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After Vietnam: Returning to MCAS El Toro following
my Navy exchange tour with CVW-21 on Hancock, I
had a three-year tour with the Marine Air Weapons
Training Unit - Pacific (MAWTUPAC) where I
instructed in conventional and nuclear weapons
delivery. That tour was followed immediately by three
years as Operations Officer of VMAT-102, the A-4
training squadron at MCAS Yuma, AZ. Following that
tour, I was sent to Quantico for Command and Staff
College.
After My Initial Obligation was up: Out of Quantico, I
returned to MCAS El Toro for assignment once again to
VMA-214, this time as Operations Officer. We were
slated for two unit deployments over a three-year
period. After a year and a half as Ops O, I moved up to
XO of the Black Sheep for a like period. Those three
years, 1979 to 1982, were fast-paced and rewarding.
They passed quickly, and returning from our second
unit deployment, I was assigned as an instructor at the
Army Command and General Staff College in Fort
Leavenworth, KS . That turned out to be a short twoyear
tour because as a brand-new LtCol, I was sent to
the Naval War College at Newport, RI, for the class of
84-85. A two-year tour in Jacksonville, FL, with 4th
MAW (reserves) was next (CO, MAG-42 det A), followed
by three years on the G-3 staff at FMFPac in Hawaii (87-
90). I returned to Alameda, CA, for another command
tour with 4th MAW (CO, MAG-42) (90-92). In 1992 I
moved to New Orleans to serve as the Chief of Staff for
4th MAW. Due to a reorganization of the Marine Corps
Reserve Force, I had a year as the senior active duty
officer in 4th MAW. Unfortunately, after one year I was
Second Platoon
reassigned as Chief of Staff, Marine Reserve Force,
where I served until I retired in July 1994 as a colonel
with 28 years active service.
My Current Life: After retiring, I went to work
immediately for Texas A&M University (Galveston, TX
campus), managing a large DOD grant. I wanted to
pursue a second career in higher education
management and was looking for a way to get my foot
in the door. The tour with Texas A&M accomplished
that, and for three years I was exposed to university
development, state and federal legislative affairs and
higher-ed finances. Following that period, I moved to
Austin, TX, to manage a small state agency which was
part of Governor Bush's staff. I served in that position
for three years (until Governor Bush left for
Washington, DC, in fall 2000). At that time, I was hired
by Texas Tech University to create and operate
regional academic centers in West Texas. The centers
were designed to offer degree and certificate
programs, provide academic support services for
students and offer a means of engaging communities to
support Texas Tech. The job entailed working with
local community governments, state and federal
legislative delegations and local funding sources to
provide required academic facilities and programs . I
did that for ten great years, enjoying my work as much
as my leisure.
Plans for the Future: Judy and I aren't active
travelers . We live in Fredericksburg, TX, a small town
of German heritage 75 miles west of Austin in the
Texas Hill Country. The town offers an amazing array
of attractions for a town of 10,000, and we have
absolutely no interest in moving. Both Judy and I are
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