Previously Held MOS 05B20-Radio Operator
31Z-Telecommunications Operations Chief
05C10-Radio Teletype Operator
76Y20-Unit Supply Specialist
96B10-Intelligence Analyst
Service Years
1966 - 1987
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
1st Infantry Division Certificate
2nd Infantry Division Certificate
Army Wheel Vehicle Driver Certificate
Certificate Of Achievement
Certificate Of Appreciation
Cold War Certificate
Reforger Certificate
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
What are you doing now:
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Praying for the People of Ukraine...
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Come On Spring!...
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Continued Prayers for Ukraine...
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Praying for the People of Ukraine...
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One Day At A Time Lord...
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Continued Prayers for Ukraine...
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Praying for the People of Ukraine...
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One Day at a Time Lord...
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Continued Prayers for Ukraine...
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Praying for the People of Ukraine...
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Continued Prayers for Ukraine...
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Praying for the People of Ukraine...
One Day at a Time Lord...
Another Day Above Ground... Thank You Lord..
Great Campfire and Beer Day...
Great Week for Outdoor Time...
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Don't Blink - Life goes faster than you think...
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Just A Perfect Campfire And Beer Evening...
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Another Day Above Ground - Thank You Lord...
From the arm chair ((my walker)) I just know this evac could have been handled so much better, but considering the time, amazing effort -- but very high cost....
Guess I will continue updating... stuff still seems to just drop a day or two.... Oh well, Life Goes On...
Not really sure why, but it seems that I have been adding the same names to my Brothers lists these days and for some reason they are not taking for more than a day... And my profile keeps going back to a day or two eaarlier, even if I update this part every day.... Oh well... keep tryin'
Be A Good Talker, But Also Be A Good Listener.... One Day At A Time Lord...
It Costs Nothing To Be Kind To Someone...
Maybe a waste of time?... Gonna keep on anyway... Been told take this down, change this and that... Well, I will continue doing what I think I want on my profile for my survivors to see about what I know that I was involved in... -- my MOS was NOT authorized a CIB for my time in Nam, guys there after me with same MOS got one -- Oh well, I know what actual enemy fire I was involved with (including some really close one on one encounters) and since our medics didn't always get their notes -- if they themselves even made it back to the firebase -- into our records, the purple heart that I should have gotten well, again - I can show you the scars but could care less about what extra eye candy I can pin on my casket when my time is over... So will continue to carry on... God Bless All...
Currently retired... living with my Service Dog (Charlie) and trying to keep my health ((lots of Agent Orange and PTSD issues)) from getting any worse... Used to love traveling in my Motorhome... but no longer able to do that... Kinda getting all this military history together so that hopefully (maybe after i'm gone - they sure don't appear to be interested now) my family will take the time to see what all I did thru the years...
Continue to update and use my TWS profile to do my part in making sure Brother and Sisters are Remembered...
Charlie - yes, we have heard all the jokes about a Nam Vet with a dog named Charlie... But he is my life saver... So much Loyalty!!
Every Morning... A Gift
God speaks to me every morning... He tells me to 'get up and get out of bed... I am not done with you yet!'...
So I promise Him that I will strive to say what needs to be said to whomever crosses my path today...
And in appreciation for that daily 'gift,' I end each day by thanking Him for the day and promising Him that, if He gives me one more day, I will try to do better...
--- Pops (D. Cameron - 9/15/2019)
I just want to live this life running, and when it's done, I want to be totally out of breath and scream... man what a ride!
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Keep God In Your Life and Move Forward... =====
I have several MOH and POW Vets in my Remembered Veteran group that I wanted in my Rememrance Profiles group -- just can't figure out how to get them there -- So please Check them out -- Great reading and info...
Other Comments:
History is not there for you to like or dislike... It is there for you to learn from. If it offends you even better - because you are less likely to repeat it. It is not yours to erase -- It belongs to all of us!
-= We're all part of One Race - The Human Race... =-
Remember the Past but Live for the Future... Today's a Good Day to have a Great Day... Never...Never...Never Give Up... Live Each Day As If It Were Your Last - Ya Never Know... Take Time To Be Kind To Someone Today...
Praying that the hate in this country
will not destroy our nation.
Please Note --
My photos now include two complete IVY LEAF papers that I sent home from VietNam ((Thanks - Diane))...
