Capt Skip Sponheim

Capt Skip Sponheim

Dates of Service: 1967 - 1972
RETIRED
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Influence Score: 6,412
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Commissioning Source:  OCS, 1967

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IT MAY NOT SOUND LIKE MUCH, BUT I HAD FOUR YEARS OF ROTC IN HIGH SCHOOL PRIOR TO JOINING THE MARINES AND THAT REALLY HELPED MY CAREER FROM JUMP STREET. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS FORM OF SCHOOLING FOR LEARNING DISCIPLINE FOR LATER ON WORKED THREE YEARS, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFCE AS SERGEANT THEN WENT OUT ON OWN CREATING AND GROWING BUSINESSES AND SELLING THEM AT A PROFIT. HAVE NOW RETIRED FOR THIRD AND LAST TIME

Military Experiences

1968 - 1970
FO AND COMPANY CMDR
KEEPING MY MEN ALIVE AND REMOVING ENEMIES

Deployments

Vietnam ribbon
Vietnam War
OUT IN THE BUSH FOR 30 DAYS, THEN BACK TO BASE CAMP FOR ON OR TWO DAYS. A CONTINUOUS CYCLE. THE QUASON MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA TERRITORY AND INDIAN COUNTRY

Military Credentials

Professional Development Schools

NAVY JUSTICE SCHOOL, COURT REPORTING

Individual & Special Skill Schools

ARTILLARY OFFICERS BASIC COURSE, MARINES

Certifications

GRADUATE OF FT. SILL

Foreign Language Skills

SPANISH, CUBAN, ITALIAN, FRENC

Additional Specialization(s)
Security Clearance
Top Secret/SCI or higher
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