LTC Stephen Franke

LTC Stephen Franke

Dates of Service: Jul 1966 - Sep 1994
RETIRED
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Commissioning Source:  ROTC, Jun 1966

Recent Activity  -

Deployments

(5 years, 10 months)
Mar 1991 - Jul 1991
Turkey
TDY to augment & support DAO Turkey, AMEMB Ankara

  • Member of bilateral program to debrief and interview Iraqi military deserters and defectors in SE Turkey
  • Member of AMEMB Ankara Embassy Field Team to support CJTF Operation PROVIDE COMFORT I (SE Turkey and NW Iraq)
  • Interpreter for LTG Shalikashvili - bilateral disengagement talks at Zakho
  • Sep 1991 - Oct 1991
    Iraq ribbon
    Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
    Detail to UN Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) as Arms Control Compliance Inspector/Specialist (Linguist)

  • Member of UNSCOM 16 team in Baghdad during inspections of declared Iraqi facilities for nuclear weapons R&D program pursuant to UNSCR 687
  • Exploited & translated documents discovered and confiscated at Iraqi facilities
  • Oct 1990 - Mar 1991
    Saudi
    Saudi Arabia
    DAO Saudi Arabia, AMEMB Riyadh, KSA
    Assistant Army Attache/US Embassy Military LNO,

  • Harmonized US Embassy & DAO cooperation with USCENTCOM & main Saudi ministries (MODA, MOI, MFA, SANG, MININFO) & Coalition Forces
  • Interpreter for the Ambassador during meetings w/ Saudi & other GCC diplomatic counterparts
  • Interpreter for GEN Schwarzkopf
  • May 1988 - May 1990
    Jordan
    DAO Jordan (DAO JO), AMEMB Amman
    Assistant Army Attache (IMA)/DAO LNO

    Performed three annual on-station tours (1988, 1989, 1990) at DAO JO as preparation for duty @ DAO SA.

    Coordinated & finalized:

  • Personnel Exchange Program (PEP)
  • Registration of senior JAF GO for priority course at DOD institution
  • USMA acceptance
  • USN ship visit to Aqaba
  • Military Credentials

    Certifications

    Nov 1993

    Program/Time Management (SMC, USAF)

    Feb 1989

    DOD Strategic Debriefer (Arabic & Russian)

    Jul 1986

    Attache / Foreign Liaison Officer (DIA)

    Jun 1977

    Foreign Area Officer - FA 48G, Middle East (US Army)

    Foreign Language Skills

    1992

    Kurdish (Kurmanci dialect) (2/1+)

    1992

    Persian ("Farsi") w/Arabic acc (2+/2)

    1992

    German (sp w/Arabic accent) (3/3+)

    1992

    Russian (sp w/Arabic accent) (3/3+)

    Security Clearance
    None / Expired

    Academic Degrees

    Academic Degrees

    2002 - 2004

    U Va., Charlottesville

    Doctorate, Completed 2 yrs post-grad study; pgm interrupted

    1974 - 1975

    NCSU at Raleigh, Raleigh, NC

    Master's Degree, Adult Education

    1963 - 1966

    University of Texas – Austin

    Bachelor's Degree, Russian

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    SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint

    Marine Corps | Counterintelligence/HUMINT Specialist

    Endorsed for:
    - Overall leadership and character
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