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Old 02-20-2008, 08:31 PM
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Billy Waugh.....

Recently read a book called "The Hunters" and the foreward mentioned this guys name.

Now this is one bad ass mofo!

To think that in his 70's, he was in the hills of Afghanistan hunting Bin Laden:

Billy Waugh Bio

DOB: DEC 1929

POB: BASTROP, TX (Central Texas - 26 miles south of Austin)

Graduated: May 1947 Bastrop High School, TX

Entered Service: Aug 1948 - Basic at Fort Ord, CA

Jump School: Dec 1948

Apr 1951: Re/up for 187th Abn RCT, Korea

1954: Joined 10th SFG(A) in Bad Tolz, Germany

1957: 77th SFG(A), Fort Bragg, NC

1960-1965: 1st SFG(A), Okinawa w/5 TDYs with A-Teams to Vietnam and Laos

1965-1966: SWIA and assigned to Walter Reed GH, Washington, DC (Patient)

1966-1968: Reassigned to 5th SFG(A) with duty in SOG - FOB-1 of C&C, with duty in Khe Sanh

1968: SWIA and assigned to Kinbrough Army Hosp, Fort Meade, MD

1968-1969: 5th SFG(A) with duty at the 3rd Mobile Strike Force (Mike Force)

1970-1971: SGM of Command and Control South Recon Company. Reassigned then as SGM of Recon Company CCN, Organized HALO, and other duties.

1972: Retired on 01 Feb 1972 Total Combat Time Vietnam: 7 1/2 years
( 5 Gunshot Wounds )

1976-1979: Worked in Libya

1980-1985: Worked In Hawaii, with local Naval Police, Received Bachelors degrees in Business and Police Science

1986-1987: Worked on the Kwajalein Missile Range, Checking on Russian small boat teams attempting to steal U.S. Guidance Systems

1988: Masters Degree (MSCJA) from Texas State University San Marcos, TX

1989-Present: Contractor for my present outfit

Currently residing in Northwest Florida

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Cmon howie.....

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