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Current Service Status
USAF Retired
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Current/Last Rank
Chief Master Sergeant
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Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
55390-Site Development Superintendent
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Current/Last AFSC Group
Civil Engineering
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Primary Unit
1981-1983, 55390, 1st Civil Engineer Squadron
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Previously Held AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 230-Surveyor, Topographic
22250-Geodetic Surveyor
22250-Surveyor
22270-Surveyor Technician
55370-Site Development Technician
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Service Years
1955 - 1983
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Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Cuban Missile Crisis
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What are you doing now:
Nothing but traveling around the good old USA. I'm currently retired and was certified, by NICET, with certification as a Senior Civil Engineering Technologist through the National Association of Professional Engineers.
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Other Comments:
Civilian Work History (1984-2001):
2000-2001 Civil Engineering Design Team One, Base Civil Engineer, Randolph AFB, Texas (GS-12).
1999-2000 Director of Public Works for the Department of Defense Base Realignment And Closure Team, Fort McClellan, Alabama (GS-12).
1997-1999 Chief, Buildings and Grounds, 104th Area Support Group for six Public Works Offices, Hanau, Germany (GS-12).
1996-1997 Deputy for Public Works, Pusan Public Works, Busan, Korea (GS-12).
1995-1996 Chief of Facilities Maintenance, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (NASCC) Public Works Office, Corpus Christi, Texas.(GS-12)
1992-1995 Chief, Plans and Programs, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (NASCC) Public Works Office, Corpus Christi, Texas (GS-12).
1991-1992 Chief, Buildings and Grounds, 21st TACOM, Public Works Office, Kaiserslautern, Germany (GS-13). (On the NATO Inspection Team)
1990-1991 Chief, Roads and Grounds, 21st TACOM, Public Works Office, Kaiserslautern, Germany (GS-12). (On the NATO Inspection Team)
1988-1990 Chief, Facilities Management, Planning, and Programming Office, Mainz Area Public Works, Germany (GS-12).
1986-1988 Chief, Plans and Programs, NAS Corpus Christi Public Works Office, Corpus Christi, Texas (GS-11).
1984-1986 Public Works Contracting Officer Construction Representative, NASCC Naval Construction Corpus Christi Area Office, Corpus Christi, Texas (GS-09).
Military Service History (1955-1983):
1982 - 1983 Engineering Assistant Manager, 1st Base Civil Engineering Squadron, 1st Fighter Wing, Tactical Air Command (TAC), Langley AFB, Hampton, VA (E-9, CMSGT). Temporary Duty (TDY) Trip to: Willow Grove NAS, PA in support of the TAC Inspector General.
1980 - 1982 Chief, Contract Construction Management, 435th Civil Engineering Squadron, 435th Combat Support Group, 435th Airlift Wing, Rhein Main AB, Military Airlift Command (MAC), Frankfurt, Germany (E-9, CMSGT). TDY Trips to: Ramstein AB, Germany and Scott AFB, Illinois.
1978 - 1980 Chief of Facilities Maintenance, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Post Engineering Office, NATO Headquarters, Allied Forces Southern Europe (AF-South), Naples, Italy (E-8, SMSGT).
1975 - 1978 Chief, Construction Training Branch, 3778th Instructor Squadron, 3770 Training Group, Civil Engineering Training Center, Air Training Command (ATC), Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX (E8, SMSGT). TDY Trips to: Lackland AFB, TX and Maxwell AFB, AL.
1973 - 1975 Chief, Construction Management, 96th Civil Engineering Squadron, 96th Bomb Wing, 15th Air Force, Strategic Air Command (SAC), Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX (E-7, MSGT).1972 - 1973 Chief, Engineering Design and Safety Branch, 306th Civil Engineering Squadron, 306th Bomb Wing, SAC, McCoy AFB, Orlando, FL (E-7, MSGT).
1971 - 1972 Chief, Engineering Assistant and Design Branch, 554th Red Horse Heavy Construction Squadron, Vietnam and Thailand, Pacific Air Command (PACAF) (E-6, TSGT). TDY Trips to: Phan Rang AB, Cam Ranh Bay AB, Da Nang AB (our permanent home station), Tuy Hoa AB, Bien Hoa AB, Tan Son Nhut AB, and Nha Trang AB, and Ubon, Udorn, and Tacklie AB, Thailand. In July 1972 the Squadron Headquarters was moved to Utapoa, Thailand.
1968 - 1971 Survey Team Chief, Quality Control and Scheduling, 7454th RADAR Evaluation Squadron, 78th Fighter Wing, ADC, Hill AFB, Ogden, UT (E-6, TSGT). TDY Trips to: Aiken AFS, SC; Empire AFS, MI; Indian Mountain AFS, AL; Havre AFS, MT; Limestone AFS, ME, Houma AFS, LA, and Sheppard AFB, TX for cross training into the Engineering Assistant career field.
