RESUME OF SERVICE CAREER

OF

WILLIAM PATRICK TANGNEY

MAJOR GENERAL

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH

7 October 1945, Worcester, Massachusetts

YEARS OF ACTIVE COMMISSIONED SERVICE

Over 27

PRESENT ASSIGNMENT

Commanding General, United States Army Special Forces Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina 28307, since May 1995

MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED

Field Artillery Officer Basic Course

Infantry Officer Advanced Course

Special Forces Qualification Course

Naval Command and Staff College

Army War College

EDUCATIONAL DEGREES

Citadel Military College - BA Degree - Political Science

Syracuse University - MA Degree - Anthropology

FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) Czech

MAJOR DUTY ASSIGNMENTS

Jan 68 - Mar 68

Student, Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, United States Army Artillery and Missile School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Mar 68 - May 68

Student, Ranger Course, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia

May 68 - Mar 69

Forward Observer, later Assistant Executive Officer, Battery A, and later S-2 (Intelligence), Headquarters Support Battery, 2d Battalion, 9th Artillery, 4th Infantry Division, United States Army, Vietnam

Sep 69 - Dec 69

Student, Special Forces Officer Course, United States Army Institute for Military Assistance, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Dec 69 - Aug 70

S-3 (Operations), Company D, later Commander, Detachment A, 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Devens, Massachusetts

Aug 70 - Jan 71

S-2 (Intelligence), Detachment 5th Special Forces Group, United States Army, Vietnam

Jan 71 - Sep 71

S-3, later Senior Launch Commander, United States Army Vietnam, Training Advisory Group, United States Army Vietnam

Sep 71 - Jan 72

Instructor, Ranger Course, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Jan 72 - Sep 72

Student, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia

Sep 72 - Mar 74

Operations Staff Officer, G-3 Training Division, United States Army John F. Kennedy Center for Military Assistance, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Apr 74 - Sep 74

Executive Officer, Company B, 2d Special Forces Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Sep 74 - Jul 75

Operation Officer, G-3 Training Division, United States Army John F. Kennedy Center for Military Assistance, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Jul 75 - May 77

Student, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

May 77 - Jul 80

Instructor, later Assistant Professor and Executive Officer, Department of Social Sciences, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York

Jul 80 - Jun 81

Student, United States Naval College of Command and Staff, Newport, Rhode Island

Jun 81 - Sep 83

Executive Officer, 2d Battalion, later Executive Officer, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Sep 83 - May 85

Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff G-3 (Operations), later Deputy Chief of Staff, 1st Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

May 85 - May 87

Commander, 3d Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

May 87 - Apr 88

Chief, Special Forces Branch, United States Total Army Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia

Apr 88 - Jun 89

Army War College Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC

Jun 89 - Aug 89

Assistant to the Commandant, National War College, Fort McNair, Washington, DC

Aug 89 - May 90

Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Washington, DC

Jun 90 - Aug 92

Commander, 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Devens, Massachusetts

Aug 92 - Jan 93

Deputy Chief of Staff for Force Development and Integration, US Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Jan 93 - Oct 94

Commanding General, Special Operations Command Central, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

Nov 94 - May 95

Deputy Commanding General and Chief of Staff, United States Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

PROMOTIONS AND DATES OF APPOINTMENT

2LT 5 Jun 68

1LT 18 Jan 69

CPT 18 Jan 70

MAJ 2 Dec 78

LTC 1 Oct 84

COL 1 Jun 90

BG 1 Aug 93

MG Frocked

US DECORATIONS AND BADGES

Defense Superior Service Medal

Legion of Merit

Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device

Bronze Star Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)

Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)

Army Commendation Medal

Army Achievement Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)

Combat Infantryman Badge

Master Parachutist Badge

Ranger Tab

Special Forces Tab

SOURCE OF COMMISSION ROTC

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS

* S-2 (Intelligence), Detachment 5th Special Forces Group, later S-3, and later Senior Launch Commander, United States Army Vietnam, Training Advisory Group, United States Army, Vietnam

Aug 70 - Sep 71 Captain

Assistant to the Commandant, National War College, Fort McNair, Washington, DC (No joint duty credit)

Jun 89 - Aug 89 Lieutenant Colonel

Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Washington, DC (No joint duty credit)

Aug 89 - May 90 Lieutenant Colonel

Commanding General, Special Operations Command Central, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

Jan 93 - Nov 94 Brigadier General

* Joint equivalency

As of 29 February 1996

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