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Deployments
(13 years, 1 month)May 1977 - Jun 1981
Germany
Commanded a battalion plus unit (675 soldiers), controlled the 2nd pair of launch codes for ICBMs in Western Europe, and was the Principle Engineer assigned to Engineer Division-Europe for Master Planning for all Western Europe Army installations.
Feb 1974 - May 1977
Ft. Gulick, Panama Canal Zone
Radio Engineer and Battalion Commo Officer. First as a Radio Engineer for Propaganda Broadcast in the SAF's 9th Psyops Bn, then SAF and 3/7th SFG(A) C-E Officer.
Apr 1972 - Sep 1972
Vietnam War
Forward Support Platoon Leader providing secure communications support to MAC-V's First Regional Assistance Command Team 3 and CIA during the Quang Tri CounterOffensive. Base camp was Hue with outposts at LZ Sally, Houng Dien, Firebase T-Bone, and Phu Bai. Called in ArcLight missions for MAC-V and provided support for POW Rescue mission.
Jun 1971 - Apr 1972
Ft. Clayton, Panama Canal Zone
Radio Engineer and OIC, CINCSO TCC. Engineered RF links and commanded a 4-star general's nuclear attack-survivable integrated command center, SCIF, and two emergency location centers. Controlled the Alternate National Military Command Center (NMCC) for countering a Soviet nuclear attack on the United States as a 2LT.
Military Credentials
Professional Development Schools
Individual & Special Skill Schools
Feb 1982
Army Test & Evaluation Command
Certifications
Jul 2014
Spanish Linguist
Aug 1988
Master Engineer (NARTE)
Foreign Language Skills
2015
Spanish (4+/4+)
2014
Portuguese (Brazilian/European (4/4)
1974
German (3/3)
Academic Degrees
Academic Degrees
1974 - 1979
State University of New York at Albany
Bachelor's Degree, Telecommunications & IT Engineering