1967 - 1968 Survey Team Chief, Off Base Facilities Branch, 325th Civil Engineering Squadron, 325th Airlift Wing, Design Section, MAC, McCord AFB, Tacoma, WA (E-5, SSGT). TDY Trips to: Walla Walla AFS, and Makah AFS, WA.
1965 - 1967 Survey Team Chief, Off Base Facilities, 21st Civil Engineering Squadron, 5040th Civil Engineering Group, Survey/Design Section, Alaskan Air Command, Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, AL (E-5, SSGT). TDY Trips to: Kotzebue AFS, Alaska; Indian Mountain AFS, Campion AFS, King Salmon AFS, Galena AFS, Cold Bay AFS, Hopper Bay AFS, Unalakleet AFS, Eileson AFB, Seward Recreational Area, Port Moller, Alaskan Air to Ground Bowing Range, and Port Heiden AFS, all located in Alaska.
1964 - 1965 Survey Team Chief, 2868th Ground Engineering and Electrical Installation Agency (GEEIA) Squadron, Western GEEIA Region, Air Force Logistics Command, Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, AL (E-5, SSGT). TDY Trips to: Indian Mountain AFS, Wildwood AFS, Kotzebue AFS, Cape Newenham AFS, and Galena AFS, all located in Alaska.
1962 - 1964 Survey Team Instrument Man, Design Section, 4756th Civil Engineering Squadron, 4756th Fighter Wing, ADC Training Center, Tyndall AFB, Panama City, FL (E-4, A1C). TDY Trips to: Apalachicola LORN Station, and Cross City AFS, FL.
1960 - 1962 Recorder and Computation Crewman, Survey Team Six, 7420th RADAR Sitting and Evaluation Squadron, Geodetic Survey Flight, Ramstein AB, United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), Ramstein/Landsthul, Germany (E-4, A1C). TDY Trips to the following AFS RADAR/Missile Sites: Langerkopf AFS, Pirmasens, Baumholder, Finthen Army Airfield, Westhing, Grass, Sachsenheim, Spangdahlem AB, Erbeskopf AFS, Wiesbaden AB, Wasserkoppe AFS, Turkheim, Freising AFS, Giebelstadt AB, Emskirchen AFS, Schwarzenborn, Feldberg, Loffingen, Hamm, Linderhopfe, Wunsdorf, Celle AFS, Koterberg, Schonfeld, Teuelskopf AFS, Regensburg, Schmarnzell, Birkenfeld AFS, in Germany; Metz AFS in France; Madrid Civilian RACON, Torrejon AB, and Zaragoza AB in Spain; South Ruisuip AB, Upper Heyford AB, High Wycombe AB in the United Kingdom; Tripoli AB and Bengasi AFS in Libya; and Aviano AB in Italy.
1959 - 1960 Survey Team Instrument Man, Survey Team 3-0 Party, 1381st Geodetic Survey Squadron (Missile) and 1373 Mapping and Charting Squadron, 1360th Air Base Group, 1360th Photo Mapping Wing, Air Photographic and Charting Service, MAC, Orlando AFB, Orlando, FL (E-4, A1C).
1958 - 1959 General Surveyor, 1st Air Installations Squadron, 1st Fighter Wing, Eastern Air Defense Sector, ADC, Selfridge AFB, Mount Clements, MI (E-4, A1C).
1957 - 1958 Combat Topographer and Surveyor, 66th Topographic Combat Engineering Company, 1st Armored Division, Headquarters 3rd Army, North Fort Polk, Leesville, LA (E-4, SPC).
1956 - 1957 General Draftsman and Combat Topographer, 66th Topographic Combat Engineering Company, VII Corps, United States Army Europe (USAEUR), Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart, Germany (E-3, PFC).
1956 - 1956 United States Army follow-on Technical Training in Topographic Drafting and Surveying at the Combat Engineering Training Battalion, Fort Belvoir, United States Army Training Command, Alexandria, VA (E-2, PVT).
1955 - 1955 Basic Military Training, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, United States Army Training Command, Colorado Springs, CO (E-1, RCT).
