Capt Phil Williams

Marine Corps | Assault Amphibious Vehicle (Aav) Officer

Dates of Service: Aug 1965 - Nov 1977

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7 Endorsements

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Commissioning Source: USNA, Jun 1971

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Bio

After my Discharge in 1977 as an AAV Officer, I could not find a job needing those skills. After job fairs and a stack of rejection letters, I went in a different direction. I accepted a job as a COBOL programmer where the 80-col punch-card was king. With a COBOL Made Easy book as my guide I made the transition. My military experience helped me move up and 30 yrs later I retired as a Dept Mgr. In Nov 1977 I started at Georgia State University as an entry level COBOL programmer. In 1978 I started managing the Institutional Support applications but in 1990 I exclusively managed the Library applications which ran on a Univac 1100 and were written in COBOL. In 1997 started to oversee the USG Library System from the technical side. Worked with both hardware and software vendors for purchases and upgrades. And coordinated their intallation

Military Experiences

May 1976 - Aug 1977

Academic Instructor

USNA, Shore Commands | Annapolis, MD

Taught Materials Mgt and Personnel Admin to 1st and 2nd Class Midn. Developed Type I Diabetes (recently associated with Agent Orange exposure) and given a Medical Discharge. Worked for then Major Walt Boomer (later Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps 1992-94) who headed the Management Department.

Sep 1965 - Aug 1977

Together We Served - Military Story

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DD-214: 8 June 1971 as Corporal, USMC DD-214: 20 August 1977 as Captain, USMC Together We Served links: 'Normal Shadow Box View' can be viewed at URL:http://marines.togetherweserved.com/bio/pwilliams1965 'Reflections Shadow Box View' can be viewed at URL:http://marines.togetherweserved.com/rsbv/pwilliams1965 Timeline can be viewed at URL:http://marines.togetherweserved.com/timeline/pwilliams1965

Jan 1976 - Apr 1976

Headquarters Commandant

Tactical Exercise Control Group | Okinawa, Subic Bay, Korea

War game referees for US Marines and ROK/Filipino Marines.

May 1975 - Jan 1976

Executive Officer

B Co, 1st Amtrac Bn | Camp Schwab, Japan

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Deployments

(4 months)

May 1966 - Aug 1966

Vietnam War

1 Endorsement

Heavy equipment operator with the 9th Engineer Battalion, FMF. Medical Discharge 1977 - Diabetes from Agent Orange exposure while in Viet Nam, plus cardiovascular problems (open heart by-pass surgery