George Washington Chapter

Sons of the American Revolution

SERVICE HISTORY

1998 – Present

• Major, USMC

F/A-18 pilot

F-35C Requirements

Officer, Office of the Chief

of Naval Operations

SERVICE HISTORY

1972 – 1981

USS Nantahala

USS Capodanno (plank

owner)

USS Agerholm

USS Ponchatoula

SERVICE HISTORY

1971 – 1977 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.

• US Army 1968-77

• Vietnam 1968-70

• 2LT/1LT

• Intelligence & Infantry

Advisor

• Cu Chi

SERVICE HISTORY

Vietnam War era 1972-75 – Second Lieutenant – First Lieutenant

Cold War 1972-91 – Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Captain, Major

Persian Gulf War 1990-91 – Lieutenant Colonel

Pentagon Attack 09/11/2001 - Colonel Global War on Terrorism 2001-2002 -

Colonel 1972 -2002

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).

SERVICE HISTORY

8 ½ years

Major

Vietnam War 1967-1968

• Green Beret

• Group Judge Advocate, 5th

Special Forces Group

(Abn)

U.S. MARINE CORPS

• NCOIC/Marine Officer, ~1994-2003

U.S. AIR FORCE RESERVE (IMA)

• Line of the Air Force Officer, 2003-Present

• OEF/IOF

• Capt

• 2004-2005

• Headquarters, U.S. Air Force

• 2003-2004, 2014-Present (Lt Col)

SERVICE HISTORY

1977 – 1998

Lieutenant Colonel

Pilot

SERVICE HISTORY

1943 – 1977

Colonel

Fighter Gunnery Instructor

Communications Officer

Commander, 4th ATTAF

Signal Support Group,

NATO

SERVICE HISTORY

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

SERVICE HISTORY

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

SERVICE HISTORY

1969-2007

• Lieutenant Colonel

Enlisted 1969

Commissioned 1979

Overseas Service

• Korea

• The Netherlands

• Germany

• Japan

SERVICE HISTORY

1980 – present• Brigadier General, U.S. Army

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

SERVICE HISTORY

2001 - Present

• Lieutenant Commander

Intelligence officer,

currently supporting the

Director DIA

3 Afghanistan deployments

Iran Intel Officer to

NAVCENT Bahrain

SERVICE HISTORY

1978 – 2004

Commander

Leadership positions in

support of maritime

security, mission-critical

planning and operations,

and crisis management

U.S. Navy 1960 – 1983• 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 1975Frigate Command Eastern Pacific 1977-79ASW Tactical Training - Pacific Fleet 1980-83

SERVICE HISTORY

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

SERVICE HISTORY

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.

SERVICE HISTORY

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 4th 10th 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.

SERVICE HISTORY

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

E1-E5, USA. 1980-84

• Operation Urgent Furry

1983

PA National Guard, 28th ID,

G2, E5 and 2LT. 1985-88

USA Reserve, 549th MI BN

amd IRR, 2LT-CPT, 1989-96

SERVICE HISTORY

1952 -- 1972 Lt. Colonel

1958-61, Researcher, Lawrence Radiation Lab

1961-62, Adjutant, 51st 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 16th Battalion 1971-72, R&D Coordinator, T&E Div.,

Army Material Command

SERVICE HISTORY 1943 --1983

• 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

SERVICE HISTORY

1965 – 1968

• Captain

Seconded to CIA

SERVICE HISTORY

1942 – 1984 Lt. Colonel

WWII

• 1942-46: 359th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, England

• Flew 23 Combat Missions escorting B-17s & B-24s over Germany

1946-84: Reserve Duty

SERVICE HISTORY

1970 – 1987

Major

Corps of Engineers

• Los Angeles

• Udorn, Thailand

• Bremerhaven, Germany

• Company Commander, 11th

Engineer Battalion (Heavy),

Ft. Belvoir

SERVICE HISTORY

1994 – Present

• Lieutenant Colonel, U.S.A.

Currently stationed on the

Army Staff at the Pentagon.

SERVICE HISTORY

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.

SERVICE HISTORY

1965 – 1967

Captain

Dental Corps, Keesler

Field, Biloxi, Miss.

SERVICE HISTORY

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

SERVICE HISTORY

1952 – 1978 Colonel

20th 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

SERVICE HISTORY

1970 – 1992

Commander

SERVICE HISTORY

Colonel

Commander, 2nd Brigade,

2nd Infantry Division

(Mechanized)

SERVICE HISTORY

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

SERVICE HISTORY

Sergeant

Operation Desert Storm

• 89th MP Brigade

SERVICE HISTORY

1944 – 1946

Private

WWII, Philippines 1945-46

• Replacement Depot, Leyte

• 96th Infantry Division

• 86th Infantry Division at

Mindanao, Luzon, and

Mindoro

SERVICE HISTORY

1954 – 1984 Brigadier General Fighter Pilot

VIETNAM: 101 Combat Missions in Vietnam, F-4 Phantom

Commander, Air Forces Iceland

Commander, 23rd NORAD Region

Commander, NORAD Cheyenne Mountain

A GRATEFUL NATION THANKS AND

HONORS YOU!