Frantz, Ken, Col

Engineer, Construction And Equipment
 
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Life Member
 
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 Service Details
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Current Service Status
USMC Retired
Current/Last Rank
Colonel
Current/Last Primary MOS
1302-Combat Engineer Officer
Current/Last MOSGroup
Engineer, Construction And Equipment
Previously Held MOS
521-Basic Marine, Enlisted
9901-Basic Officer
5702-Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Officer
1330-Facilities Management Officer
9904-Colonel, Logistician
Primary Unit
1997-1999, 9904, G-4, III MEF
Service Years
1967 - 1999
Other Languages
Spanish
Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Plank Owner Certificate
Officer Collar Insignia
Colonel

 Official Badges 

USMC Retired Pin USMC Retired Pin (30 Years) US Marines Corps Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Cold War Veterans AssociationMarine Corps Mustang AssociationMarine Corps Veterans AssociationMarine Corps Engineer Association (MCEA)
Officers' Christian FellowshipMarine Corps Heritage FoundationMarine Corps Together We ServedMarine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)
Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)American Military Retirees Association (AMRA)Texas Area Marines
  1968, Cold War Veterans Association
  1993, Marine Corps Mustang Association
  1999, Marine Corps Veterans Association
  1999, Marine Corps Engineer Association (MCEA)
  2004, Officers' Christian Fellowship
  2006, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
  2006, Marine Corps Together We Served
  2007, Marine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)
  2008, Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
  2012, American Military Retirees Association (AMRA)
  2014, Texas Area Marines


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Enjoying retirement on our family homestead in Washington State; In 2016, had to step down as Executive Director/Secretary/webmaster for the Marine Corps Engineer Association due to family healthy issues. After Diana passed away in March 2019, I moved to Spring Texas. Went back to volunteering with MCEA as Permanent Associate Director. In November 2019, elected to the Board of Directors and as Executive Director for Future Operations Base; a Houston non-profit assisting active duty military, veterans, first responders and eligible family members. In February 2020, became a foster dad to Honor, a yellow Lab, in support of The Rescue for PTSD and served as their Vice President and Prez. In October 2020, joined a start-up non-profit, WARRIORS EMPOWERED, as Executive Director and Board Member. In 2020, perchased acreage in WA and began developing it for the family. Moved to here in 2022 and now 10 of us family, 4 generations living on the property.
 

   
Other Comments:

After retiring in '99, operated our 200 Acre cattle ranch in Fla. before retiring again, then moved to N.Y. for seven years before settling in Conroe, Texas in Dec 2011.

   

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  1979-1979, 1302, Det C MCAS Iwakuni, MWSG-17



From Month/Year
April / 1979
To Month/Year
August / 1979
Unit
Det C MCAS Iwakuni Unit Page
Rank
Major
MOS
1302-Combat Engineer Officer
Base, Station or City
Iwakuni
State/Country
Japan
 
 
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 Det C MCAS Iwakuni, MWSG-17 Details

Det C MCAS Iwakuni, MWSG-17
Type
Aviation
 
Parent Unit
MWSG-17
Strength
USMC Squadron
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Jan 11, 2023
   
   
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67 Members Also There at Same Time
Det C MCAS Iwakuni

Reckert, William, Maj, (1975-1995) 13 1302 Captain
Jones, Dennis, SSgt, (1973-1981) 13 1345 Sergeant
Corona, Paul, 1stSgt, (1978-1999) 13 Lance Corporal
Duplisea, David, Sgt, (1978-1993) 13 1391 Lance Corporal
Gradel, Scott, LCpl, (1975-1980) 13 1341 Lance Corporal
Sanchez, Guadalupe, LCpl, (1979-1983) 13 1345 Private 1st Class
Blain, Frank, MGySgt, (1956-1986) 2 0239 Master Sergeant
Brown, Ronald, MSgt, (1970-1991) 30 3043 Gunnery Sergeant
Givens, Gary, SSgt, (1978-1994) 70 6461 Staff Sergeant
Collins, Larry, MSgt, (1972-1994) 35 3521 Sergeant
Harper, Tom, SSgt, (1976-1980) 21 2111 Sergeant
Banks, George, Cpl, (1975-1979) 35 3531 Corporal
Branch, Frank, MSgt, (1975-1998) 31 3111 Corporal
Laskey, Robert, Cpl, (1975-1981) 70 7011 Corporal
Morrow, Lee, Cpl, (1979-1985) 11 1142 Corporal
Peters, Gerald, LtCol, (1977-2004) 30 3043 Corporal
Kramer, Beth, Sgt, (1977-1981) 33 3371 Lance Corporal
Novak, John, Cpl, (1976-1980) 70 7011 Lance Corporal
Pontius, John, SSgt, (1977-1998) 35 3534 Lance Corporal
Dougherty, David, Sgt, (1978-1992) 11 1142 Private 1st Class
H&MS-17

