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In order to conserve space I am posting my redacted Officer Record Brief which covers my military service from May 28, 1980 to May 28, 2008
Images; 2004-05-18 LTC Ford; LTC Stephen Ford ORB.Medals, Army Staff badge, Infantry Cord; 2004 DD214 redacted.

I have many military autobiographies written by military leaders from U.S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Dwight Eisenhower, Adolf Hitler [Mein Kampf], Erwin Rommel and so many others.
Most of the interesting parts of my military service are classified and I can't discuss them.
Image: my ORB from 2004;
Medals, Army Staff badge, Infantry Cord copied from my Together We Served age where we are Brothers :-).
2004 DD214 redacted

1. I enlisted on November 11, 1974 and went through BCT and 12 B AIT at Fort Leonard Wood
2. Assigned as a 12B combat engineer at 20th Engineer [Combat[ Battalion at Fort Campbell March to July 1975
3. USMAPS cadet candidate from August 1975 to June 1976
4. USMA cadet July 3, 1976 to May 28, 1980 when I was commissioned as a 2LT in the Infantry.
5. February 1981 to July 1984 assigned as an infantry officer to 1st Battalion 52nd Infantry Battalion. Arrived as a 2LT and left as a CPT.
6. USAITC at Fort Benning August 1984 to May 1989 - IOAC, Company Command, CAS3, Chief Testing and Evaluation, Scheduling Officer
7. ORSA MAC 1 at Fort Lee May to August 1989
8. US Army Concepts Analysis Agency August 1989 to October 1 1992.
9. USAR commission, CGSC, assigned to the Pentagon.

Quotes from others about me
"Steve Ford: As the Chief Planning and Operations section of his IMA Detachment he has led the development of the Army logistical support to other services (ALSOS) information database. This document, a key piece of research information, is used by component command staffs worldwide in determining inter-service support relationships."
From Mitchell H. Stevenson, Brigadier General, USA
"Steve Ford has taken on a number of projects in his IMA capacity but most noticeable was his research and development of information on Army logistics support to other services (ALSOS). This effort has been instrumental in identifying budget requirements for input into the Program Objective Memorandum (POM). Steve Ford is a singularly outstanding officer who will continue to excel wherever he serves."
From H.A. Curry, Brigadier General
During the recent Kosovo Operation, Major Ford supplemented the logistics operations center on very short notice. His tenacious, organized, methodical and professional approach turned order out of chaos, despite demands for quick feedback on a myriad of logistical issues.
Modified from Celia L. Adolphi, Brigadier General, USAR
"Major Ford coordinated the restaffing of AR 700-8 and initiated a compromise to resolve apparently mutually exclusive differences between TRADOC and CASCOM positions. He reviewed, corrected and updated the Title 10 briefing for 8th Army as the Army's subject matter expert on ALSOS."
COL. David Pagano (March 1999)
"He researched data input elements for the Total Army Analysis 2007 and his work will become key in determining the Army's logistical support structure. Specifically he worked with Concepts Analysis Agency to ensure that a worldwide data call was completed and to standard. He further refined a statement-of-work to validate U.S. Army Support to Other Services requirements. He further developed his exceptional baseline document - Army Logistical Support to Other Services. This document, a key piece of research information, is used by component command staffs worldwide in determining inter-service support relationships."
COL. David Pagano (September 1998)
"During this tour he initiated the ODCSLOG review of DA Memo 10-1, Executive Agent Responsibilities, and prepared the introduction of an additional executive agent candidate."
LTC Bette Sayre (April 1998)
"During this tour, he revised, updated, and improved upon both Peacetime and wartime Executive Agent Responsibility, to complete requirements for a Joint Staff project with a report back to the ADCSLOG. The project is a portion of the Army Strategic management Plan which must also be briefed to the CSA. He is equally comfortable dealing with personnel as he is with detailed computerized programs."
LTC Bette Sayre (September 1997)
"In a scant two weeks he made great progress in updating existing data files on Wartime Executive Agent Responsibility (WEAR), and established coordination with other government agencies, civilian and military, to complete a report to the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics. His update of the data base is critical to several major ongoing projects, namely the Total Army Analysis process and the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR)."
LTC Bette Sayre (February 1997)
"Major Ford made a significant contribution to the compilation of the current Army Force Planning Data and Assumptions (AFPDA) by obtaining detailed USMC logistics planning data and factors for each class of supply, to identify the Marine Corps requirement for Army support. ... Major Ford demonstrated an exceptional competence for joint staff work by initiating coordination with and conducting an on-site visit to HQ USMC Logistics Plans and Operations to obtain the data and establish a dialog for future cooperation and mutual exchange of information."
LTC Tom Mannle (September 1996)
"Major Ford was tasked to provide a detailed review of the ODCSLOG Army Executive Agent responsibilities. He quickly formed a detailed understanding of the requirements and developed a methodology and plan to gather, verify and document the functions that the Army performs for the other services as well as the regulatory source authority used to justify this support. He also conducted research to identify those functions that impacted force structure.
This research involved coordination with U.S. Navy personnel, as well as personnel from the offices of the Surgeon, General, the Judge Advocate General, ODCSOPS, MTMC, and the ODCSLOG. The results of this effort were provided to the Army Chief of Staff in an information briefing on Army Executive Agent responsibilities."
LTC Bette Sayre (May 1996)
"During this rating period Major Ford provided timely, superior quality and operationally-significant analysis and research products to support ODCSLOG planning for potential deployment of U.S. forces in contingency operations. Major Ford has made substantial and creative contributions to the conceptual design and the execution of these products, which include multiple, country-specific compilations of transportation infrastructure data and planning factors (rail, road, air and seaports), and the original development of current enemy prisoner of war (EPW) logistics planning factors."
LTC Tom Mannle (September 1995)
Additionally
1. Debunked the Key West Accord requirement for Army support to USMC myth.
2. Coordinated frequently with US Cost and Economic Analysis Center (CEAC) personnel and obtained copies of their force structure cost models and became familiar with model operation. This was repeated for annual model updates for several years.
In my capacity as Director for Plans, Operations and Logistics Automation in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics (ODCSLOG), Headquarters, Department of the Army, and subsequently as the USAREUR DCSLOG I know Major Stephen Ford as a very capable and productive staff officer assigned as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) to ODCSLOG.
Major Ford has proven to be a very organized, methodical and responsive in his staff work.
LTC Tom Mannle (September 1995)"

