Dedicated to the military service of
Maj. Jack K. Tarr
Late August, 1960: Enlisted in Dallas, TX
Sep '60 - Feb '61: Basic training, Ft Leonard Wood, MO
Feb '61 - Jun '61: Comms Intercept Training, Ft Devins, MA
Jun '61 - Dec '61: Infantry OCS, Ft Benning, GA
Jan '62 - Feb '62: Jump School, Ft Benning, GA
Feb '62 - May '62: Ranger School, Ft Benning, GA & FL
May '62 - Feb '64: Training Command Range Officer, Executive Officer, and Commanding Officer, Ft Polk, LA
Feb '64 – Apr '64: Military Advisory Course, Ft Bragg, CA
Apr '64 - Apr '65: Advisor in Mekong Delta (2 locations), Vietnam
Apr '65 - Apr '66: Division HQ Company Commander, 101st Airborne Division, Ft Campbell, KY
Apr '66 - Jun '66: Company Commander, 1/501st (Geronimo Battalion), gets redesignated 4/503d, Ft Campbell, KY
Jun 6, '66: 4/503d heads to Vietnam to join 173d
Jun '66 - Jun, '67: 173d Airborne, RVN. Jun - Oct: Company Commander of Charlie Company; Nov - Dec: S-5 (Civil Affairs); Jan - Jun: Commandant of newly-established 173d Jungle School, Vietnam
Jul '67 – Apr '68: Infantry Officers Advanced Course, Ft Benning, GA
Jun '68 – Jun '71: Operations Officer, Personnel Officer, S-3 of airborne battalion, Panama
Jun '71 – Sep '71: Vietnamese Language School (honor grad), Ft Bliss, TX
Oct '71 – Oct '72: Advisor in I Corps, starting with remote location and ending in Da Nang, Vietnam
Dec '72 – '7?: Reserve Advisor, Charleston, SC
7? - 7?: Professor Military Science, Millersville Military Institute, near Paris, KY
7? – Jul '78: Assistant Professor Military Science, Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, LA
Jul '78 - Aug '80: Training Officer, TRADOC, assigned to Foreign Mil Sales Div of Army, Pentagon and Alexandria, VA