SSG Dave Castro

SSG Dave Castro

Dates of Service: Feb 1962 - Nov 1974
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After retiring from AT&T I ventured in some other areas, owned my own Communication company and after several years moved to PA and worked for a telephone company there for several years.(Just couldn't stay retired.lol.) moved back to Calif and now I work for one of the Largest Security companies in the world. Currently I'm Senior Officer at a local university in Calif.

Military Experiences

Jan 1971 - Mar 1974
Battalion Communications Chief (S6)
Bn Comm Chief.
Jun 1968 - Nov 1969
Company Communications Chief
Company Comm Chief. Ist time with an Armor unit. main thing that had to be done was getting all of our tanks comm equipment operational, then all 5 companies got together and were able to get all 52 tanks up and operational for TCQC and we qualified all 52 of them. Other than that it was making sure that all of our communication needs were met.
Oct 1967 - Jun 1968
Company Comm Chief
Company Comm Chief.
Sep 1966 - Sep 1967
Company Communications Chief
Responsible for our Radio and telephone communications.

Deployments

(1 year, 1 month)
Sep 1966 - Sep 1967
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Vietnam War
Company Comm Chief and Company Cmdrs RTO. Establishing communications to other units thru wire and radio means.

Military Credentials

Foreign Language Skills

Spanish and German (5/3+)

Additional Specialization(s)
Security Clearance
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