SP5 Bill Johnson

SP5 Bill Johnson

Dates of Service: Sep 1969 - May 1972
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  • PVT
  • PV2 Nov 69
  • PFC Nov 69
  • SPC
  • SPC Apr 70
  • SGT Jun 70
  • SP5 May 72

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Drafted September, 1969, following graduation from college. Signed on for 3 year as an RA to attend Signal Corps to become a fixed station technical controller. Made E2 upon finishing basic. Upon arriving at Ft. Monmouth, took phase test to advance to PFC. And along with the guaranteed advancement, wound up on 1.5 weeks of KP to into next class. Stationed Korat AFB then Karlsruhe Germany.

Military Experiences

Jun 1971 - May 1972
32D20 SP5 Headquarters
Headquarters company working for command center . Rotating shifts.
May 1970 - May 1971
Trick Chief
Trick Chief at Fixed station at Korat. Conditioned traffic in and out of Korat as well as site served as a major link to other air bases in Thailand. We were central link between Air Force bases and Vietnam ground forces. We successfully rerouted traffic via tropo scatter when the cable running under water was cut.
Sep 1969 - Nov 1969
Private
Basic training

Deployments

(2 years)
Jun 1971 - Apr 1972
Karlsruhe, Germany
Command center as technician.
May 1970 - May 1971
Royal Korat Airforce Base, Thailand
Fixed station site, with Tropo Scatter and LOS transmitters. Centralized control of communications.

Military Credentials

Individual & Special Skill Schools

Nov 1969 - Apr 1970

Fort Monmouth, NJ

Security Clearance
Top Secret

Academic Degrees

Academic Degrees

1965 - 1969

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