Wilson, Dale, MAJ

Armor
 
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Current Service Status
USA Retired
Current/Last Rank
Major
Current/Last Service Branch
Armor
Current/Last Primary MOS
19B-Armor Officer
Current/Last MOS Group
Armor
Primary Unit
1970-1970, 11B10, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry
Previously Held MOS
11B10-Infantryman
71L10-Administrative Specialist
71R10-Broadcast Journalist
11B30-Infantryman
71Q10-Information Specialist
12C-Cavalry Officer
12B-Armor Officer
46A-Public Affairs Officer
Service Years
1969 - 1991
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Order of Saint George
Reforger Certificate
US Army Disabled Veteran Certificate
Voice Edition
Armor
Major
Three Service Stripes
Two Overseas Service Bars

 Official Badges 

Army Physical Fitness Badge Infantry Shoulder Cord US Army Retired (Pre-2007) Army Honorable Discharge (1984-Present)




 Unofficial Badges 

Armor Shoulder Cord Cold War Medal Order of Saint George (Silver) Cold War Veteran

Blue Star Vietnam Veteran 50th Commemoration Vietnam 50th Anniversary


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
US Armor AssociationChapter 9Post 3830, LCpl Hayward Kimo Hamili Peleiholani PostFSB Hill 4-11 Association
Americal Division Veterans Association Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)Officers' Christian FellowshipVietnam Veterans of America (VVA)
A Co, 1St BN, 1St RegtArmy Together We ServedOCS FoundationTWS Profile Integrity
US Army OCS Association
  1980, US Armor Association
  1992, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 9 (Executive Director) (Hilo, Hawaii) - Chap. Page
  1992, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter 731 (Recorder) (Hilo, Hawaii) - Chap. Page
  1994, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 3830, LCpl Hayward Kimo Hamili Peleiholani Post (National President) (Pahoa, Hawaii) - Chap. Page
  1996, FSB Hill 4-11 Association
  1998, Americal Division Veterans Association
  2000, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Assoc. Page
  2001, Officers' Christian Fellowship
  2004, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) - Assoc. Page
  2006, Combat Infantrymen's Association, Inc., A Co, 1St BN, 1St Regt (Life Member) (Hilo, Hawaii) - Chap. Page
  2011, Army Together We Served
  2013, OCS Foundation
  2018, TWS Profile Integrity
  2020, US Army OCS Association


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Aside from a three-and-one-half year stint as Tactical Officer of C Co. and Field Music at Valley Forge Military Academy & College in Wayne, PA, I worked in the publishing industry after retiring from the Army in September 1991. I started out as Executive Editor of Presidio Press, a San Francisco Bay Area book publisher specializing in military history and military affairs. After leaving VFMA&C in the summer of 1998, I became my own boss--using contacts I'd made with Presidio to line up freelance copy-editing projects for several commercial and scholarly book publishers. I finally had to give up work entirely in 2004, however, when my body began letting me down. Fortunately, all of my disabling conditions are either directly or indirectly service-connected--making me eligible for a wide range of VA benefits--without which I'd be up the proverbial estuary without a manipulator!

   
Other Comments:

For 20 years I lived on Hawaii's Big Island with my wife, Carol, in a subdivision about a mile outside of Mountain View--almost exactly halfway between Hilo and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. However, I moved to Idaho in late July 2019 to settle in the Sagle area not far from the Pend Oreille River. Between the Blue State politics, earthquakes and eruptions, I decided it was time to bid Hawaii Aloha and head for cooler climes! It was a wise decision. I absolutely love it here in the northern Idaho panhandle!

   

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   1977-1978, 71Q10, Applied Journalism Department, Defense Information School (Faculty Staff)

Staff Sergeant
From Month/Year
January / 1977
To Month/Year
September / 1978
Unit
Applied Journalism Department Unit Page
Rank
Staff Sergeant
MOS
71Q10-Information Specialist
Base, Fort or City
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
State/Country
Indiana
 
 
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 Applied Journalism Department, Defense Information School (Faculty Staff) Details

Applied Journalism Department, Defense Information School (Faculty Staff)
Type
Training
 
Parent Unit
Defense Information School (Faculty Staff)
Strength
School
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Oct 26, 2018
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
SGT Dave Green
TSGT Roy Adams
JOC Mary Rothgeb
CPT Dale Baird
Tommy Tompkins
 

Best Moment
Authoring the "Handbook for Stringers in the Armed Forces." It was my Newspaper Editor's Course project--which I took on a TDY basis while assigned to the Applied Journalism Department--and was subsequently published as a DOD pamphlet.

   

Worst Moment
The death of my son, James Alma, at the age of 5 months and 23 days on April 1, 1977.

Chain of Command
COMDR. William Gengler
MAJ Ron Peck
Tommy Tompkins
SGM Marvin Sibulkin

 

   

Other Memories
*The birth of my son Jared in October of '77.

*Getting really hooked on long-distance running. Regular participation in 10K, 10-mile, and half-marathon races while averaging 60-80 miles a week.

*The all-around fun of being part of the DINFOS faculty.

*The crappy, substandard enlisted family housing.
 

   
Yearbook
 
My Photos For This Unit
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Last Class
The Five Ws and an H
Staying Fit
Into the Home Stretch
7 Members Also There at Same Time
Defense Information School (Faculty Staff)

Yim, Jon, SSG, (1976-1993) AG 71R10 [Other Service Rank]
Lord, Kenneth (Ken), SFC, (1962-1984) AG 71R40 Sergeant First Class
Green, David, SGT, (1972-1978) AG 71Q20 Sergeant
Curran, David, SGT, (1977-1992) AG Private (E-1)
Christy, Michael, LTC, (1966-1984) Major
McCorkle, Robert, CPT, (1968-1979) Captain
Radio-TV Department

Redding, G A, LTC, (1969-1990) AG 5505 Captain

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