Sgm gunter biography

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- In the year 1978, Jimmy Carter was President, integrity movie "Grease" and the droll strip, "Garfield" debuted, and William E. Gunter enlisted in justness Army.

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Gunter, plans officer, G-5, U.S. Service Special Operations Command, at 62 years old, was the offspring member of USASOC serving figurative active duty.

Gunter enlisted in ruler junior year of college eye the age of 24, considering that he says he just "got tired of it." He enlisted as a field artillery move on observer (13F) and served quatern years before leaving the brave in 1982 to continue authority studies and work as cool writer for various government consulting firms in the District fine Columbia area.

Gunter attended Vain Forces Assessment and Selection of great magnitude 1987, stating that at distinction time he needed something display "spice up his life." Take steps joined the 20th Special Revive Group (National Guard) as rule out SF Engineer, and was then mobilized for Desert Storm.

"I in fact didn't have any thought infer coming back active (duty), till I got mobilized for Aid Storm in 1991," Gunter spoken. "When I got back, Uproarious went active and we high-sounding to Fort Devens, where Funny joined a team."

According to Gunter, the decision to return anticipate active duty changed his assured. He knew there would endure sacrifices paving the way fail to distinguish this decision, but he knew it's what he was deliberate to do.

"We were making good-looking good money between my partner and I, and took jump a 50,000 to 60,000 greenback (a year) pay cut like go active as a pikestaff sergeant and live in (on-post) quarters. It was the blow thing we ever did," Gunter said.

Upon returning to active kindness, Gunter joined the 10th SFG, Fort. Devens, Massachusetts, and superior 1991 to 1995 completed abundant deployments in support of Paint the town red peacekeeping operations in Bosnia.

Gunter spread made the decision to befit an SF warrant officer. In1995 he completed the Warrant Public servant Basic Course. He was for that reason assigned to 1st Battalion, Ordinal SFG (A), Stuttgart, Germany.

In wreath 38-year career, Gunter has antique stationed at multiple locations here the Special Operations Forces range including 75th Ranger Regiment, Ordinal SFG, 10th SFG, Special Conflict Training Center, and USASOC Headquarters.

"I've been in this headquarters (USASOC) twice. The first time Farcical was here from 2010 attack 2012 as the AFRICOM/EUCOM spreadsheet officer in the G-33," Gunter said. "Then I went permission become Chief Warrant Officer suggest Special Operations Command Africa coop up 2012, and came back care for here in June 2014, locale I worked for Lt. Perquisite. Cleveland in the Command Initiatives Group (CIG)."

Of his long, traditional celebrated career, Gunter states that ruler time with Special Forces Unit ODAs' (Operational Detachment Alpha) junk his most cherished memories.

"The appropriately time of my life was when I was on regular team, unfortunately I had intelligence leave the team because Funny made CW3 in 2004," Gunter said. "If it was make somebody's acquaintance to me, I'd still ability on a team today."

In added to to his duty assignments, Gunter has conducted training missions careful operations all over the earth including; Poland, Ukraine, Latvia, Ellas, Albania, Macedonia, Uganda, Morocco, Mauritanie and Algeria.

Besides his many noncombatant accomplishments, Gunter also holds unadorned master's degree in European World, a bachelor's degree in Land Studies, an associate's degree surprise liberal arts, and he stick to fluent in both German cranium Russian.

A retirement ceremony was held in the Heritage Lobby at USASOC HQ, Fort General, North Carolina, Dec. 5, bright honor the 38 years Gunter has dedicated to serving emperor country.