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Louis T Dechert, Sir

1144A Jim Meyer Drive

Alexandria, LA 71303

Tel: 318/445-1035

Fax: 318/445-6715

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louis.dechert@us.army.mil



THUMBNAIL Born at Junction, Texas, USA, 18 January 1931, married at Chanute, Kansas, USA, 21 August 1949 to Marietta Ruth Jones. Two children: Deborah Suzanne Dechert Jackson, born 7 January 1951, presently an attorney in Honolulu, Hawaii; Louis T Dechert, Jr. born 9 May 1952, presently a club professional and golf course owner and operator, Pineville, Louisiana. Attended undergraduate and graduate schools. Military career twenty-three years. Post military career in State Legislatures, business and agricultural consulting. Memberships and offices in five veterans/military-related organizations. Field Representative of the US Census Bureau covering half of the parishes of Louisiana. Special Operations Deployment Operations, Fort Polk, Louisiana, 2001-2002. Resided since 1997 in Alexandria, Louisiana, membership in local civic and business organizations.

EDUCATION

Secondary Graduation: Wyandotte High School, Kansas City, KS, 1948.

Undergraduate Graduation: Park College, Parkville, MO, 1967, BA, Business.

Graduate: 1) The US Army Command and General Staff College, 1964. 2) The US Army Special Warfare School (Special Forces Q Course), 1965. 3) The Defense Language Institute, 1967. 4) The Armed Forces Staff College, 1972. 5) University of Texas Institute of Latin American Studies, accepted for PhD studies, 1973. . Also a graduate of thirteen Military Schools and Colleges.

Bilingual English-Spanish

RECENT STATUS

President, Korean War Veterans Association In November 2003, a group of veterans from Florida, Delaware, and Illinois asked me to run on a reform ticket against the corrupt leadership of the Korean War Veterans Association. I had commanded a local unit of the organization for over three years. I agreed to run with great reluctance—I did not want the job, but duty called. It was a rough campaign, the ballot casting extending from March through July 10, 2004. Even after winning, the losers attempted to block my installation. The office is actually more of an unpaid Executive Director of a national veterans 501 (c)(19) corporation. The KWVA is affiliated with the International Federation of Korean War Veterans Associations. There are over 600 chapters, 17,044 members. The term of office is two years.

US Army. Employed as a Special Operations Team Leader, Operations Group, Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, December 2001-August 2002. Assisted in the field training and certification for all US Army Special Forces deploying in the War on Terror. This entailed operation of the Joint Special Operations Task Force command and control center, 24/7, for periods of up to twenty days per month. During this time 1/3 of all the US Army Special Forces Battalions in the Active Army and National Guard were deployed through the Center. Continued consultant relationship after leaving employment.

US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Dallas Regional Office, Field Representative, December 1999-August 2002. Assigned as a wide area trouble-shooter and special projects. Covered all of Southwest, Central and Northwest Louisiana, plus Baton Rouge, Louisiana and certain penal institutions, as well as all counties in Northeast Texas. The work was independent with daily uploading of day’s actions onto the National Social Security Data Base. Extensive travel throughout area, 120,000 miles in sixteen months. Forced Reduction in Force (RIF) by in-coming Bush Administration resulted in loss of positions in the Region, including mine.

US Army, Retired, 1973-date.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES

US Army Non-Commissioned Officer, 1950-1951

US Army Commissioned Officer (Summer), 1952-1973. Served in Korea, NATO, Vietnam, South and Central America. Retired as LTC, Regular Army, Special Forces Branch, October 1973. Subsequently appointed Colonel, Military Aide, New Mexico Army National Guard, and served as Military Aide to the Honorable Bruce King, Governor of New Mexico, 1980-1981. High level civilian/military assignments in Southeast Asia and South America. Member of US Country Team for Bolivia. Bi-lingual, Spanish language. Attended more than thirteen service schools/colleges. Prepared Annex J (then), Unconventional Warfare to Joint Strategic Operations Plan (JSOP), JCS. Possessed Special Intelligence and Top Secret security clearances. Authored numerous articles in military and secular journals and publications.

Plant Superintendent, Juniper Products Corporation, Junction, TX, 1985-1986. Directed the construction and startup production of a high technology manufacturing plant in a relatively remote area of Central Texas. Major raw materials were procured as far distant as Montreal, Canada; repair and maintenance support for much of the machinery was as far distant as New Jersey. Additionally, recruited labor force, trained them, developed Quality Control procedures, and managed first six months of production.

Defense Advisory Committee, Ambassador David B Funderburk, Buies Creek, NC, 1985. Served on committee consisting of the Honorable Richard V Allen, Colonel Charles Beckwith,* the Honorable William P Clark, MGEN James L Dozier,* General Andrew Gats, General Daniel Graham, Ambassador Charles Lichenstein, Admiral James W Nance, Admiral Edward C Outlaw, MGEN George S Patton III,* the Honorable Richard Pipes, MGEN John K Singlaub, and General Gordon Sumner, Jr.

*Indicates members whom I personally recruited for the committee.

