Pittman, James, COL

Medical Service
 
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Current Service Status
USA Retired
Current/Last Rank
Colonel
Current/Last Service Branch
Medical Service Corps (Officer)
Current/Last Primary MOS
67D-Behavioral Sciences
Current/Last MOS Group
Medical Service
Primary Unit
2003-2005, 67D, US Army AMEDD Center & School (Staff) Fort Sam Houston, TX
Previously Held MOS
11H10-Infantry Direct Fire Crewman
11B20-Infantryman
11B30-Infantryman
11B10-Infantryman
04B-Translator-Interpreter
Service Years
1968 - 2005
Other Languages
German
Korean
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Voice Edition
Medical Service Corps (Officer)
Colonel
Five Overseas Service Bars

 Official Badges 

1st Aviation Brigade 4th Infantry Division 82nd Airbone Division Special Forces Group

US Army Vietnam VII Corps I Field Force, Vietnam Army Physical Fitness Badge

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


 Unofficial Badges 

Airborne Recon Sniper AMEDD Center and School Instructor Badge

Cold War Medal Order of Military Medical Merit Cold War Veteran MACV Recondo Patch

USPA Wings Vietnam Veteran 50th Commemoration American Advisor (Vietnam) Global War On Terror

South Vietnam Special Forces


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
4th Infantry Division Association Post 245Army Together We ServedMilitary Order of the Purple Heart
82nd Airborne Division Association
  2000, 4th Infantry Division Association
  2004, American Legion, Post 245 (Member) (Cross Plains, Wisconsin) - Chap. Page
  2013, Army Together We Served
  2014, Military Order of the Purple Heart - Assoc. Page
  2014, 82nd Airborne Division Association - Assoc. Page


   1986-1986, 67D, MFO Task Force Headquarters

Captain
From Month/Year
May / 1986
To Month/Year
November / 1986
Unit
MFO Task Force Headquarters Unit Page
Rank
Captain
MOS
67D-Behavioral Sciences
Base, Fort or City
Sharm El Sheik
State/Country
Egypt
 
 
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 MFO Task Force Headquarters Details

MFO Task Force Headquarters
Type
Joint
 
Parent Unit
Multi-National Force and Observers
Strength
Task Force
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Sep 27, 2018
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
MAJ Tom Giboney MAJ Mike Cook CPT Tim Riley CPT Deidre Byrne lLT Lloyd Dennis CWO3 Adam Behnan CWO3 Jack Cheasty CWO  Herb Brav

Best Moment
Overnight on Mt. Sinai MTT's to Jordan-Israel Working with Egyptian, Israeli, Italian, Dutch, British, and Jordanian military. Trips to Holy Land-Cairo-Petra Diving in Gulf of Aqaba MEDCAPS to Bedouin-St Katherine's Monastery

   

Worst Moment
. Border/Custom Police in Jordan . Sharks in Gulf of Aqaba . Doing AAR on a member of the LSU who died in the desert.

Chain of Command
LTG Englebritson MG Steiner COL Jack Hook MAJ Tom Giboney CPT Hal MacDonald

   

Other Memories
. Heat - Isolation . Retrieving shark attack victim in Eilat, Israel . Ferry ride across and back the Gulf of Aqaba . fro Nuweiba, Egypt to Aqaba, Port . Desert treks with Herb Brav to collect fossil shark teeth. . Herb's Aerobic plan for me - running 100 yards then skipping 100 yards and alternating all the around the South Camp interior perimeter wire.

   
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25 Members Also There at Same Time
MFO Task Force Headquarters

Fitzpatrick, Timothy, MAJ, (1976-1996) IN 11B Major
Morales, Robert, SFC, (1983-2009) TC 88M40 Sergeant First Class
Salazar, Gonzalo, SFC, (1969-1993) QM 92Z50 Sergeant First Class
Walther, Barry, SFC, (1972-1992) AG 75Z40 Sergeant First Class
Lopez, Jose, SFC, (1966-2006) SC 31G40 Staff Sergeant
Anderson, Ricky T., SGT, (1977-1994) TC 88M10 Sergeant
Kendall, Jeffery, SSG, (1982-1997) QM 76P10 Sergeant
Krska., Michael, SGT, (1973-1986) MD 91B10 Sergeant
Neiswonger, William, SSG, (1981-2001) MP 31B20 Sergeant
Ralston, Andrew, 1SG, (1981-2020) EN 12B20 Sergeant
Perkins, Larry, SFC, (1981-Present) TC 64C10 Specialist 4
Gaines, Roger Allen, LTC, (1982-2009) IN 11B10 Specialist
Galo, Paul, SPC, (1982-1986) QM 76V10 Specialist
Harvey, James, SPC, (1983-1991) MD 91B10 Specialist
Kimbler, Del, SPC, (1985-1988) IN 11B10 Specialist
Quinn, Christopher, SPC, (1984-1991) QM 76V10 Specialist
Walsh, Thomas, SPC, (1983-1986) IN 11B10 Specialist
Burr, Wendy, SP 4, (1984-1987) QM 76V10 Private First Class
Joie, Joseph, CSM, (1985-2012) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Harbison, Anthony, SFC, (1985-2010) AG 75B10 Private (E-1)
Root, Patrick, CW2, (1971-1988) AG Chief Warrant Officer 2
Bush, Robert, SSG, (1983-1996) MD Sergeant
Anderson, John, SPC, (1986-1991) QM Specialist
Neiswonger, Bill, SSG, (1981-2001) Sergeant
Prigmore, Frank, SFC, (1984-2004) Specialist

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