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unusual facts about Operations Officer



Australian Army Cadets

Other appointments that may be held by OOC/IOCs are Quartermaster, Adjutant, Administration Officer, Training Officer, Operations Officer, as well as various other appointments that exist at Battalion, Regional and National Headquarters.


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453d Operations Group

James Stewart, of film fame, was Group Operations Officer from March 31 to July 1, 1944.

Bryce Poe II

Poe was assigned to Allied Forces Northern Europe, Oslo, Norway, in August 1952 as a fighter operations officer flying de Havilland Vampires, Gloster Meteors, F-84 Thunderjets and F-86 Sabres with the Royal Norwegian and Royal Danish air forces.

Carleton B. Joeckel

Joeckel took a leave of absence from 1917–1919 and served as operations officer with the American Expeditionary Forces, 363rd Infantry of the United States Army during the Allied Forces’ campaign against the Germans in World War I; he achieved the rank of captain.

Deepak Kapoor

He served as the Chief Operations Officer for UNOSOM II (United Nations Operation in Somalia II) during 1994-95 and was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) in January 1996.

Douglas Macgregor

Macgregor was the "squadron operations officer who essentially directed the Battle of 73 Easting" during the Gulf War.

F. Michael Rogers

Between September 1946 and June 1947, he served as flight commander, operations officer, and commander of the 77th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

Garland Wright

Non-command assignments included serving as Operations Officer for Joint Force Air Component Command (JFACC) 0194, and Operations Officer for Area Air Defense Command Pacific (AADCPAC).

Jean-Claude Scraire

He worked with the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDP) for 22 years, where he successively held the positions of Legal Counsel; Legal Affairs Director; Executive Vice-President, Legal and Institutional Affairs and Real Estate Investments; and Chief Operations Officer.

John M. LeMoyne

In Europe, his assignments included command of the 3rd Battalion, 30th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division; Operations Officer and later Chief of Staff for the U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army.

John W. Doucette

He remained there until he assigned as Chief of Readiness of the 48th Fighter Wing and an assistant operations officer with the 493d Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath in England.

Joseph Fil

Upon completion of the Command and General Staff College in 1989, he served as the Operations Officer and later as Executive Officer 3d Battalion, 35th Armor, 1st Armored Division in Bamberg, Germany.

Michael R. Lehnert

Assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion in Okinawa, Japan, he served as Battalion Operations Officer and finished his tour as commander Company A, 9th Engineers.

Norman Anil Kumar Browne

A graduate of Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, USA, he has held many appointments including Joint Director at Air War Strategy Cell at Air Headquarters, Chief Operations Officer and Air Officer Commanding of an Sukhoi Su-30 base, Air-I at Western Air Command and Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence) at Air Headquarters.

Robert C. Richardson, Jr.

By now a temporary Lt Colonel, Richardson was Liaison Officer with Headquarters, 1st Army for the opening of Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the Operations Officer Representative at Advance G.H.Q. With the end of hostilities, now a temporary colonel, Richardson joined the Reparations Board, Peace Commission, Paris from January 28 to February 28, 1919.

Stuart H. Ingersoll

During this period, Ingersoll was a lieutenant commander and air operations officer on the staff of Rear Admiral Arthur L. Bristol, Jr., who was commander of the U.S. Navy Support Force at Argentia in the Dominion of Newfoundland, the force responsible for the escort work.

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John Bunch, Chief Executive Officer
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Volker Wieker

Upon his return to Germany, he was assigned as the operations officer of an armored brigade in Augustdorf.

William E. Ingram, Jr.

# February 1995 – April 1997, Rear Operations Officer, 139th Support Detachment, Morrisville, North Carolina

William P. Acker

After completing the Armed Forces Staff College in September 1967, he moved to Southeast Asia as flight commander and operations officer with the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.

William Waugh

Billy Waugh (born 1929), retired American Special Forces Sergeant Major and Central Intelligence Agency Paramilitary Operations Officer