CPT Daniel Cox

Army | Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Officer

Dates of Service: Sep 1974 - Oct 1988

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Commissioning Source: ROTC, May 1980

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Bio

A heart attack & subsequent double bypass in August of 2003 (knew something bad would happen when I quit smoking in 1/03) changed my Type A personality to Type D. My life for the last nearly 20 years has, to use a poker term, been a freeroll. I lost my 1st wife in 1999 & my 2nd in 2013. For 20 years, I have traveled the world. I enjoy photography, modernist cooking, reading books, & playing poker.

Military Experiences

Dec 1987 - Oct 1988

Computer Programmer

U.S. Army Recruiting and Retention School | Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN

Developed several application programs for the USAR&RS. The largest program reduced the approximately 20 forms that students would have to fill out during inprocessing that took approximately 576 manhours and condensed it to one two page form that reduced inprocessing time to less than 144 manhours.

Jul 1987 - Dec 1987

Student

Systems Automation Officer Course | Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN

The Army's course to train officers to become literate in the world of computer operations. We were one of the last classes to learn COBOL instead of ADA. While taking my End of Course Army Physical Readiness Test I realized that with a Below the Zone Promotion Board looming I could not continue with the illegal modifications to my APRT that the Orthopedics Physician's Assistant at Fort Eustis did for me. That Warrant Officer PA had been a friend at Fort Ord as a Staff Sergeant while I was a PFC/Acting Sergeant. He reviewed my records, gave me a physical, and asked if I wanted to stay in the Army. I said Yes and he gave me P2 profiles for Upper & Lower Extremities; changing my APRT to only a 2 1/2 mile walk. That type of change normally required a P3 profile & a medical board.

Jul 1984 - Jul 1987

Action Officer

TRADOC, DCS-Training, Systems Training Directorate | Fort Monroe, VA

Chemical Computer

Jan 1984 - Jul 1984

Student

Chemical Corps Officer Advanced Course | Fort McClellan, AL

Training to become more proficient Chemical Corps Officers. During the Nuclear and Chemical Targeting Analysis block I took the test without retaking the course. I took two weeks scheduled for the block and went TDY to USANCA at Ft Belvoir, WA; DASIAC in Santa Barbara; and Sandia National Laboratory at Kirtland AFB, NM; for my Course Project, the development of an unclassified Commander's Guide for Nuclear Weapon's Effects.

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