CPT Scott Sharon

Army | Engineer Officer

Dates of Service: Oct 1965 - Oct 1972

RETIRED

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115 Endorsements

5071 Contacts

Influence Score: 875,868
168 out of 862,668 Veterans

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Commissioning Source: OCS, Oct 1966

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Bio

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Adventures-My-Life-Amazing/dp/1520406215/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= My experience has been in engineering, marketing, product development and business development. I have one patent and developed several key products in my industry. I founded three successful companies and am currently CEO of START. I recently wrote and published a book on Amazon.com titled "Great Adventures From MY Life". It includes some funny but strange adventures from growing up on a farm and some of my Vietnam experiences.

Military Experiences

Oct 1967 - Oct 1968

Platoon Leader

19th EN, 20th EN BDE, XVIII ABN Corps, FORSCOM | Vietnam

1 Endorsement

I led my platoon on minesweep every morning to clear a section of HWY 1 of mines and boobytraps. I led them on several other building projects on HWY 1 such as blowing out old bridges and building new bridges to widen the road, install culverts and several other upgrade projects.My company was assigned a section of the highway to widen it from one to two lanes. I also went on several combat missions with different infantry and armor units.

Nov 1966 - Oct 1967

Company Executive Officer

Basic Combat Training Unit | Fort Jackson, SC

We provided basic combat training for new Army recruits. While there I assisted in the training of 5 companies of approximately 200 recruits in each class. Besides being the company executive officer I was mess officer, training officer, and safety officer.

Deployments

(1 year, 1 month)

Oct 1967 - Oct 1968

Vietnam War

2 Endorsements

Combat Engineer Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, Company Commander, Assistant S3. While in Vietnam designed and built two bridges, a new road up a small mountain and several other key projects. I also became a demolition expert and completed several high-profile demolotion projects in various parts of Vietnam.