Rancher, Menard County Texas. Returned home to settle affairs upon the death of my father. Small livestock operation in Central Texas (1983-1985). Concurrently, aide to an uncle, second ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee (The Honorable O C Fisher of Texas).

Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Hopi Indian Tribe of Arizona Developed policies and procedures as well as directed on-going social, economic, and political activities for the Hopi Chairman within the Tribal Government as well as communicated to the larger Arizonian culture and the state government. Represented the Hopi Chairman on Anglo-Native American ad hoc working groups chaired by the Honorable Bruce Babbitt, Governor of Arizona.

Military Aide to the Honorable Bruce King, Governor of New Mexico, 1980-1981. This was a position at that time in the New Mexico Army National Guard. This was unusual for me, and helped prove my ability to work in a bipartisan manner. Governor King was a “Carter democrat,” and I was a “Reagan Republican.”

President, Consulting Services Company . Agribusiness and rural development company in Farmington, NM (1978-1981). Developed and managed five irrigated alfalfa farms in the Four Corners Region (New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona). Also represented the New Mexico Farm Bureau, the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association, and the New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts in the New Mexico State Legislature. Small Business Instructor, New Mexico State University, Farmington.

Operations Director, The Hopi Indian Tribe (1978). Organized the tribal departments of health, education, labor, law enforcement, and private enterprise development; recruited personnel; directed training and operations. Responsible to Tribal Council for reporting and funding.

President, PROJECT ABIDE, international refugee, relief and religious freedom organization. (Contracted with Christian Solidarity, International, Zurich, April 1977). Extensive travel in (then) Yugoslavia, Romania, and Bulgaria. Began contacts in Vietnam.

International Consultant, Relief and Refugee Agencies (1977-date). Demographic analysis, projections, studies. Rural Development operations.

Special Studies, Office of the President, C&MA , 1977

International Director, OPERATION HEARTBEAT, of the C&MA and NAE (1975-1977). Personally recruited, trained and directed staffs at five refugee sponsoring offices in the United States, one office in Canada, an office in Korea, and an office on Guam. Processed and located sponsors for over 11,000 refugees from the former sates of Indochina during the crisis of the subjugation of that region by North Vietnamese forces. Predated development of the VOLAG (Voluntary Agencies, now termed NGO) by the US State Department and INS for same purposes. Developed and pioneered many procedures and techniques now utilized by US and UN refugee and rural development agencies.

MEMBERSHIPS AND RECOGNITIONS

The Military Order of the Purple Heart Life Member L35444. Member and Commander, West Central Louisiana Chapter 727, Leesville, LA; Chief of Staff, Department of Louisiana, 2000-2001; Junior Vice Commander, Department of Louisiana, 2001-2002; Commander, Department of Louisiana, 2003-2004.

The Korean War Veterans Association Life Member LR27194. Charter member and three year (current) Commander, Central Louisiana Chapter 180, Leesville, LA. Elected President of National KWVA, July 11, 2004.

The Special Forces Association Life Member D-3302. Twenty-four year member.

Association of the US Army Life Member 107374. Member since 1956.

The Retired Officers Association Life Member# 01224180.

The 101st Airborne Association Life Member #87.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Life Member 9132302

The American Legion Annual Member

The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Pensacola, FL

The American Association of Agricultural Consultants (Charter Member)

The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation Member since 1997.

Member and Chairman, Louisiana National Guard and Camp Beauregard committee, Military Affairs Division, Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce (1999-2001)

Republican National Committee Life Member

Who’s Who, 17th Edition

Military Awards And Decorations

Combat Infantryman’s Badge

Parachutist Badge 48 jumps plus 6 classified jumps

Awards from Korean, Vietnamese and Bolivian Governments

US Presidential Unit Citation (Three awards)

Bronze Star for Valor

Bronze Star for Merit (3 OLC)

Meritorious Achievement Medal

Air Medal

Army Commendation Medal (1 OLC)

Purple Heart

Eight Combat Service Bars (with appropriate

campaign/service medals)

Significant Military Duties

Recon Platoon Leader, Korean War-40th Inf Div

Tank Platoon Leader, Korean War-40th Inf Div

Tank Company Executive Officer, Korean War-40th Inf Div

Tank Company Commander, Fort Hood, Texas-4th Armd Division (3 yrs)

Tank Company Commander, Border Patrol, West Germany-2d Armd Cav

Recon Battalion War Plans Officer-2d Armd Cav Regt, West Germany

Armor Tactics Instructor, Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Vietnam- Military Sector Commander

Special Forces Project Officer-Fort Huachuca, Arizona, Fort Bragg, NC

Bolivia- Special Forces Operations

15th Training Battalion Commander, Fort Knox, Kentucky

4th Training Brigade Commander, Fort Knox, Kentucky

Vietnam -Special Forces Special Operations Augmentation, MACSOG

Vietnam- Deputy Group Commander, 5th Special Forces Group (Abn)

Vietnam- Assistant C/S G-3, I Field Force

Vietnam- G3, US Army Forces, MR 1

DOD Special Project-Federal Republic of Germany

Military Aide-de- Camp, New Mexico National Guard

Field work, Socialist Republic of Romania, 1985

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