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MSgt George Cater

Marine Corps | Infantry Unit Leader

Dates of Service: Dec 1969 - Sep 1993

RETIRED

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Active Duty 1969-1993 PMOS: Infantry Rifleman & SNCO; Marine Barracks Security Guard, NSA: 71-73; Drill Instructor PISC: 73-76; Marine Corps Shooting Team, Quantico: 78-81, Distinguished Pistol 1978; Recruiter, Florida: 85-87. 4th MarDiv G-3 Chief, New Orleans: 91-93. All other time spent in rifle battalions (1/1,3/9,2/9,3/3).

Military Experiences

Aug 1991 - Sep 1993

G-3 Chief

G3, 4th MARDIV HQ, 4th MARDIV, MARFORRES | MCSF New Orleans, LA

Aug 1990 - Mar 1991

Operations Chief (S3)

3rd Marines, 3rd MARDIV, III MEF | Saudi Arabia

Task Force TARO 3/3

Jan 1978 - Dec 1981

Pistol Team Member

WTBN, Training Cmd, TECOM, MCCDC | MCB Quantico, VA

Firing member of the permanent Marine Corps Shooting Team.

Jan 1977 - Jan 1978

Platoon Commander/Platoon Sergeant

3rd MARDIV, III MEF | Camp Schwab, Japan

Lima Co, 3/9; back in the day before unit rotation when 9th Marines were at Camp Schwab & 4th Marines were at Camp Hansen. Assigned as Platoon Sgt for 5 months with weapons & 1st platoon, as Platoon Commander for 7 months due to shortage of lieutenants.. Battalion was on 7 month float throughout the Far East.

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Deployments

(1 year, 10 months)

Aug 1990 - Mar 1991

Operation Desert Shield/Storm

3/3 out of Kaneohe - Task Force TARO in Desert Shield / Desert Storm.

Jun 1977 - Jul 1977

South Korea

Part of a 7 month float out of Okinawa. Visited Pusan, went through the ROKMC Mountain Ranger School in Pohang, participated in Team Spirit '77.

Oct 1977 - Nov 1977

Philippines

In and out of Subic Bay several times as part of a 7 month float out of Okinawa. Attended the Navy's Jungle Environmental Survival School at Subic.

Jun 1977

Thailand

Part of a 7 month float out of Okinawa. First liberty visit to Pattaya since the Vietnam War. Trained at Sattahip with the Royal Thai Marine Corps in night rubber boat raids in the Gulf of Thailand.

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