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".
Maj (ret) Charles H. Watkins, Jr., USMC (Deceased)
Date
Aug 16, 2011
Last Updated: May 30, 2013
Comments
Charles H. Watkins, Jr., founder of "O'Charley's Inc.", died peacefully in his sleep on August 16, 2011 at the age of 87. Charlie, a native of Paris, TN, served twenty years in the United States Marine Corps as a pilot and retired as a Major in 1963, after which he became the Assistant to the Chairman of the Board, Kemmons Wilson, the founder of "Holiday Inns of America". He moved his family to Nashville in 1966 to open a "Shakey's Pizza" franchise, which launched a long and colorful entrepreneurial career. Later, he founded a publicly held restaurant company "Al Hirt's Sandwich Saloon". He formed "O'Charley's, Inc." in 1971, and opened the first restaurant on 21st Avenue South in Nashville. Charlie was my friend.