George Washington Chapter Sons of the American Revolution
1998 Present F/A-18 pilot F-35C Requirements Officer, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
1971 1977 Sergeant VIETNAM 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.
1972-2002 Colonel 1990-91 Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm: Deputy Commander of Mobilization Training Command 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). Present for duty at the Pentagon during the airliner attack of 09/11/2001
8 ½ years Major Vietnam War 1967-1968 Green Beret Group Judge Advocate, 5th Special Forces Group (Abn)
1977 1998 Lieutenant Colonel Pilot
1943 1977 Colonel Fighter Gunnery Instructor Communications Officer Commander, 4 th ATTAF Signal Support Group, NATO
Aug. 1952-Aug. 1955: Enlisted service in US Navy; discharged as Aerographer's Mate 2d Class (AG2) Sept. 1955-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
1954 1982 Colonel VIETNAM 1966-67, 2nd Bn. (Cacti Blue), 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division 1971-72, 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
Private First Class Rifleman, 42 nd Division (Rainbow Division), K Company HQ US Forces Austria
1980 -- present Medical Doctor AFGHANISTAN: 2012-13, Surgeon general of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan 2008-11, commander of the Walter Reed Health Care System Presently commander of Europe Regional Medical Command
1978 2004 Commander Leadership positions in support of maritime security, mission-critical planning and operations, and crisis management
1968 1972 LIEUTENANT USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5), Jul 1969 - Jun 1970 Deployment to South China Sea/Vietnam, Aug 1969 - May 1970 Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, NJ, Jul 1970 - Mar 1972
1962 -- 1977 Captain Weapons Controller Intercept Director, Spokane Air Defense Sector (SAGE), 1962-63 Weapons Controller Intercept Director and Senior Director, Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line in the 743rd Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron, Galena Alaska, 1963-64 Weapons Controller Intercept Director and head of the Military Training Unit at the Chicago Air Defense Sector (SAGE), 1964-66 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.
1955 1980 CAPTAIN Suez Crisis, 1956 Gunnery Officer aboard U.S.S. Stormes, a Sumner Class destroyer Flight Training, 1957-1958 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
1952 -- 1972 Lt. Colonel 1958-61, Researcher, Lawrence Radiation Lab 1961-62, Adjutant, 51 st Signal Battalion (Corps), Korea 1962-65, Ft. Monmouth 1967, Chief of Comm Operations Div., Alaska VIETNAM 1969-70 Nha Trang Signal Battalion (Prov) Chief of Logistics Div, Regional Comm Group, 1970, Commander 16 th Battalion 1971-72, R&D Coordinator, T&E Div., Army Material Command
1943 --1983 General 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
1965 -- 1969 Captain
1942 1984 Lt. Colonel WWII 1942-46: 359 th Fighter Group, 8 th Air Force, England Flew 23 Combat Missions escorting B-17s & B-24s over Germany 1946-84: Reserve Duty
1970 1987 Major Corps of Engineers Los Angeles Udorn, Thailand Bremerhaven, Germany Company Commander, 11 th Engineer Battalion (Heavy), Ft. Belvoir
1994 - Present Currently stationed on the Army Staff at the Pentagon.
1958 -- 1993 Colonel, USA Brigadier General, IA ARNG Graduate of Infantry Officer Candidate School (RC), Fort Benning, GA: 1962. Transferred to Field Artillery, 1963. Commanded Field Artillery battery and battalion. Commanded Camp Dodge Training Facility, Iowa Army National Guard.
1965 1967 Captain Dental Corps, Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss.
1982 1989 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
1952 1978 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
1970 1992 Commander
Colonel Commander, 2 nd Brigade, 2 nd Infantry Division (Mechanized)
1963 1996 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
Sergeant Operation Desert Storm 89 th MP Brigade
1944 1946 Private WWII, Philippines 1945-46 Replacement Depot, Leyte 96 th Infantry Division 86 th Infantry Division at Mindanao, Luzon, and Mindoro
WWII: 1943 1945 1 st Lieutenant Korean War: 1950 1952 Captain USMCR 1952 1958 Captain
1954 1984 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
WW II, first-aid soldier and private first class, 106th Infantry Division Saw action during the Battle of the Bulge the single largest battle in the history of the U.S. Army.
Col. Richard W. Scott Jr. USAF (ret) (1938 2013) Robert A. Crawley Jr. (1935 2014) Tech Sgt, USAF William Scott Chambers (1922 2014) WWII Merchant Marine MG Willis D. Crittenberger Jr. USA (ret) (1919 2014) WWII in Europe, commanded the 420 th Armored Field Artillery Battalion s Battery C at Battle of the Bulge
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