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EWU Military Science Hall of Fame: Major General Kenneth L. Privratsky

08/03/2019 by jstafford3

Major General Kenneth L. Privratsky

U.S. Army Retired

EWU Class of 1969

DLA Hall of Fame 2018

Major General Kenneth L. Privratsky received his Regular Army commission in the Transportation Corps from ROTC at Eastern Washington State College (EWSC) on December 11, 1969. His initial assignments were as an Infantry Officer and included tours as a company executive officer in the l-508th Infantry, and Commander, HHC, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. He served as a Rifle Platoon Leader and S3 Air in l-502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), in the Republic of Vietnam.

Assignments following his return in 1972 included Plans Officer, Directorate of Inland Traffic, Eastern Area Military Traffic Management Command in Brooklyn, and Assistant Professor of English, United States Military Academy. In 1982 he was assigned to the 193rd Infantry Brigade (Separate) in Panama where he served as Secretary General Staff; Executive Officer, 193rd Combat Support Battalion; and Commander, 193rd Logistics Battalion.

In 1986, MG Privratsky moved to Fort Hood, Texas and served as Chief, Plans Division, 13th COSCOM and Commander, 48th Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Division. In 1990 he was reassigned to the National Training Center, Fort Irwin as the Senior Forward Support Battalion Trainer and then in 1992 to Alaska, where he served as Director of Logistics and Commander, Division Support Command, 6th Infantry Division (Light). In October 1994, he assumed duties as Chief, Strategic Mobility Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Department of the Army. In February 1996, he became Commander of Defense Distribution Region East, Defense Logistics Agency and then, in October 1997, the first Commander of the Defense Distribution Center, responsible for 22 distribution depots in CONUS and Europe. Major General Privratsky was Director of Transportation and Troop Support, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics. On July 9, 1999, Major General Privratsky assumed command of the Military Traffic Management Command. Major General Privratsky retired from the Army in 2002.

MG Privratsky is a graduate of the Airborne, Ranger, and Jungle Schools, and the School of Advanced Military Studies. He was a Senior Service College Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and has earned graduate degrees in English, Business and Military Science.

MG Privratsky’s awards and decorations include the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, two Legions of Merit, two Bronze Stars, four Meritorious Service medals, two Air Medals, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Bronze Star.

After retiring from the military Major General Privratsky worked for the largest domestic ocean shipping company in the U.S. He was responsible for terminal operations in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and along the west coast of the U.S. He retired from private industry in 2010. After retirement Major General Privratsky received the 2013 Exceptional Military Service Award from Eastern Washington University. He was also inducted into the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Hall of Fame in 2018. He is also an author having published book the book, Logistics in the Falklands: A Case Study in Expeditionary Warfare. The EWU Army ROTC indoor shooting range at Cadet Hall is named in honor of Major General Privratsky. He and his wife, Kathy, have two daughters, Erika and Kylie and currently live in Anchorage, Alaska.

Major General Privratsky is inducted into the DLA Hall of Fame.

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EWU Military Science Hall of Fame: Major General Roger K. Bean

08/03/2019 by jstafford3

Major General Roger K. Bean

U.S. Army Retired

EWU ROTC Class of 1962

Major General Roger K. Bean was born July 17, 1940 in Yakima, Washington. He was a 1958 graduate of Cheney High School before enrolling into Eastern Washington State College (EWSC) which is now called Eastern Washington University (EWU). He was awarded a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Business from EWSC in 1962. After graduation he commissioned as an officer through the university’s Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program. He earned a Masters of Art degree in International Relations from the University of Alabama in November 1973. His military education includes completion of the Field Artillery Basic and Advanced Officer Courses at Ft. Sill Oklahoma; United States Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia; and the United States Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.

Major General Bean’s early assignments included duty as a Forward Observer at Fort Lewis, Washington; Battalion Fire Direction Officer and Executive Officer in the Republic of Korea. As Platoon Leader he served as a Rotary Wing Aviator and Airlift Section Commander with the 1st Cavalry Division in the Republic of Vietnam on his first tour, then commanded a Field Artillery Battery with the 101st Airborne Division on his second tour to the Republic of Vietnam. He served with distinction as the S3 Operations and Executive Officer of the Field Artillery Group at Fort Lewis ,Washington; staff officer and Assistant to the Coordinator for Army Security Assistance, Office of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Major General Bean served from 1976 until 1980 with the 2nd Armed Division at Fort Hood, Texas where he commanded the 1st Battalion, 78th Field Artillery; was the S3 Operations and Executive Officer of the 2nd Armored Division Artillery; and served as the Assistant Chief of Staff, G5 Civil Affairs; later Chief, REFORGER Planning Group.

He served in Europe from 1981 to 1985. His assignments include Deputy Commander, Corps Artillery, VII Corps; Commander Division Artillery, 3rd Infantry Division; and Chief of Staff; 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized).