Some of my 'Wallpaper"
Certificate (Training) - Driver Education - Ft Riley / 9-13 Feb 70
Certificate (Training) - Radio Teletype Operator (05C20) - Ft Gordon / 6 Oct 72
Certificate (Training) - Intelligence Analyst (96B) - (Correspondence) - Ft Huachuca / 1 Jul 74 - 13 Jul 76
Certificate (Training) - Intelligence Analysis (96B20) - Ft Huachuca / 19 May 78
Certificate (Training) - Radio Set AN/GRC-122B - 66 MI Group, Munich / 27 Sep 74
Certificate (Training) - Race Relations - USMCA Munich / 15-16 Dec 75
Certificate (Training) - Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC) - Ft Huachuca
Certificate (Training) - MI Basic NCOES (BNCOC) - Ft Huachuca
Certificate (Training) - MI Advanced NCOES (ANCOC) - Ft Huachuca / 9 Oct - 14 Dec 79
Diploma - US Army Marksmanship Training Unit - Pistol Instructor and Coaches Clinic - Fort Benning / 5 Apr 73
Certificate - Basic Electronic Circuit Applications - Bell & Howell Schools / 24 Feb 75
Certificate (Achievement) - SOT Briefing - 317 Eng Bn, Camp Eschborn, Germany / 21 Nov 77
Certificate (Achievement) - Fundraising - Greater Augusta UFC / 14 Oct 73
Certificate (Appreciation) - Special Olympics - Sierra Vista, AZ / 18 May 78
Certificate (Appreciation) - Defensive Driver - USMCA Munich / 27 Feb 76
Letter (Commendation) - Exercise Freedom Vault - Osan Korea / 10 Mar 71
Letter (Commendation) - Solid Shield 79 - 24 ID, Fort Stewart / 10-24 May 79
Letter (Commendation) - Development of USAICS Soldeierization Program - Ft Huachuca / 18 Nov 82
Letter (Congratulations) - 1975 Competitive Shooting - German Police - Munich / 4 Feb 75
Letter (Appreciation) - Wintex Exercise - 66 MI Group - Munich / 27 Mar 75
Letter (Appreciation) - Exercise Blue Flag 84-4 - US Air Force Tactical Warfare Center - Eglin AFB / 9 Oct 84
Letter (Appreciation) - US Mobile Training Team Support - Armed Forces of El Salvador - US Air Defense Center, Ft Bliss / 5 Oct 82
Letter (Appreciation) - Soviet Orientation Team Support - Bremerhaven Military Community - Germany / 28 Oct 77
Letter (Appreciation) - Support - Army Basic Skills Education Program - RCA Service Company - Ft Huachuca / 26 Jul 82
Letter (Appreciation) - Support - Munich Military Police - Germany / 4 Oct 75
HAVE SERVED AS:
Radio Operator
LRRP Team Member
Radio Teletype Operator
Radio Teletype Team Chief
Radio/Radio Teletype Instructor
Assistant Operations SGT
Pistol Instructor
NCOIC Post Pistol Team
Supply SGT
Intelligence Analyst
Tax Advisor
Instructor with the Soviet Orientation Team
Unit RREO Advisor
NAICT Member (multi posts)
Post Theater Manager/Cashier (multi posts)
Theater Projectionist/Repair Tech
Career Counselor
Unit Tax Advisor
Manpower Management Team Member
Training NCO
Detachment 1SG
Intelligence SGT
Senior Intelligence SGT
Operations SGT Instructor
Senior Instructor
Master Instructor
Chief Enlisted Instructor
Chief, Support Branch
OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS:
1 Year - Republic of Viet Nam
3 Years - Republic of Korea
6 Years - Federal Republic of Germany
UNITS:
4th Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
1st Infantry Division
2nd Infantry Division
Combined Field Army {ROK/US}
Eighth US Army
501st Military Intelligence Group
66th Military Intelligence Group
18th Military Intelligence Battalion
83rd Ordinance Battalion
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
Cochise County Children’s Center Counselor
Movie Theater Projectionist/Cashier/Manager
Jerry Lewis Telethon Worker
Pop Warner Football Coach/Official
Little League Baseball Coach/Official
Dependent Youth Activities
Special Olympics Hugger
Boys Town Supporter
Boy Scouts of America
Cochise County Search and Rescue
Smoke Jumper - Desert/Mountain Terrain
Volunteer Fireman
Youth Counselor for Church/Camp/Juvenile Courts
My Travels
By no means, would I consider myself a world traveler, however, I have been to more places than most people my age. Mostly in my military travels, but sometimes with family. Viet Nam, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Midway Island, Berlin, and Germany were military associated travel; Mexico, Italy, German, Switzerland, Austria, and Canada were family associated travel, and some of each of these were also combined military and family. Although I have been to most states in the Continental United States, I have not been to Hawaii.
