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Biography of Lieutenant Colonel Michael D. Dishman

(As of 22 June 2009)

DOB: 5 October 1964

POB: Omaha, NE

Nickname: “Dish”

Source of Commission: United States Military Academy, 1986

Basic Branch: Field Artillery

Military Schools:

Jungle Warfare School, Panama, 1985

Airborne School, Ft Benning, 1986

FA Officer Basic Course, Ft Sill, 1986-1987

NBC Officer Course, Ft Sill, 1987

Junior Officer Maintenance Course, Ft Knox, 1987

FA Officer Advanced Course, Ft Sill, 1990

FA Chemical and Nuclear Targeting, Ft Sill, 1990

Defense Language Institute – Greek, Monterey, 1991

CAS3, non-resident, 1995

Defense Language Institute – Turkish, Monterey, 1994-1995

CGSC, Turkey, 1995-1996

Joint Military Attaché School, Bolling AFB, 1999

Defense Language Training – French, FSI, 2002

CGSC, non-resident, 2006

Promotion Dates:

2LT – 28 May 1986

1LT – 28 November 1987

CPT – 1 December 1990

MAJ – 1 October 1997

LTC – 29 September 2006

Assignment History:

1987-1989: Basic Training Executive Officer, Company Commander and Battalion Operations Officer (S3), Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, Ft Leonard Wood, MO

1989-1990: Firing Battery Executive Officer, Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 4th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Pelham, Sonyo-ri, ROK

1991-1992: Detachment Executive Officer, 19th US Army Field Artillery Detachment, 58th US Army Field Artillery Group, Camp Perivolaki, Langadas, Greece

1992-1993: Division Plans Officer, G3 (Operations), 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey (Dong-de-shon) and Camp Red Cloud (Uijongbu), ROK

1993-1994: Firing Battery Commander, Alpha Battery, 8th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Stanley, Uijongbu, ROK

1995-1996: Student, Command and General Staff College, Turkish War College, Istanbul, Turkey

1996-1999: Aide-de-Camp and Executive Officer, Office of Defense Cooperation, Turkey, Ankara, Turkey

1999-2000: Assistant Army Attaché, Defense Attaché Office, U.S. Embassy Ankara, Ankara, Turkey

2000-2001: Graduate Student, Middle Eastern Affairs, University of Texas, Austin, Texas

2002-2003: Defense and Army Attaché, Defense Attaché Office, U.S. Embassy Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

2004-2007: Strategic and Bilateral Plans Officer, Plans Division, Strategy, Plans and Policy Directorate, U.S. Central Command

2007-2009: Deputy Chief, Office of Military Cooperation Qatar, U.S. Embassy, Doha, Qatar

Miscellaneous Information:

9 overseas assignments

765 days deployed in CENTCOM AOR (OEF/OIF)

Awards and Decorations:

DMSM - 3, MSM, JSCM, ARCOM - 3, JSAM, AAM - 2, JMUA - 3, NDSM - 2, GWOTE, GWOTS, KDSM, HSM, MOVSM - 2, ASR, OSR - 7

Married to the former Sara Kirkpatrick of San Antonio, Texas. One daughter, Alexandra, age 7. Both reside in Wimberley, Texas.

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