Cooper, Mark E, MAJ

Special Forces

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Service Details

Service Status
USA Retired

Final Rank
Major

Last Service Branch
Special Forces (1987-Present)

Last MOS
18A-Special Forces Officer

Last MOS Group
Special Forces

Primary Unit
1994-1996, 54A, US Army Special Operations Command (Airborne) (USASOC)

Previously Held MOS's
11C-Mechanized Infantry
11A-Infantry
54A-Operations Plans Training

Service Years
1979 - 1996

Other Languages

German

Spanish

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1991, Special Forces Association - Assoc. Page
	1992, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Assoc. Page
	1993, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 1843, John P. Marlow Post (National President) (Stillwater, Oklahoma) - Chap. Page
	1996, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) - Assoc. Page
	2006, Army Historical Foundation
	2013, ATWS Unit Historian

Remembrance Profiles - 1115 Soldiers Remembered

Aaron, Harold Robert, LTG, (1943-1979)	Acheson, George Robert, Maj Gen, (1925-1959)
Adams, Paul DeWitt, GEN, (1928-1966)	Adkins, Bennie G., CSM, (1956-1978)
Adkins, Dustin Matthew, SGT, (2003-2006)	Agnew, John, PFC, (1943-1945)
Ahearn, James Michael, MAJ, (1988-2007)	Ahl, Archie Lee, CW4, (1953-1991)
Akin, Spencer Ball, MG, (1910-1951)	Alecksen, Erica Paige, SPC, (2010-2012)
Alexander, LeRoy Lee, SSG, (1997-2005)	Alford, James F., SSG, (1996-2003)
Allen, Frank Albert, Jr., MG, (1917-1956)	Allen, Justin Bradley, SGT, (2006-2010)
Allen, Richard L., LTC, (1945-1968)	Allen, Roderick Random, MG, (1915-1954)
Allison, Thomas, SGT, (1998-2002)	Amundson, Rolande Frenchy, COL, (1943-1997)
Amundson, William M, CPL, (2001-2004)	Anderson, Babe Ruth, MSG, (1945-1967)

Ribbon Bar

Enlisted/Officer Basic Training


	1979, Infantry Officer Basic Course (Fort Benning, GA), A

Unit Assignments


	1980-1981, 11C, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry
	1981-1982, 11C, 1st Brigade, 8th Infantry Division
	1982-1983, 11C, HHC, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry
	1984-1985, 11A, ODA 745 (UWO), A Company - ODB 740
	1985-1987, 11A, HHC, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group
	1987-1988, 11A, ODA 765, C Company (ODB 760)
	1988-1991, 18A, Army Special Operations Forces Europe (ARSOFE)
	1991-1991, 18A, 7th Special Operations Support Command Theater Army (7th SOSC(TA))
	1991-1992, 18A, A Company, 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group
	1992-1994, 18A, Special Operations Training Detachment (SOTD), Joint Readiness Training Center Operations Group
	1994-1996, 54A, US Army Special Operations Command (Airborne) (USASOC)
	2003-Present, US Army John F Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School (USAJFKSWCS)

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1990-1991 Gulf War/Defense of Saudi Arabia
	1990-1991 Gulf War/Defense of Saudi Arabia/Operation Desert Shield
	1991-1991 Gulf War/Liberation and Defense of Kuwait/Operation Desert Storm
	1991-1995 Southwest Asia Cease-Fire (Iraq)
	1991-1991 Operation Provide Comfort II (Iraq)

Colleges Attended



	1975-1979, Arkansas Tech University
	1992-1993, Army Staff College
	1995-1996, Webster University
	2004-2004, Army Management Staff College