Description In July 1976, in anticipation of the establishment of a Combined Forces Command, the annual ROK government mobilization exercise ULCHI was combined with UNC/USFK/EUSA’s CPX FOCUS LENS. Exercise ULCHI-FOCUS LENS was institutionalized to enhance ROK-US interoperability by training commanders and staffs from both nations in wartime planning, command and control operations, intelligence, logistics, and personnel procedures required for the successful defense of the Republic of Korea. The name of the exercise was changed in 2008 to ULCHI-FREEDOM GUARDIAN. ULCHI FOCUS LENS (UFL) was a ROK-US Combined Forces Command (CFC), ROK government, simulation driven, OPLAN-oriented command post exercise (CPX) conducted annually. UFL was held in the late summer, August / September time frame. The timing was such that the bulk of the summer personnel rotations are complete.
Ulchi Focus Lens was CFC's large scale warfighting command post exercise (CPX). It was an annual ROK-US combined forces government military exercise designed to exercise, evaluate, and improve crisis action measures and procedures for the combined war plans in the defense of the Republic of Korea in accordance with OPLAN and Supporting plans. It provides an opportunity for commanders and staffs to focus on strategic, and operational, issues associated with general military operations on the Korean peninsula. Ulchi Focus Lens was a CPX with the tactical situation portrayed through the use of computer simulation models and master scenario events list.
Ulchi Focus Lens was the world's largest computerized command and control exercise.
The exercise focuses on how U.S. and South Korean forces would defend against a North Korean attack. North Korea usually denounces the exercise, calling it a preparation for war. While Team Spirit field-tested ROK-U.S. military capabilities, Ulchi Focus Lens looked at readiness from the command post perspective. Still held annually, Ulchi Focus Lens trains Combined Forces Command personnel and major component, subordinate and augmenting staffs using wargaming computer simulations and support infrastructures.
The exercise combines the Republic of Korea's annual National Mobilization Field Training Exercise "Ulchi" with the annual theater level Command Post Exercise "Focus Lens." The scenario of the exercise was a coordinated land, sea and air attack by conventional forces against friendly forces on the Korean peninsula. Ulchi Focus Lens was a computer-based war game exercise with few field activities. Ulchi Focus Lens was the world's largest dynamic, simulation-driven battle staff training exercise. The target training audience was corp-level (or service equivalent) battle staffs and higher. UFL was designed to train the Battle Staffs of CFC and its component command's staffs. The simulations used are designed to train procedures for the new staff, and are not analytical. The simulation architecture includes the Air Force model (AWSIM), the Army model (CBS), the Navy model (RESA) and the Marine model (MTAWS) lashed together, and sharing common forces, targets and Battle Damage Assessments (BDA).
The purpose of UFL was to exercise joint and combined plans and procedures associated with the execution of the OPLAN for the defense of the Republic of Korea. The focus was on the strategic, operational, and tactical aspects of military operations on the Korean Peninsula; and demonstrates US resolve to support the ROK against external aggression while improving US/ROK combat readiness and interoperability. This joint and combined political-military training exercise emphasizes flexible deterrent options, ROK mobilization, U.S. reinforcement, and synchronization of deep, close, and rear battles.
The Ulchi Focus Lens Exercise was a comprehensive command post exercise (CPX), designed to enhance the conduct of war and specific warfare capabilities as well as to ensure a mastery of the procedures for specific warfare fighting capabilities. The exercise has been performed annually since its inception in 1976. It was the combination of the Focus Lens Exercise, which has been conducted under the control of the United Nations Command since 1954, and the Ulchi Exercise that has been held by the ROK since the attempted raid on the Blue House on January 21, 1968.
During the Ulchi Focus Lens Exercise, the ROK government's crisis management and ROK-US combined crisis management processes during the early stages of war are depicted through various situations from each operational phase.
'Ulchi' was a famous Korean general's last name. His full name was Ulchi, Munduk. He was the Commander-In-chief of Army of Kokuryu (ancient Korean nation that existed through B.C. 37 to A.D. 668). According to Korean history book, he was Commander in Chief at the time of Soo Chinese empire. Over three hundred thousands Chinese soldiers attacked Kokuryu in 612 A.D., but at that time Kokuryu didn't have that much military might, yet Kokuryo had Gen. Ulchi. During the fighting, Ulchi commanded his army to pretend to be losing. Reacting to what they thought was to be an easy victory, the Chinese forces advanced inside Kokuryu territory. This was what Gen. Ulchi wanted, since he was more familiar with the local terrain. He then wrote a poetic, satirical letter to the Soo commander. Ulchi was an eloquent writer and poet. He said something like, 'You have won as much you ever will, so why don't you save yourselves and take back your forces?'
The enemy was a bit confused. Taking advantage of their confusion, Gen. Ulchi attacked the Soo's forces at the Salsu River. There, Gen. Ulchi waited for the Soo's forces and attacked when they were halfway across the river. Only about two thousands Chinese soldiers ever crossed the river. This was one of the greatest victories of Korean history, which made Gen. Ulchi one of the Korea's great generals.