Current/Last Primary MOS
2591-Operational Communication Chief
Current/Last MOSGroup
Communications
Previously Held MOS 9900-General Service Marine
2500-Basic Operational Communicator
2531-Field Radio Operator
5831-Corrections Specialist
8411-General Recruiter
2537-Radio Chief
I've been employed by Schnieder Natl.,Swift Transportaton & Averitt Exprsess.I started as a Driver,before becomming a Driver Training Engineer and later worked as a Field Recruiter with Human Resources,Risk Management and Saftey. What a way to see The Country and get paid for it.My travles took me Coast-to-Coast,East to West-North to South and to many Military Bases as I was Looking for a Few Good Men and Women to enter the transportation industry upon completion of thier tour of active duty. Currently I'm simi retired-that means I do not drive the big rigs anymore. Instead I ride my dressed out,Honda VT-1100 Shadow Sprit in this wonderful AZ weather.I can not afford a Harley.(because my ex gets half of my Marine Corps retirement pay).
Other Comments:
I am a LIFE MEMBER of The MARINE CORPS LEAUGE. I've served as Past Jr.Vice Commandant,Adjutant and Chaplin.I have been involved with The Toys for Tots program and The Marine for Life Program. The White Water Valley Detachment of The Marine Corps League,Richmond,Indiana is The Original Home Detachment of then National Commandant,Diana DILLS of Centerville,Indiana.I have a picture of 1stSgt Larry Hansen and I when we had the privilage of escorting The Marine Corps Birthday Cake and cutting a piece and presenting it to our guest speaker,GySgt Carlos HATHCOCK USMC Retired. He is the famous Scout Sniper known as "White Feather" during The Vietnam War.He's the author of; "One Shot,One Kill". As tradition has it, we cut the second piece of The Marine Corps Birthday cake with a NCO Sword and passed it to the oldest Marine present,who passed it to the youngest Marine present.(Of which I was niether). Upon relocating I transfered my membership to The Marine Corps League in Northern Ky Detachment 1006 and since moving to Arizona I am now a Life Member of The Marine Corps League's Old Breed Detachment 767 of Glendale,AZ. We are active in the Greater Phoenix Metro area and travel annualy to The Gila River Indian Reservation in Sacaton,Arizona,which is the ancestral home of Cpl Ira HAYES USMC,a Pima Indian who was one of The Flag Raiser of Mt.Suribachi during the battle for Iwo Jima & to Honor all the Brave Souls,& The Navajo Indian Code talkers of WWII. The Greatest Generation of true Americans.
Description Commanded by CENTCOM from a temporary headquarters at March Air Force Base, California, GALLANT EAGLE 88 assembled 30,000 soldiers, airmen, marines, and sailors and fought a simulated Middle Eastern war in the western U.S. during July-August 1988. U.S. Army light units participated with Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps units and aircraft from twenty western U.S. bases in the exercise. Brigades from the 7th Infantry Division (Light) and the 82d Airborne Division joined the 1st Marine Division and airborne companies from Great Britain and Egypt at the Marine Corps' Desert Training Center at 29 Palms, California. Supply operations constituted a major part of the training since any military contingency in the Middle East would depend heavily upon resupply support. Elements of the 377th Theater Army Command and support units tested supply operations by transferring food, fuel, and spare parts from the beaches at Camp Pendleton, California, to units fighting 200 miles away in the Californian desert at 29 Palms. Other training activities included special operations, mass casualty exercises, medical evacuation, air base defense training, and live range firing. After-action reviews indicated that GALLANT EAGLE 88 contributed to the efficient joint functioning needed by CENTCOM for success in potential combat operations in Southwest Asia.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1988
To Month/Year
December / 1988
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
People You Remember My First "Gallent Knight" was earlier than 1988. It was held at Ft Bragg, North Carolina while I was with HQ US CENTRAL COMMAND J6-CC forward & may not have included The Marine Corps,other than a Communications Command & Controll Element. Seems I was involved in "Gallant Eagle" which was ran out of March AFB,Ca. also earlier than 1988.