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Current Service Status
USA Retired
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Current/Last Rank
Major
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Current/Last Service Branch
Armor
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Current/Last Primary MOS
12B-Armor Officer
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Current/Last MOS Group
Armor (Officer)
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Primary Unit
1990-1991, 12B, History Department, United States Military Academy West Point (Staff-USMA)
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Previously Held MOS
11B10-Infantryman
71L10-Administrative Specialist
71Q10-Journalist
71R10-Broadcast Journalist
11B30-Infantryman
12C-Cavalry Officer
46A-Public Affairs
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Service Years
1969 - 1991
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Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Order of Saint George
Reforger Certificate
US Army Disabled Veteran Certificate
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Voice Edition
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1980, US Armor Association
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1992, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 9 (Executive Director) (Hilo, Hawaii) [Verified]
- Chap. Page
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1992, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter 731 (Recorder) (Hilo, Hawaii) [Verified] 1
- Chap. Page
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1994, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 3830, LCpl Hayward Kimo Hamili Peleiholani Post (National President) (Pahoa, Hawaii) [Verified]
- Chap. Page
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1996, FSB Hill 4-11 Association
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1998, Americal Division Veterans Association [Verified]
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2000, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) [Verified]
- Assoc. Page
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2001, Officers' Christian Fellowship
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2004, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) [Verified]
- Assoc. Page
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2006, Combat Infantrymen's Association, A Co, 1St BN, 1St Regt (Life Member) (Hilo, Hawaii) [Verified]
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2011, Army Together We Served [Verified]
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2013, OCS Foundation
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2018, TWS Profile Integrity
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2019, ATWS Advisory Group [Verified]
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What are you doing now: Aside from a three-and-one-half year stint as Tactical Officer of C Co. and Field Music at Valley Forge Military Academy & College in Wayne, PA, I worked in the publishing industry after retiring from the Army in September 1991. I started out as Executive Editor of Presidio Press, a San Francisco Bay Area book publisher specializing in military history and military affairs. After leaving VFMA&C in the summer of 1998, I became my own boss--using contacts I'd made with Presidio to line up freelance copy-editing projects for several commercial and scholarly book publishers. I finally had to give up work entirely in 2004, however, when my body began letting me down. Fortunately, all of my disabling conditions are either directly or indirectly service-connected--making me eligible for a wide range of VA benefits--without which I'd be up the proverbial estuary without a manipulator!
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Other Comments: For 20 years I lived on Hawaii's Big Island with my wife, Carol, in a subdivision about a mile outside of Mountain View--almost exactly halfway between Hilo and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. However, I moved to Idaho in late July 2019 to settle in the Sagle area not far from the Pend Oreille River. Between the Blue State politics, earthquakes and eruptions, I decided it was time to bid Hawaii Aloha and head for cooler climes! It was a wise decision. I absolutely love it here in the northern Idaho panhandle!
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Title
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Join Year
2018
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Last Updated: Aug 3, 2018 |
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