LTC Ed Ross

Army | FAO - China

Dates of Service: May 1965 - Aug 1984

RETIRED

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Commissioning Source: OCS, Jun 1966

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Ed's military service includes two tours of duty in Vietnam as an artillery observer with the 9th Inf Division and a mil intel detachment commander with the 525th MI Group; Chief, Counterespionage-Counter-intelligence, 500th MI Group; a senior political-military analyst in the Defense Intelligence Agency; and Asst. Army Attaché to the People's Republic of China. He is a Chinese linguist. Ed Ross is President EWRoss International, a global consulting company. His previous positions include Principal Director, Security Cooperation Operations in the Defense Security Cooperation Agency; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/ MIA Affairs; and Senior Director for China and Taiwan, in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.

Military Experiences

1983 - 1984

Attaché

U.S. Embassy | Beijing, China

Assistant to the Defense and Army Attaché and advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to China. Collected intelligence and represented the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense to the Chinese government and the attaché community.

Sep 1979 - Nov 1982

Senior China Analyst

DIA, USD Intelligence, OSD | Washington, DC

Produced Defense Intelligence Estimates on China and Taiwan. Represented DIA in intelligence Community analyses and National Intelligence Estimates.

Sep 1978 - Aug 1979

Student

Monterey, California | U.S. Naval Postgraduate School

Obtained Master of Arts Degree in National Security Affairs

Mar 1976 - Sep 1978

Student

United States Embassy, Taiwan | American Embassy School of Chinese Language and Area Studies, Taipei, Taiwan

Studied Chinese Mandarin and traveled extensively through Asia as part of the U.S. Army Foreign Area Officer Program

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Deployments

(2 years, 1 month)

Jul 1969 - Jul 1970

Vietnam War

Commander clandestine intelligence detachment 525 MI Group in Nha Trang, South VN. Commanded 15 Case officers located in Phan Rang, Tuy Hua, Dalat, and Nha Trang working under official cover.

Dec 1966 - Nov 1967

Vietnam War

Artillery and air observer, 9th Infantry Division. Deployed with the 3rd Bde of the 9th Infantry Division from Ft Riley, Kansas, in December 1966. Crossed the Pacific in the USNS General William Weigel. Served as Forward observer with Company C, 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry until April 1967. Became a Division Artillery Air Observer with MRF.