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LTC Mark L. Marchant

Lieutenant Colonel Mark L. Marchant was born 24 April 1961 in Morgantown, West Virginia. He graduated from the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming where he received a Bachelors of Science degree in Geology and was commissioned through the ROTC in 1985.

His first assignment was to the 1^st Battalion, 67^th Air Defense Artillery, 9^th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Washington. After graduating from the Special Forces Qualification Course, LTC Marchant was assigned to the 2d Battalion 10^th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Devens, Massachusetts as Commander of Operational Detachment Alpha 064, taking part in Operation PROVIDE COMFORT, followed by Battalion Adjutant and then as 2d Battalion Support Company Commander after the Battalion’s move to Fort Carson, Colorado. In October 1995, he was assigned to the Special Operations Training Detachment, Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, where he was a Special Forces Observer/Controller. He was reassigned to 10^th SFG(A) at Fort Carson in May 1998, where he served as the Group Adjutant, then the B/2-10 Commander from May 1999 through June 2001. While B Co Commander, he led his company through a deployment in Kosovo, in support of Operation JOINT GUARDIAN. LTC Marchant was then assigned to Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) in Stuttgart, Germany, where he served as a contingency operations planner and branch chief, deploying in support of Operation JUSTICE ASSURED in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Operation SILENT LANCE/Georgia Train and Equip in Tbilisi, Georgia, Operation AZTEC SILENCE in Algiers, Algeria, and Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM from various locations in Turkey. In June 2005, he was assigned to the U.S. European Command in Stuttgart as the Operations, Deputy Plans Chief. In June 2007, LTC Marchant was reassigned to SOCEUR as the Chief of Contingency Operations, SOJ35, deploying to Afghanistan in support of the NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), and led counter-terrorism planning efforts for northern Africa.

His awards and decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Joint Service Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Army Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Humanitarian Service Medal with four Small Bronze Stars, the Expert Infantry Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, Special Forces Tab and the Ranger Tab.

Lieutenant Colonel Marchant and his wife, Tara, are originally from Laramie, Wyoming. They have two wonderful daughters, Kylie who is currently attending the University of Wyoming and Andrea, who attends Patch High School, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany.

Martin A. Markley, Captain USA, Retired

Graduated University of Wyoming Army ROTC as a Distinguished Graduate in 1950. He attended the Associate Basic Infantry Officers Course in August 1950 and was commissioned in the Regular Army November 1950. He was assigned to the 34th Infantry Regiment, Camp Fuji Japan, as a Machinegun Platoon Leader in August 1951. He attended the Far East CBR School from 22 Dec 1951- 5 January 1952. Promoted to 1st. LT he was assigned as Company L Commander in June 1952. Following command he was assigned as Aide de Camp for BG Carter W. Clarke in July 1952 with the understanding he would receive a combat assignment after three months.

His combat assignment was granted and he was assigned as M Company Commander, 15th Infantry Regiment in South Korea in September 1952. In January 1953 he was assigned as Assistant S3, 3rd Battalion. Upon request, he was assigned Commander K Company, 15th Infantry Regiment in February 1953. He was promoted to Captain 30 May 1953.

His company was assigned to defend Outpost Harry 5 June 1953. K Company held the outpost against a reinforced CCF regiment, with an estimated strength of 3600, on 10-11 June, including hand to hand combat for which K Company received a Distinguished Unit Citation. During the battle he was wounded 6 times, and eventually evacuated to Japan, then to Denver in September 1953. He was assigned to Ft. Ord, CA in January 1954 and waived his disability to command A Company, 63rd Infantry Regiment. His next assignment was as Chief of Faculty at Hunter Liggitt Military Reservation where he established the Advanced Infantry Training Program for the 6th Army in 1955. Assigned to 20th Infantry Regimental S3. Ft. Ord, CA next, he established the Armed Forces Reserve Act (AFRA) training program for the Department of Defense in 1956. He attended the Infantry Officer Advanced Course in January 1957 and remained as a Weapons Instructor at the US Army Infantry School in 1957. He retired 6 November 1958 with an 80 % disabled due to wounds in Korea.

