LTC Mark Beattie

Army | Special Forces Officer

Dates of Service: Feb 1975 - May 2003

RETIRED

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133 Contacts

Influence Score: 40,342
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Commissioning Source: OCS, Mar 1977

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I retired as a U.S. Army Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel with over 28 years military experience including light infantry, air assault infantry, Special Forces, and joint and multinational operations. I worked as a defense contractor for seventeen (17) years until retiring to enjoy my “Golden Years.”

Military Experiences

Aug 1997 - Jun 2003

CGSC Instructor

CAC, TRADOC | Fort Leavenworth, KS

Graduate level instructor, teaching operational through strategic levels of operation, served as small group student advisor, developed curriculum, designed and coordinated Joint Special Operations participation in college exercises, and advised on special operations integration into simulation exercises; transformed a single course of instruction into a multi course, 300 hour Special Operations POI approved as specialized Area of Concentration. Selected four times to conduct classes at Army Staff Colleges in the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand, and Sri Lanka.

Aug 1994 - Jul 1997

Chief, Current Operations Division

SOCPAC, SOCOM | Camp Smith, HI

Responsible for monitoring day to day operations of all Special Operations assigned subordinate units, activities, or Special Operations units temporarily operating in or transiting throughout Pacific Command. Served as the Chief, Joint Operations Center (JOC) during training and operational deployments. Responsible for maintaining the readiness and deployment of Joint Task Force (JTF)-510, the Pacific Command's rapid deployment force.

Aug 1991 - Jun 1994

Chief, Ground Operations

SOCKOR, SOCOM | Yongsan Garrison, South Korea

Responsible for coordinating with Korean Army Special Forces counterparts for the employment of U.S. Army Special Forces in support of the defense of South Korea. During training exercises and wartime, served as the Chief, U.S. Ground Operations within the Combined Unconventional Warfare Task Force (CUWTF).

Aug 1989 - Jul 1990

Public Affairs Officer

Combined Field Army | Camp Red Cloud, South Korea

Responsible for the commands public information, command information, and community relations of a joint and combined three star command responsible for the defense of South Korea. Published a monthly command newspaper to enhance the morale of the assigned soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen, while keeping them informed of the command's activities. Wrote the command's first ever "media relations" plan in cases of emergency or wartime.

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