President Bruce Clarke Consultants, Inc.. Currently supporting Raytheon on major C4ISR system. Have supported several major defense contractors’ efforts on C4ISR and training projects. Writing articles on command and control and strategy for publication. Book "Expendable Warriors: the battle of Khe Sanh and the Vietnam War" has recently been published.
Other Comments:
Responsible for advising engineers and leadership on ground combat functionality, negotiating techniques and cost reduction. Represent company in international negotiations.
-Completely rewrote ground force system functionality for C4I System for international customers resulting in increased system effectiveness and $5 million cost reduction.
-Designed functionality for Command and Control Product Line.
-Developed digital battlefield force concept, communications requirements and a demonstration scenario.
-Co-authored several concept papers on theater ballistic missile defense.
-Represented Raytheon in negotiations and sales presentations in Kuwait, Thailand, UAE, Algeria,Jordan, Pakistan, Egypt and Romania.
-Taught national security core competency requirements course to engineers and leaders. -Designed negotiating strategies for international negotiations.
-Applied indirect leadership techniques to change business approach.
Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (1968)/Operation Pegasus / Lam Son 207
From Month/Year
April / 1968
To Month/Year
April / 1968
Description Mar 30 - Apr 15; 1st Cavalry Division, USMC units and ARVN 2nd Division resupply and relief operations along Route 9 to U.S. Marines besieged at Combat Base Khe Sanh in the Quảng Tri Province.
In March 1968, an overland relief expedition (Operation Pegasus) was launched by a combined Marine–Army/South Vietnamese task force that eventually broke through to the Marines at Khe Sanh. American commanders considered the defense of Khe Sanh a success, but shortly after the siege was lifted the new American commander in Vietnam, General Creighton Abrams, decided to dismantle the base rather than risk similar battles in the future. Historians have observed that the Battle of Khe Sanh may have successfully distracted American and GVN attention from the buildup of Viet Cong forces in the south prior to the early 1968 Tet Offensive. Even at the height of the Tet Offensive, General Westmoreland maintained that the true intentions of the offensive was to distract forces from Khe Sanh.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
March / 1968
To Month/Year
April / 1968
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories District Advisor in the village of Khe Sanh before the battle survived the seige of the combat base and supported the 1st Cavalry Division during Operation Pegasus. See my book Expendable Warriors: The Battle of Khe Sanh and the Vietnam War.
