SFC William Van der Ven

Air Force | Still Photographic Camera Specialist

Dates of Service: Jun 1968 - Jan 1972

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Served in the USAF first with SAC at March AFB, 15th Recon Tech Squadron, honing my Photography skills, deployed to Det 3, 601st Photo Flt, Ubon RTAFB, Thailand; Break in Svc, rtnd to the USA Reserves as imagery interpreter, then a Psyop Specialist. Completed my college and received a teaching certificate. Taught social studies/history, summers was a professional canoe/kayak guide, instructor.

Military Experiences

Jan 1984 - Nov 1995

Ex Section Leader

4th PSYOP Grp, MISOC, USASOC | Sacramento, CA

First enlistment: USAF as a Still Photographer Specialist. Duty stations; March AFB, as a photographer/lab technician trainee Deployed to UBON RTAFB, Thailand in 1971. Flew backseat OV-10A Broncos as a Recon photographer, Along with other still/mopic photographers, documented the 16th SOS AC-130 Gunship Program, became the base paper (Phantom Flyer) photographer/Civic Action documentary photographer. Break -in-service, entered USAR Reserves 1979 as a 96D, imagery analyst with the 229th MI Company, Mountain View, CA. Transferred to the 4th Psyop Company (Airborne) 1984 as an 96F Psychological Operations Specialist where I completed my military career.

Deployments

(2 months)

Dec 1971 - Jan 1972

Vietnam War

Aerial Reconnaissance photographer, documentary photographer, Base Paper photographer (Phantom Flyer), 1971-72, Ubon RTAFB, Thailand. As a analyst in the Army Reserves, I TDY'd for several REFORGER Exercises to Frankfurt, Germany, attended yearly briefings at Camp Zama, Japan.