His awards include 2 Bronze Stars, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory Ribbon, American Occupation Medal, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Overseas Bar, Combat Infantry Badge, ROK Presidential Unit Citation, Distinguished Unit Citation, Bravery Gold Medal of Greece. In addition, by Order of the Secretary of the Army, he was granted and assigned the distinction of Distinguished Member of the 15th Infantry Regiment by John W. Hendrix, Major General, USA Chief of Infantry. He is also a member of The Order of Saint Maurice for an outstanding contribution to the Infantry.

COL Lawrence A Marostica

COL Marostica was born on Feb. 21, 1928, in Logan County, Colo., the sixth of 11 children. He served in both World War II and the Korean War. He was a social worker by profession and worked in Colorado county and state welfare departments before serving as Chief of Social Services for the state of Connecticut, a position from which he retired in 1985. He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, having served in many leadership positions, including stake presidency councilor and stake patriarch. He and his wife Joye also served full-time missions for the Church in both Missouri and Italy. He grew up on a farm near Iliff, CO and loved to garden and care for his yard during his retirement. He had a beautiful singing voice and loved to hunt, fish and look for arrowheads. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He passed away on March 12, 2008 in Pueblo, CO and was buried in Brookside Cemetery with military honors provided by the Fort Carson Honor Guard.

COL Rosemarie D. McCabe, MI

COL Rosemarie D. McCabe enlisted in the Wyoming Army National Guard in January 1975, completed basic training at Ft. Jackson, SC and spent almost three years in the 67^th Army Band. She finished a Bachelor of Music (BM) degree from the University of Wyoming and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in Military Intelligence through the ROTC program. Her initial duty assignment was as an Assistant S-3, Training for the 104 CEWI Battalion, 4^th Infantry Division, Ft. Carson, CO. From Ft. Carson, COL McCabe was transferred to South Korea where she held positions as a Protocol Officer and Special Security Officer, 2d Infantry Division. After completion of the Advance Course, she was assigned to 1^st Cavalry Division, Ft. Hood, TX (1983-1986). Assignments in Ft. Hood included Assistant S-3, Training, Brigade Intelligence and Security Officer, Division Support Command (DISCOM), and Special Security Officer, 1^st Cavalry Division. Following CAS3, COL McCabe was assigned to Ft. Gordon, GA (1986-1988), working in the AirLand Battle Division as a Leadership Instructor and Tactical Officer for 2LTs. She was then assigned to Augsburg, Germany and worked as the Commander, Special Security Detachment and Brigade Intelligence and Security Officer, 701^st Military Intelligence Brigade and Field Station Augsburg.

In 1990, she left the Active Army and transferred to the Louisiana Army National Guard where she worked for two years at the Officer Candidate School as an Instructor (Camp Beauregard, LA). In 1992, COL McCabe moved to the Oregon Army National Guard and has maintained membership in that organization until being mobilized with the 33d Infantry Brigade, Illinois Army National Guard to Afghanistan in 2008. Within the Oregon Army National Guard, COL McCabe completed assignments as 82d Brigade Intelligence and Security Officer, Support Operations Officer, 741 Corps Support Battalion, Commander, 3670 General Support Maintenance Company, Civil-Military Affairs Officer, Emergency Operations Center, Battalion Commander, 206Quartermaster (Water Supply) Battalion, Plans Officer, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, and Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence. She currently serves as the Project Officer for the Afghanistan Defense University, CTAG, CSTC-A, Afghanistan.

Colonel McCabe’s military schooling includes: Military Intelligence Basic Course, Electronic Warfare Tactical Operations Course, Military Intelligence Advance Course, Combined Arms Services School, Public Affairs Reserve Officer Course, and Command and General Staff College. Her civilian schooling includes Bachelor of Music Degree (University of Wyoming), Masters of Public Administration (Brenau University), and Masters of Education (Eastern Oregon University). Awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal (8 Oak Leaf clusters), Army Achievement Medal, Oregon National Guard Commendation Medal and Oregon National Guard 30 year service medal.

Colonel McCabe is married to Colonel Dan McCabe and they have one daughter, Erin. In her civilian career, she is a Music Educator at the Middle and High School levels.

