Following a multi-national upbringing – Mexico, England, Switzerland, and the United States – entered the military service in January 1963 as an infantry officer. Saw combat at the “grass-roots” level as an infantry and special forces officer in the Dominican Republic, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Subsequent military service, until retirement in 1993, focused on national level political-military collection, analysis, and reporting. Included were assignments to the Army, Joint, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense Staff (SOLIC). Also, US Embassy and attaché assignments to Cambodia, Thailand, Hong Kong, and China. Retired from the Army as Special Forces Branch Colonel. Subsequent to retirement ten years were spent in assorted Balkan countries, nine months in Iraq, and 18 months at Saint Antony’s College, Oxford. From 2008 - 2019, employed by the Department of State in Washington DC. Most recently on contract to the Office of the Historian at the Defense Intelligence Agency.
HIGHLIGHTS:
FEBRUARY 2022 to May 2024: Senior Researcher with the FedWriters with duty with DIA’s History Office.
MARCH 2008 to FEBRUAY 2019: Senior Project Manager, US Department of State, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN/NDF), Washington DC. From March 2008 - April 2009 ISN/NDF Project Manager in Pyongyang, North Korea.
NOVEMBER 2003 to MAY 2004: USAID/RTI – Iraq. Local Government Team Leader in Maysan Governorate with the mission of again overseeing and coordinating local government programs throughout the Governorate. Team consisted of ten Internationals and 147 local Iraqis.
AUGUST 1999 to JULY 2003: United Nations Administrator initially for Vushtrri/Vucitrn Municipality, and subsequently Peje/Pec Municipality, Kosovo. Essentially performed the functions of a mayor as well as being responsible for all aspects of social and physical reconstruction of two of the most war-ravaged Municipalities in Kosovo.
MAY 1995 – DECEMBER 1996: U. S. Defence Advisor (brevet Major General) to the Albanian Minister of Defence. Directly responsible to the Albanian Minister of Defence, USCOM and OSD, issues related to the “democratization and rehabilitation” of the Albanian Armed Forces.
FEBRUARY 1988 – FEBRUARY 1993: Chief, DTFMO at DIA, Washington; Special Liaison Officer with the United Nations Border Relief Organisation, Thailand responsible for training police services and reporting on the Khmer Rouge. Responsible also for the writing, dissemination, and implementation of a legal code for 350,000 Cambodian Refugees. Subsequently assigned as Chief, Counterinsurgency Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defence for Special Warfare and Low-Intensity Conflict. Also, detailed to Net-Assessments to undertake a special study on China 2000. Initiated and ran the 1992-1997 Staunton Hill International Conferences on the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
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