Battalion Headquarters and Staff
Battalion Headquarters and Staff
Position | Name & Rank | Remarks |
Battalion Commander | Brown, John LTC (P) | Black Knight 6 |
Battalion Executive Officer | Rodriguez, MAJ | |
Command Sergeant Major | Gower, Craig CSM | |
BN Cdr's HMMWV Driver | Elsenpeter, Donnie SPC | Took this position around early FEB 91 from Bravo Company Supply Section |
BN Cdr's BFV (HQ66) Gunner | Haney, Scott SGT | |
BN Cdr's BFV (HQ66) Driver | Hawkins, John SPC | |
BN Master Gunner (HQ66) | Ladakos, Donald P. SSG | Coordinated TAC ops on nightshift in S3 shop |
S1 – Adjutant | Harlon, James CPT | |
Asst. S1 | Morris, Wayne 1LT | |
S1 NCOIC (PAC Chief) | Oliver, SFC | |
S1 PAC NCO | Ossorio, Eude SGT | |
S2 – Intelligence Officer | Bell, Jeffery, J. CPT | |
Asst. S2 BICC | Webster, Robert W. 1LT | |
Asst. S2 | Goemaere, Russell 2LT | Infantry augmentee to BN staff; during ground was was actually in BN TAC in M113 with 2LT Dennis Poyard tracking movements with a Loran |
S2 NCOIC | Hall, MSG | |
S2 Intel NCO | Overton, Tyler SGT (SSG?) | |
S2 Intel Specialist | Brown, Michael SPC (SGT?) | |
S2 Intel Analyst | Connelly, Michael PFC (SPC?) | |
S3 – Operations Officer | Lough, John S. MAJ | |
S3 – HMMWV (HQ3) Driver | Lynch, Jim PFC | Who drove HMMWV? – see Driscoll |
S3 – HMMWV (HQ3) Driver | Driscoll, Tom SPC | Who drove HMMWV? – see Lynch |
S3 – BFV (HQ33) Gunner | Blanch, Michael SGT | |
S3 – BFV (HQ33) Driver | Winkler, Dave PFC | |
Assist. S3 | Wood, Tony CPT | |
Assist. S3 | Dluzyn, David 1LT | |
Assist. S3 Air | Hannah, Sean 1LT | |
S3 NCOIC | May, Milton MSG | |
S3 Section – NCOIC Driver | Brenton, Chris PFC | |
S3 Section – 5-Ton (HQ34) Driver | Kreider, Benjamin L. SPC | |
S3 Assist. NCOIC | Peters, MSG | E/3-5 CAV 1SG prior to deployment; was S3 dayshift during DS; became acting CSM circa April 1991 when CSM Gower redeployed to retire after the ground war. |
S3 Assist. NCOIC | Graham, Bobby MSG | TOC nightshift; became 1SG of Bravo Co. in May 1991. |
S3 Section | Stone, John SGT | |
Forward Air Controller (FAC) | Dolan, Mike 1Lt (USAF) | |
Forward Air Controller (FAC) | Clarkson, Carl Sgt (USAF) | |
Forward Air Controller (FAC) | Welsh, Brad Sgt (USAF) | |
S3 Section – ALO M113 TC | White, Tommy SGT | |
S3 Section – ALO M113 Driver | Foster, Vance B. PFC | |
S3 Section – M577 (HQ12) Driver | Cranford, Dean PFC | |
S3 Section – computer operator/shift work | Maxwell, John SPC | from E/3-5 CAV |
S3 Section – Assist. S3 HMMWV Driver | Adams, SPC | from E/3-5 CAV |
Liaison Officer (LNO) | Farquhar, Scott CPT | Also commanded the 3AD Provisional Port Support Company in Al Jubayl, leaving theater on 7 AUG 91 as one of the very last Spearhead Soldiers in Southwest Asia. Chief-of-Plans and LTC at CMTC Hohenfels as of NOV 2003. |
Liaison Officer (LNO) | Briegel, John 1LT | |
Liaison Officer (LNO) | Poyerd, Dennis 2LT | During the ground war, was in BN TAC in M113 with 2LT Russell Goemaere. |
Liaison Officer (LNO) | King, James 2LT | |
Air Liason Officer | Dolan, Michael J. 1LT (USAF) | |
S4 – Logistics Officer | Haines, Thomas J. CPT | |
Asst. S4 | Melendez, Joshua "Josh" 1LT | |
S4 NCOIC | Johnson, SFC | |
S4 – BN Ammo NCO | Covington, Matthew SFC | |
S4 Section | Coates, David J. SSG | Retired in Jan., 1997. Recalled to active duty in Aug., 2005 and serving at Ft. Jackson. |
S4 Section | Crager, Kenneth SGT | |
S4 Section | Johnson, SPC | |
S4 Section | Williams, SPC | |
S4 Section | Brown, "DC" PVT | |
BN Signal Officer (SIGO) | Jones, Stan 1LT | |
BN Signal NCOIC | White, SFC | |
BN COMSEC Custodian | Davis, Hubert SGT | |
BN Commo Section | Berger, Eric (rank?) | |
BN Chemical Officer | Grimm, Brad 1LT | Augmentee from 8ID |
BN Chemical NCOIC | _________, SSG | |
Battalion Maintenance Officer | Rodriquez, Wilfred "Will" CPT | |
BMO's Driver | Durbin, SPC | |
Battalion Maintenance Tech. | Bolton, John L. CW2 | Black Knight 71 |
BMT's Driver | Alvarez, PFC | |
Physician's Assistant | Armstrong, Larry CW3 | |
Physician's Assistant | Owen, Paul CW2 | Augmentee from 2-32 AR |
Chaplain | Moran, David C. CPT | NAE |