intelligence Officer Retired Commander, USN

12 Colonel VIETNAM , 2nd Bn. (Cacti Blue), 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division , G-3 of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Mobile) Operations Directorate, East Asia Division, Office Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, Army Staff Deputy Director, East Asia Pacific Region Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs

13 Lieutenant Colonel Enlisted 1969 Commissioned 1979 Overseas Service Korea The Netherlands Germany Japan

14 1980 present Brigadier General, U.S. Army Medical Doctor AFGHANISTAN: , Surgeon general of U.S. Forces- Afghanistan , commander of the Walter Reed Health Care System Presently commander of Europe Regional Medical Command

15 Present Lieutenant Commander Intelligence officer, currently supporting the Director DIA 3 Afghanistan deployments Iran Intel Officer to NAVCENT Bahrain

16 Commander Leadership positions in support of maritime security, mission-critical planning and operations, and crisis management

17 U.S. Navy Vietnam War Destroyer LT Operations Officer 1968 Destroyer LT Operations Officer 1969 Frigate LCDR Executive Office 1972 Arab - Israeli War Frigate LCDR Executive Officer 1973 Graduate Naval War College Newport 1975 Frigate Command Eastern Pacific ASW Tactical Training - Pacific Fleet

18 LIEUTENANT USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5), Jul Jun 1970 Deployment to South China Sea/Vietnam, Aug May 1970 Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, NJ, Jul Mar 1972

19 Captain Weapons Controller Intercept Director, Spokane Air Defense Sector (SAGE), Weapons Controller Intercept Director and Senior Director, Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line in the 743rd Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron, Galena Alaska, Weapons Controller Intercept Director and head of the Military Training Unit at the Chicago Air Defense Sector (SAGE), Left Active duty in August 1966 to attend graduate school and was promoted to Captain in the USAF Inactive Reserve. Honorably discharged from the USAF Inactive Reserve in 1977.

20 2012 Present First Lieutenant 2012 West Point graduate Currently Strike-Force Platoon Leader in a U.S. Army Special Operations Unit. Previously an infantry platoon leader with 4 th 10 th Mountain Division in Afghanistan Completed Air Assault School, Airborne School, Army Ranger School, and is a recipient of the Expert Infantryman Badge and several other medals and decorations.

21 CAPTAIN Suez Crisis, 1956 Gunnery Officer aboard U.S.S. Stormes, a Sumner Class destroyer Flight Training, Pilot & Electronics Warfare Officer S2F Tracker P2V-7 Neptune T-33B Shooting Star A-3B Skywarrier A-6 Intruder A-7 Corsair II EA-6B Prowler EC130-Q TACAMO Commanding Officer VQ-4 Squadron

22 E1-E5, USA Operation Urgent Furry 1983 PA National Guard, 28 th ID, G2, E5 and 2LT USA Reserve, 549 th MI BN amd IRR, 2LT-CPT,

23 Lt. Colonel , Researcher, Lawrence Radiation Lab , Adjutant, 51 st Signal Battalion (Corps), Korea , Ft. Monmouth 1967, Chief of Comm Operations Div., Alaska VIETNAM Nha Trang Signal Battalion (Prov) Chief of Logistics Div, Regional Comm Group, 1970, Commander 16 th Battalion , R&D Coordinator, T&E Div., Army Material Command

24 General U.S. Army WWII, Korea, Vietnam Commanding Officer, 196th Light Infantry Brigade of the American Division Deputy Commander, XXIV Corps Commanding General, First Regional Assistance Command Commanding General, 23rd Infantry Division Commanding General, 82nd Airborne Division Deputy Commanding General, V Corps Commanding General, VII Corps Commanding General, Seventh United States Army Commanding General, United States Army Europe Commanding General, United States Army Forces Command Commanding General, NATO Central Army Group Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army

25 Captain Seconded to CIA

26 Lt. Colonel WWII : 359 th Fighter Group, 8 th Air Force, England Flew 23 Combat Missions escorting B-17s & B-24s over Germany : Reserve Duty

27 Major Corps of Engineers Los Angeles Udorn, Thailand Bremerhaven, Germany Company Commander, 11 th Engineer Battalion (Heavy), Ft. Belvoir

28 1994 Present Lieutenant Colonel, U.S.A. Currently stationed on the Army Staff at the Pentagon.

29 Colonel, USA Brigadier General, IA ARNG Graduate of Infantry Officer Candidate School (RC), Fort Benning, GA: Transferred to Field Artillery, Commanded Field Artillery battery and battalion. Commanded Camp Dodge Training Facility, Iowa Army National Guard.

30 Captain Dental Corps, Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss.

31 Electrician's Mate First Class - EM1(SS) Second-generation submarine sailor Served on the fast attack submarine USS Silversides (SSN 679) as a nuclear power plant operator

32 Colonel 20 th Tactical Fighter Wing Military Air Transport Command Chief of Personnel Research Lab Chief Congressional Division, Office of Sec of Air Force USAF Director of Administration, Office of Chief of Staff

33 Commander

34 Colonel Commander, 2 nd Brigade, 2 nd Infantry Division (Mechanized)

35 Major General Distinguished graduate of West Point, 1963 Vietnam War, Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm Commands: 103rd Engineer Construction Support Co. in Vietnam 30th Engineer Bn. (Topographic) at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia Muscat Area Office, Corps of Engineers in Oman US Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District, Mississippi Corps' North Pacific Division in Portland, Oregon

36 Sergeant Operation Desert Storm 89 th MP Brigade

37 Private WWII, Philippines Replacement Depot, Leyte 96 th Infantry Division 86 th Infantry Division at Mindanao, Luzon, and Mindoro

38 Brigadier General Fighter Pilot VIETNAM: 101 Combat Missions in Vietnam, F-4 Phantom Commander, Air Forces Iceland Commander, 23 rd NORAD Region Commander, NORAD Cheyenne Mountain

39 A GRATEFUL NATION THANKS AND HONORS YOU!