LTC Michael B. Nelson, FA/SC

LTC Nelson graduated from UW Army ROTC in May, 1989, where he majored in Electrical Engineering. He attended the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course and Nuclear Weapons Officer Course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He later attended the Signal Officer Advanced Course at Fort Gordon, Georgia and earned a Master’s in Nuclear Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio.

His numerous assignments include Platoon Leader in the 32nd Field Artillery Detachment, 59th Ordnance Brigade, Nienburg, Germany; Fire Direction Officer and as a Platoon Leader in the 1/11 FA; 2nd ACR (Light) at Fort Lewis, Washington; and a Division Automation Officer, DIVARTY Signal Officer, Signal Battalion Maintenance Officer, and Commander; Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Signal Battalion; 10th Mountain Division (LI) Fort Drum, New York. While assigned to the 10th Mountain he deployed to Operation UPHOLD DEMOCRACY as the TF Mountain Signal Officer. Additional assignments are as the Communications Advisor to the Kuwaiti Land Force; Office of Military Cooperation-Kuwait to include serving during Operation DESERT THUNDER; the S1/S4 and then as the Assistant S3 to the Allied Signal Group as part of NATO in Izmir, Turkey (to include deployment to Operation JOINT GUARD in Bosnia); Test Fielding Coordinator at the Nevada Test Site, Nevada; Defense Threat Reduction Agency (including deployment to Operation IRAQI FREEDOM as part of the Iraq Survey Group); and as the Special Weapons Plans Officer, ACoS J5, United States Forces Korea.

He is currently serving as Land Operations/CBRNE Officer at Standing Joint Force Headquarters North; USNORTHCOM at Peterson AFB, Colorado. He currently resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado with wife Jerri, son Michael II, and daughter Michaela.

COL James R. Nolan, FA

Colonel Nolan attended the ROTC program at UW and was commissioned in 1950 at Camp McCoy, WI. He had a career in the Army Reserves and the Wyoming National Guard. He was the commander of the artillery unit in Rawlins. He retired as a full Colonel. He winters in Arizona and summers in Wyoming.

BG Robert Outsen

Brigadier General Robert Outsen was born July 6, 1906 in Cumberland , WY . He spent his childhood years in Rock Springs , WY and graduated from Rock Springs High School in 1924. He attended the University of Wyoming from 1925 to 1929 where he obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Geology. While at UW he played basketball, serving as the varsity captain his senior year and was a member of the All-Conference second team in 1929. He was also a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

BG Outsen married Berniece Redshaw on August 30, 1930 in Rock Springs , WY . They had three children - Billie Jane Durham resides in Cheyenne , WY ; Sandra Kendig ,died in December 1993 in Wheatland , WY ; and Sharon Henney of Cheyenne , WY .

BG Outsen continued his education by earning a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from the University of Wyoming in 1934. He was inducted as a member of the Kappa Delta Phi honorary fraternity during this time.

The General’s US Army career is best quoted from his obituary:

“On Dec. 15, 1940 , he was called to active duty in the US Army as a Captain in the Reserves. Prior to and during WWII, he held assignments from company through regiment and as a G3 operations staff officer at the infantry division level. In WWII, he participated in the European Theater with the 341^st Infantry Regiment, in the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns. Following VE Day, he served with his regiment in the Philippines . After WWII, he accepted a commission in the regular Army, highlighted by subsequent occupation duty in Germany, staff assignments in New York City, the Pentagon, the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Japan, and as Professor of Military Science at the University of Wyoming from 1958-1961. During his Army service, he attended the Infantry School at Ft. Benning , GA and was a graduate of the Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth , KS , the Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk , VA and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at Ft. Leslie McNair in Washington , DC . For his Army service, he was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Army Commendation with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the French Croix de Geurre with star. He retired from the Army on August 31, 1961 .”

Following his active duty career he pursued a second military career in the Wyoming National Guard. On April 28, 1964 he was appointed by Gov. Clifford Hansen as Assistant Adjutant general. In 1967 he served as Adjutant General for the state of Wyoming and he retired a second time from military service in 1971. He was awarded the Wyoming National Guard Distinguished Service Medal and in 1971 received a Certificate of Commendation from the Director of Civil Defense Region VI. He was a life member of the Wyoming National Guard Association and the National Guard Association of the United States .