Hathcox, Jimmy, Cpl, (1975-1981) 58 5811 Corporal
Hq & Ground Maintenance Squadron-17 (H&GMS-17)

Bush, Joseph, Cpl, (1976-1980) 13 1341 Corporal
Francis, Rick, Sgt, (1977-1982) 1 0131 Sergeant
Shea, Leo, Cpl, (1976-1980) 25 2531 Corporal
Tyndall, John, GySgt, (1977-1998) 25 2531 Corporal
Sellers, Anthony, LCpl, (1978-1981) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Marine Wing Liason Kadena (MWLK)

Clarke, Richard, Sgt, (1979-1983) 31 3141 Sergeant
MWSG-17

Cooley, Joel, Col, (1965-1997) 13 1302 Captain
Leighton, Alan, Sgt, (1979-1986) 13 1371 Sergeant
West, Bill, Cpl, (1976-1982) 13 1371 Corporal
McCauley, Kenneth, LCpl, (1975-1979) 13 1371 Lance Corporal
Davis, Roosevelt, GySgt, (1972-1992) 70 6461 Gunnery Sergeant
Magee, Michael, SgtMaj, (1956-1993) 21 2161 Gunnery Sergeant
Brown, Ronald, MSgt, (1970-1991) 30 3043 Staff Sergeant
Collins, Larry, MSgt, (1972-1994) 35 3529 Staff Sergeant
Jump, Richard, SSgt, (1965-1986) 11 1161 Staff Sergeant
Eklund, Mary, Sgt, (1979-1985) 1 0151 Sergeant
Evans, Jack, Sgt, (1975-1987) 35 3531 Sergeant
Francis, Rick, Sgt, (1977-1982) 1 0131 Sergeant
Karam, Alfred, MGySgt, (1974-1999) 35 3533 Sergeant
Owensby, James, Sgt, (1973-1979) 35 3531 Sergeant
Peterson, James, GySgt, (1975-1995) 11 1141 Sergeant
Phillips, Calvin, Sgt, (1977-1988) 35 3522 Sergeant
Banks, George, Cpl, (1975-1979) 35 3531 Corporal
Coulter, Douglas, Cpl, (1977-1983) 35 3521 Corporal
McLemore, BT, MGySgt, (1977-2007) 35 3531 Corporal
Ortiz, Danny, Cpl, (1979-1983) 0 00E Corporal
Sturgeon, David, GySgt, (1976-1999) 35 3533 Corporal
Gridley, Wesley, Cpl, (1979-1983) 11 1141 Lance Corporal
Parrott, Gary, LCpl, (1975-1979) 35 3534 Lance Corporal
Becerra, Elias, Cpl, (1978-1982) 1341 Private 1st Class
Wartenbe, Arthur, PFC, (1978-1981) 30 3043 Private 1st Class
Brown, Daniel, SSgt, (1975-1989) 11 Staff Sergeant
Kramer, Beth, Sgt, (1977-1981) Lance Corporal
NBCWS, Iwakuni

Clark, James, GySgt, (1967-1990) Sergeant
WERS-17

Eldridge, Robert, Cpl, (1975-1983) 35 3521 Corporal
WTS-17

Elliott, Ellsworth, SgtMaj, (1958-1980) 99 9999 Sergeant Major
Thompson, Howard, MGySgt, (1969-1990) 35 3537 Gunnery Sergeant
Zgorski, Robert, Sgt, (1978-1985) 35 3531 Sergeant

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