LTC William Parks

LTC William Parks

Dates of Service: Oct 1979 - Feb 2011
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Promotions

  • 2LT Aug 79
  • 1LT Aug 82
  • CPT Apr 84
  • MAJ Aug 93
  • LTC Dec 10
Commissioning Source:  OCS, Aug 1979

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Bio 

Dynamic leader, strategic planner, and creative executive with 20+ years within the Marine Corps, Army and multiple civilian roles. Expert in leading people, managing training, budgets, and working with matrixed organizations during complex operations. Adept at achieving results through innovative planning, coordination and execution. A team builder with strong communication skills.

Military Experiences

Oct 2011 - Apr 2013
Team Leader
Served two back-to-back tours as the Polish and Italian commander's (Brigadier Generals) principle human terrain adviser. With my team, I planned, directed and executed operationally relevant social science research and operations that provided commanders and staff with insight into first, second and third order effects in their area of operations.
Feb 2010 - Feb 2011
PSYOP Officer Observer/Trainer
Served as PSYOP observer/trainer that provided advanced collective war-fighting training for Joint Task Force, Corps and Division commanders in order to provide trained and ready units for deployment.
May 2008 - Feb 2010
Civil Affairs and Psyop Instructor
Served as a Civil Affairs instructor and executive director for deployment training validation for Psyop Battalions.
Mar 2004 - May 2008
Battalion Executive Officer
Served as Tactical PSYOP Detachment Leader, Battalion Logistics Officer and Executive Officer. Deployed to Afghanistan as the Battalion Future Plans and Logistics Officer.

Deployments

(4 years, 7 months)
Oct 2011 - Apr 2013
Afghanistan ribbon
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan
Served two back-to-back tours as the Team Leader of a Human Terrain Team.
Oct 2004 - Aug 2005
Afghanistan ribbon
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan
Deployed as the Joint PSYOP Task Force future plans and logistics officer
Aug 1990 - Mar 1991
Southwest asia ribbon
Operation Desert Shield/Storm
Deployed as the S4 of 9th Communications Battalion, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.
May 1987 - Jul 1987
Philippines
Philippines
Deployed as Operations Officer for BSSG-7 (Brigade Service Support Group) to complete the first in-stream offload of a new MPS (Maritime Preposition Shipping) ship in Subic Bay, Philippines.

Military Credentials

Professional Development Schools

Jul 2011 - Oct 2011

Combat Advisor Course

Jun 2008 - Jul 2008

Basic Instructor and Small Group Instructor Schools

Security Clearance
Top Secret/SCI or higher

Academic Degrees

Academic Degrees

1976 - 1979

Briar Cliff University

Bachelor's Degree, Psychology

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