Additional highlights of his career in public service to the state of Wyoming include service as Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction (1936-1938) and as Deputy Secretary of State (1964). He was involved in civic groups such as the Laramie County Red Cross (including service as Chairman), Laramie County United Way, United States Olympic Committee for Wyoming , Cheyenne Bicentennial Commission. BG Outsen was past President of the Wyoming Heart Association, Cheyenne Quarterback Club, Young Men’s Literary Club, Cheyenne Kiwanis Club, Lieutenant Governor of Kiwanis Division No. 13, Trustee for the YWCA, and Board Member for the YMCA. He also served on the Cheyenne Boy Scout Council. He was also a member of the Wyoming Consistory, Shrine, and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

BG Outsen received numerous civic awards in addition to his numerous military awards. These awards include the Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year (1975), Veterans Administration Involvement Award (1979), University of Wyoming Distinguished Alumni (1982), and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Merit Award Key

His very full and active life is best summarized by his daughter, Sharon Henney. She said, “As you can see from all my Dad did for the United States, his beloved state of Wyoming and his final resting place here in Cheyenne, there was no true “retirement” in his life until he succumbed to cancer on August 11, 1987. He left all of us a legacy of true servanthood.”

William Padilla 1977

I am a 100% service connected disabled veteran who spend one month in a coma
at Landstuhl after I was injured near my duty station of Schweinfurt, FRG
December 1, 1978. I spent six months "hospitalization" at Fitzsimons, in
Denver in 1979. I suffered a closed head injury. My duty station was
3/7-Cavalry, 3rd ID.

I have spent the last 29-yrs. recovering from that injury. I am in a lot
better shape than I was in 1978 but am still recovering. I wrote a book that
was published several years ago entitled, "Hunting the Comeback Trail",
Dorrance, 1999. A compilation of hunting stories by seven disabled hunters.

It was so successful, Dorrance is going to republish it again next summer with
a bit more information for the disabled. I am currently working on a new
book, "The Pucker Factor," a compilation of war stories about disabled
veterans.

I live with my disabled parents who are 79-yrs. old and will continue to until
they no longer need me. I was married for 17-yrs. to my lovely wife, Ricki,
who did more speech therapy for me in those years than the Army or VA ever
did. I was "blessed" with aphasia from that head-injury and what therapists
due to cure aphasia is put you through a mock debate. Ricki comes from a
female-dominated family and I from a more traditional, male one. Debate or
rather arguments were a daily occurrence. Now, I can take anyone to include
lawyers and politicians. Ricki is a vehement arguer and so am I.

I pursue my passion, hunting, as a sideline to my writing. I have been
published in a dozen magazines to include, Petersen's Hunting, Safari,
Bowhunter and Archery World, etc.

MAJ Michael David Pauling

MAJ Pauling is currently in the Military Police Corps, but has served as a Field Artillery and Chemical Corps officer in numerous active duty, Army Reserve, and National Guard positions. He is a 1991 graduate of the Army ROTC program and he holds a BA in Administration of Justice from the University of Wyoming and a Masters in International Relations from the University of Oklahoma. He has over twenty years total service in the Armed Forces and over fifteen as a commissioned officer. He has numerous military awards, to include the Bronze Star. He is a member of several military and professional organizations.

MAJ Pauling and fellow officers in Afghanistan

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LTC Brenton E Reinhardt

LTC Reinhardt assumed his current position as the Professor of Military Science in June 2006. Prior to this, he was the Executive Officer for the Kansas City Recruiting Battalion and the Commander of the Kansas City Military Entrance Processing Station in Kansas City, Missouri. Past duty assignments have been located at Fort Carson, Colorado Sinai, Egypt; Camp Zama Japan; Portland Maine; Great Lakes Illinois. His awards and decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 oak leafs), Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 oak leafs), the Army Commendation Medal (with 1 oak leaf), the Army Achievement Medal (with 1 oak leaf), the National Defense Service Medal with star, Multinational Force and Observers Ribbon with numeral 2, the Overseas Ribbon with numeral 2, and the parachutist badge. LTC Reinhardt's military education includes the Adjutant General Corps Basic and Advance Courses, Combined Arms Service Staff School and the Command and General Staff Officers Course.