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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL 2055 HRS, 31DEC2015 Joe, if you don't mind my using your first name, as I explained the perfection displayed in your retirement photo to my lady friend of ten years, she still has problems understanding: how you, myself and many others loved/love the U.S. Military and what it represents!

I am aged. I continue to 'love' and appreciate the multitude of SMs I worked with and hopefully, guided.

Melancholy thoughts are free, I enjoy thoughts of yesteryear; when I too, was a Soldier and young! Chuck

SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Here is mine at retirement - don't like the picture - thanks for sharing yours!

Colonel Mikel J. Burroughs (retired) received the Legion of Merit medal for his exemplary service and outstanding performance as the Brigade Commander for the 89th Sustainment Brigade, culminating in the end of his (37) years of continuous service in the United States Army and United States Army Reserves on February 1st, 2012.

Colonel Burroughs was born in Peoria, Illinois in 1957. He graduated from Washington Community High School in December 1974. In January 1975 he enlisted in the United States Army Delay Entry Program as a Private E-1. Colonel Burroughs completed Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonardwood, MO and Advance Individual Training at Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN. as a Unit Clerk 75B and honor graduate. In December 1975 he was reassigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, Fort Ord, CA as a Unit Clerk.

In 1977, Colonel Burroughs transferred overseas to the 357th Aviation Detachment, Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers Europe as a unit clerk. Colonel Burroughs left Active Duty in 1980 and transferred to the
Illinois National Guard.

From 1980 to 1982 he was a Staff Sergeant, Records Team Leader for Detachment One, 47th AG Company, Sullivan, Illinois. Colonel Burroughs attended the Illinois Military Academy OCS program where he graduated as the Class President and 1st Honor Graduate in 1983. From 1983 to 2000, Colonel Burroughs was assigned to Detachment Two, State Area Command, later re-designated the 634th Forward Support Battalion, 66th Infantry Brigade, Sullivan, Illinois. His assignments included Assistant Postal Officer, Executive Officer, Postal Officer, and Commander of Detachment One, 47th AG Company. He was the Battalion S-1, and Chemical Officer, Det. 2, STARC. In 1992 Colonel Burroughs was assigned as the Commander, Co B, 204th Medical Battalion and Commander, Co C, 634th FSB. He was assigned as the Battalion S3, 634th FSB. From August 1996 to October 2000 Colonel Burroughs was assigned as the Battalion Commander, 634th FSB, Sullivan, IL.

In October 2000, Colonel Burroughs was reassigned to State Area Command, Plan, Operations, and Training Branch where he was the Deputy Chief, Training Division. In March 2003, he transferred to the United States Army Reserves, 85th Division (Training Support) as the Assistant Chief of Staff, G4, Arlington Heights, Illinois. Colonel Burroughs was assigned as Commander 19th MMC (CA), Arden Hills, MN from Jan 2005 to Sep 2007 and completed a deployment to OIF 05-07 serving as the Commander, MNC-KU, 3rd COSCOM. Colonel Burroughs was assigned as Brigade Commander of the newly formed 89th Sustainment Brigade, Wichita, KS from Nov 2008 to February 2012. He retired on February 1, 2012.

Colonel Burroughs is a graduate of the Army War College, the Command and General Staff College, the Combined Arms and Service Staff School, the AMEDD Officer Advance Course, and the Adjutant Generals Basic and Advance Courses. His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal w/two oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal w/silver oak leaf cluster, Army Achievement Medal w/oak leaf cluster, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal w/Bronze Star, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and Humanitarian Service Medal (Mississippi Flood of 1993). He is a graduate of Illinois State University with a BS degree in Management.

Colonel Mikel J. Burroughs (retired) now resides with his wife Judi Bates and daughter Lauren in Oceanside, CA, and is the Vice President of Portfolio Acquisitions & Sales for First Financial Asset Management in Atlanta, GA, and San Diego, CA. He is also the Volunteer Vice President of Virtual World Solutions d/b/a Sponsor a Vet Life helping Veterans, Active Duty Members & their Families with PTSD, TBI, MST, and that are severely disabled. Colonel Burroughs has two daughters, Kattie and Madalyn Burroughs attending college in Illinois.