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1955-1956, AAF MOS 230, US Army (USA)
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1956-1956, AAF MOS 230, US Army (USA)
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1956-1957, AAF MOS 230, US Army (USA)
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1956-1958, AAF MOS 230, US Army (USA)
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1958-1959, 22250, 1st Civil Engineer Squadron
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1959-1959, 22250, 1370th Photo Mapping Wing
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1959-1959, 22250, 1373rd Mapping and Charting Squadron
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1959-1959, 22250, 1381st Geodetic Survey Squadron, Defense Mapping Agency
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1959-1959, 22250, 1373rd Mapping and Charting Squadron
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1960-1962, 22250, 7420th Radar Evaluation Squadron
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1962-1964, 22250, 4756th Civil Engineer Squadron
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1964-1965, 22250, 2868th Ground Electronics Engineering Installation Agency Squadron
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1965-1967, 22270, 5040th Civil Engineering Group
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1967-1968, 22270, 325th Civil Engineering Squadron
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1968-1971, 22270, 4754th Radar Evaluation Squadron
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1971-1972, 55370, 554th Civil Engineer Squadron - Red Horse
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1972-1973, 55370, 306th Bombardment Wing
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1974-1975, 55390, 96th Civil Engineering Squadron
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1975-1978, 55390, 3770th Technical Training Group
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1978-1979, 55390, NATO United States Contingent
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1979-1981, 55390, 435th Civil Engineering Squadron
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1979-1981, 55390, Rhein Main Air Base
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1981-1983, 55390, 1st Civil Engineer Squadron
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Reflections on CMSgt Carlson's
US Air Force Service
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PLEASE DESCRIBE WHO OR WHAT INFLUENCED YOUR DECISION TO JOIN THE AIR FORCE.
Decision to join the USAF can really be applied as I was in the US Army - Combat TOPO Engr Corps surveying at Fort Polk Louisiana for General Gavin's Pinatomic Artillery range/project which was cancelled. We were then put on various mapping projects for Fort Polk waiting on DOD to give us a new project. During 1958 the USSR launched Sputnik which drove the DOD and the USAF crazy as the Air Force was hurting for Geodetic Surveyors. I enlisted in the USAF in 1958 and was sent to Selfridge and than on to Orlando AFB where the 1381st Geodetic Survey Squadron was officially formed up on 1 July 1959 within the 1370 PMW / DMA.
You could say the USSR influenced my decision to join the USAF as I keep my same rank and AFSC/MOS.
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WHETHER YOU WERE IN THE SERVICE FOR SEVERAL YEARS OR AS A CAREER, PLEASE DESCRIBE THE DIRECTION OR PATH YOU TOOK. WHERE DID YOU GO TO BASIC TRAINING AND WHAT UNITS, BASES, OR SQUADRONS WERE YOU ASSIGNED TO? WHAT WAS YOUR REASON FOR LEAVING?
My path was rather simple 14 years Army and Air Force as a Geodetic Surveyor and 14 years as an Engineering Technician. I was involuntary cross trained into the Engineering Technician career field as the 1370 PMW and the 1381st/1GSSQ had completed their requirements for a world wide mapping and control system which led to GPS. In other words we Geodetic Surveyors worked ourselves out of a job.
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IF YOU PARTICIPATED IN ANY MILITARY OPERATIONS, INCLUDING COMBAT, HUMANITARIAN AND PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, PLEASE DESCRIBE THOSE WHICH MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON YOU AND, IF LIFE-CHANGING, IN WHAT WAY?
Vietnam with RED HORSE in 1971 and 1972.
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OF ALL YOUR DUTY STATIONS OR ASSIGNMENTS, WHICH ONE DO YOU HAVE FONDEST MEMORIES OF AND WHY? WHICH WAS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE?
The East Berlin and East Germany building the wall as we had to get our gear together and Survey for the three MSQ - RADAR's on the West German side aliening the three Air Corridors into West Berlin. Something or team was certified to do, but they, DMA and the Pentagon, sent over a brand new 2nd LT to supervise our work. The folks in DC should never have sent someone fresh out of school and not trained in European Data / Position Control procedures. Could say more, but after a few days he went back to the USA as he was just getting in the way of our completing the mission job requirements.
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WHICH INDIVIDUAL(S) FROM YOUR TIME IN THE MILITARY STAND OUT AS HAVING THE MOST POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOU AND WHY?
Chief Joyce as he taught me what a leader should do and to always take care of and look out for your troops and responsibilities. He was my Mr. Cool and never lost his temper. In other words always do or take care of your responsibilities and resources to the best of your ability.
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WHAT PROFESSION DID YOU FOLLOW AFTER YOUR MILITARY SERVICE AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY SERVING, WHAT IS YOUR PRESENT OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY?
I was a Geodetic Surveyor and Engineering Technician in the Service and basicly did the same thing in civilian life working for NAVFAC and the Corps of Engineers as a civilian. I was very lucky in being trained in a career field that was the same in both the Military and Civilian areas.
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