MAJ Thomas Vogan

Army | Information Systems Management

Dates of Service: Sep 1974 - Jun 1994

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Commissioning Source: ROTC, Jul 1974

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Bio

I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. I went to college at the University of Dayton. I was in the ROTC department at Dayton, and entered the Army after graduation as a Second Lieutenant. I had a 20 year Army career. I was commissioned in the Adjutant General Corps due to a college injury and worked in the Personnel and Admin field for 12 years. I now work in the IT field for Discover.

Military Experiences

Sep 1990 - Jun 1994

Staff Automation Officer

ASA (ALT), Army Secretariat, HQDA | Pentagon, VA

I was the computer specialist for our office. I maintained the LRRDAP, the Long Range Research and Development plan which listed all the money and programs that the Army planned to develop or aquire over the next 20 years. It was essentailly a database containing the estimated costs of every Research, Development and Aquisition program for the Army. This was my final assigment in the Army after I was passed over for promtion to LTC.

Jun 1987 - Mar 1988

Secretary of the General Staff

Information Systems Engineering Command, (ISEC) | Fort Belvoir, VA

I was the SGS for a ISEC, a two star command. All correspondence came through my office before going to the Command Group. We tasked the staff for information or work, and then it was sent back through my office before being sent to the CoS or the Commander. I had a CPT and some enlisted soldiers working for me. We also handle all ceremeonies such as awards or retirements.

Jun 1986 - Jun 1987

Staff Officer, S3, Plans and Operations

Headquarters Company, Information Systems Engineering Command | Fort Belvoir, VA

We received requirements in from our higher command and tasked our subordinate units to do work to fulfill the requirement. We also wrote operational plans for our command.

Jan 1984 - Dec 1985

Company Commander

Regional Personnezl Center, Mainz | Mainz-Kastel, Germany

Commander of the Regional Personnel Center, Mainz, providing support to the Mainz military community to include several units from the Ist Brigade, 8th Inf Division. I had a unit of about 100 soldiers, including two other officers, and a Sargeant Major. We issued ID cards, port calls, published orders, promotions, and personnel mangement activities.

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Deployments

(4 months)

Sep 1977 - Oct 1977

Germany

I deployed with the 1st Infrantry Division to the Federal Republic of Germany on REFORGER 1977. This time I was working in the Division Reenlistment office. I was Assistant Division Reenlistment Officer. We handled all the paperwork for a soldier to reenlist. Again, we spent about a month in the field.

Sep 1975 - Oct 1975

Germany

I was the Company Commander of the 1st AG Company (Forward) while deployed to FRG for REFORGER 1975. We spent about one month in the field in West Germany as part of the 1st Infrantry Divison, spporting their wartime mission to defend West Germany from the USSR and its forces.