Previously Held MOS 11B10-Infantryman
11C10-Indirect Fire Infantryman
11C20-Indirect Fire Infantryman
30221-Communications Center Officer (SF Qualified)
31010-Combat Signal Unit Commander (SF Qualified)
2520-Training Officer
1542-Infantry Unit Commander
37A-Psychological Operations
35B-Strategic Intelligence Officer
01A-Officer Generalist
Special Forces Tab awarded on a retroactive basis on 2OCT84.
Previously Held MOS notes:
1. 37A-Psychological Operations - originally awarded as Specialty Skill Identifier 48B - Psychological Operations Officer on 28FEB85, since psychological operations was then part of the Foreign Area Officer functional area 48. It was later designated a separate functional area (39) and subsequently, a separate branch (37).
2. 01A-Officer Generalist - was for duty as a qualified detailed inspector general.
3. Awarded Specialty Skill Identifier 18A - Special Operations on 5FEB85.
Official Badges notes:
1. Assigned to the Retired Reserve on 11MAY98. Placed on the AUS Retired liston 18MAR09 (thus the post-2007 retirement badge).
2. Appointed as an ALARNG Recruiter, period indefinite, effective 11SEP74.
Ribbon Bar
Marksmanship badges for Rifle (Caliber 5.56 mm, M16A1), Pistol (Caliber .45, Automatic, M1911A1) and Mortar (81mm, M29A1) reflect original qualifications from BCT(1969) and AIT(1970).
Other
At least six of my eight great, great grandfathers (William Curlee, Lewis Kilgore, Thomas Holland, Edwin Sockwell, William Thompson and Noble Delashaw) served as Confederate soldiers in the War Between the States (all have TWS profiles shown below).
Special Forces Motto Information
The U.S Army interpretation of the Latin phrase De Oppresso Liber is generally considered to be "to free from oppression" or "to liberate the oppressed".
A more correct and/or literal translation of the Latin phrase de oppresso liber would be "from (being) an oppressed man, (to being) a free one".
Caisson Platoon, HHC, 1st Battalion, 3rd US Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)
Date
May 7, 1997
Last Updated: Feb 22, 2019
Comments
On 7MAY97, while working at National Communication System (NCS) headquarters in Arlington, VA, I drove over to Fort Myer about lunchtime. The Caisson Platoon was rehearsing at the Old Post Chapel. They were dressed in BDUs. After walking down the chapel steps and loading the empty coffin on the caisson, rather than continue east (right in the photo) through Fort Myer gate onto Arlington National Cemetery, they made a U turn in the chapel parking lot to remain on post. I was in uniform, standing under a tree at the edge of the parking lot (across Meigs Avenue and a little further back than the photo vantage point), the sole observer. As the caisson rolled by, the individually mounted NCOIC rendered a slow hand salute. It took me a second, but I realized the salute was for me so I quickly returned it. It was most impressive. The Old Guard NEVER MISSES, even when rehearsing!
