McElveen, Gary, SSgt

Air Traffic Control/Enlisted Air Crew
 
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 Service Details
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Current Service Status
USMC Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Staff Sergeant
Current/Last Primary MOS
6722-Ground Controlled Approach Controller
Current/Last MOSGroup
Air Traffic Control/Enlisted Air Crew
Previously Held MOS
9971-Basic Marine With Enlistment Guarantee
2500-Basic Operational Communicator
2531-Field Radio Operator
Primary Unit
1971-1975, 6722, Air Traffic Control (ATC), SOES
Service Years
1968 - 1975
Enlisted Collar Insignia
Staff Sergeant
One Hash Mark

 Official Badges 


 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Marine Air Traffic Control Association (MATCA)Marine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)2nd Battalion 4th Marines AssociationNational Rifle Association (NRA)
3rd Marine Division AssociationTexas Area Marines
  2003, Marine Air Traffic Control Association (MATCA)
  2003, Marine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)
  2003, 2nd Battalion 4th Marines Association
  2005, National Rifle Association (NRA)
  2012, 3rd Marine Division Association
  2014, Texas Area Marines


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Officially retired. I stay busy keeping up with yard work, home repairs and working on and in my detached wood shop. I am rated at 70% disabled and 100% unemployable. I receive all my healthcare at the VA Outpatient Clinic in Austin and have been well taken care of there. I have found that being polite and patient with VA workers in order to get to the care of the doctors is absolutely neccessary.
I have served with the Texas State Militia, Guardian Company, since 2013. I am a Sergeant and the Logistics NCO.

 

   

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 Enlisted/Officer Basic Training
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  1968, Boot Camp (Parris Island, SC), 3065
 Unit Assignments
3rd Recruit Training Bn (Cadre/Instructors) RTR, MCRD Parris Island, RTR (Cadre) MCRD Parris IslandInfantry Training Regiment (Camp Geiger), 1st Infantry Training Regiment (Cadre)Communications and Electronics Schools Bn (Cadre)2nd Bn, 4th Marines (2/4)
Fleet Marine Force Pacific (FMFPAC)1st Bn, 10th Marines (1/10)Station Operations and Engineering Squadron, MCAS Cherry PointSOES, MCAS Cherry Point, NC
  1968-1969, 9971, 3rd Recruit Training Bn (Cadre/Instructors) RTR, MCRD Parris Island, RTR (Cadre) MCRD Parris Island
  1969-1969, Infantry Training Regiment (Camp Geiger), 1st Infantry Training Regiment (Cadre)
  1969-1969, 2500, Communications and Electronics Schools Bn (Cadre)
  1969-1970, 2531, 2nd Bn, 4th Marines (2/4)
  1969-1970, 2531, Fleet Marine Force Pacific (FMFPAC)
  1970-1971, 2531, 1st Bn, 10th Marines (1/10)
  1971-1975, 6722, Station Operations and Engineering Squadron, MCAS Cherry Point
  1971-1975, 6722, Air Traffic Control (ATC), SOES
 Formal Schools and Courses
  1970-1970, Tactical Air Control Party Course (Camp Hansen, Okinawa)
  1971-1971, (Navy) Air Traffic Control A School (NAS Glynco, Georgia)
  1971-1971, GCA-Ground Controlled Approach-RADAR Course (NAS Glynco, Ga., United States)
 Combat and Non-Combat Operations
  1969-1969 Vietnam War/Summer-Fall 1969 Campaign/Operation Georgia Tar
  1969-1969 Vietnam War/Summer-Fall 1969 Campaign/Operation Arlington Canyon
 Colleges Attended
Central Piedmont Community College
  1976-1980, Others/Not Listed
  1976-Present, Central Piedmont Community College
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