He served as the Assistant Division Commander, 9th Infantry Division (Motorized) at Fort Lewis, Washington. Major General Bean served as the Deputy Inspector General, Officer of the Secretary of the Army.

Prior to his retirement, Major General Bean served as the Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific Command.

Major General Bean’s awards include the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Air Medal with “V” device, Air Medals, Army Commendation Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters, Master Army Aviator Badge, and the Parachutists Badge.

Major General Bean passed away on June 13, 2009 in Tomah, Wis. after a 30-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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EWU Military Science Hall of Fame: Brigadier General Frederick G. Wong

08/03/2019 by jstafford3

Frederick G. Wong

U.S. Army Retired

EWU ROTC Class of 1964

Silver Star

Brigadier General Frederick G. Wong was born January 4, 1942 in Puunene on the Hawaiian island of Maui. He earned a Bachelor’s of Art degree in Education from the then named Eastern Washington State College (EWSC) in 1964 and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant as a Distinguished Military Graduate through the university’s Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program. He earned a Master of Arts degree in Education from Eastern in 1973. His military education includes completion of the Signal Officer Basic Course, Fort Gordon Georgia; the Infantry Officer Advanced Course, Fort Benning, Georgia; and the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.

Cadet Fred Wong receiving an award as the top shooter of the ROTC Rifle Team in 1963 from the then Eastern Washington State College Professor of Military Science Colonel Erwin Nilsson

Cadet Fred Wong was the 1963 Man of the Year at Eastern.

Brigadier General Wong’s early assignments include duty as a Platoon Leader at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; the Dominican Republic; and the Republic of Vietnam. He served as a Company Commander at Fort Polk, Louisiana; and as a Battalion Logistics Officer, Battalion Intelligence Officer, and Rifle Company Commander with the 25th Infantry Division in the Republic of Vietnam. General Wong also served as an ROTC Instructor at Eastern prior to serving in Europe with Headquarters VII Corps, Stuttgart, West Germany; followed by duty as the Deputy G1 Berlin Brigade. From 1977 to 1979 he served on the Third ROTC Region Staff and in 1980 as the Executive Officer with 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry, Fort Riley, Kansas. He then served on the Army Staff on the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff Personnel, and from 1985 to 1987 as Chief, Colonels Assignments Branch, U.S. Army Military Personnel Center.

Brigadier General Wong while serving as a company commander in Vietnam.

Brigadier General Wong served two tours with the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart, Georgia, where he commanded the 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry and the 2nd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division. In addition he served as the Assistant Chief of Staff, G1 and the Division Chief of Staff.

Brigadier General Wong served as the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific Command (USARPAC). He then became the Deputy Director for Strategic Planning and Policy, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii. He next served as Assistant Division Commander, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized). His final assignment was as Director, Officer Personnel Management, U.S. Total Army Personnel Command. He retired from the Army 1995. In 2000, he was appointed chief of the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service. In 2004, he became chief of Human Intelligence Support Services. He retired from government service in September 2009, after 40 years of service to his nation.

Brigadier General Wong’s awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Bronze Star Medal with “V” device and three oak leaf clusters, Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Air Crewman’s Badge, and Parachutists Badge.

Brigadier General Wong is married to the former Vicky Tamura of Kilauea on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. They have a daughter Lori and a son Jon. He is currently retired in Tennessee.

2016 Eastern Washington University Exceptional Military Service Award Winner

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EWU Military Science Hall of Fame: Brigadier General Gratton O. Sealock II

08/03/2019 by jstafford3

Brigadier General Gratton O. Sealock II

U.S. Army Retired

EWU ROTC Class of 1974

Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (CASA)

Brigadier General Gratton “Neal” Sealock entered the U.S. Army in 1974 upon graduation from Eastern Washington State College (EWSC) now known as Eastern Washington University (EWU). He was a Distinguished Military Graduate (DMG) from the university’s Reserve Officer Training Corps program and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the Infantry.

After the Infantry Officer Basic Course, Brigadier General Sealock was assigned to the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 500th Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division serving as a rifle platoon leader, weapons platoon leader, and heavy mortar platoon leader before receiving orders to attend flight training. BG Sealock completed flight school and the AH-1 Cobra course in 1977, he was assigned to C Company 3rd Aviation Battalion (Combat), Schweinfurt, Federal Republic of Germany. He join the battalion staff in Kitzinger in 1979.

Upon completion of the Infantry Officer Advanced Course in 1981, BG Sealock was assigned to the Army Aviation Center, Ft. Rucker, Alabama as an attack helicopter instructor pilot and flight commander. He served as the operations officer for Hanchey Division and assumed command of 64th Company, 6th Battalion in May 1983.

From late 1984 through 1986, BG Sealock studied Mandarin Chinese at the Defense Language Institute, the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) Chinse Language School in Hong Kong, and Fudan University in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China through the Army’s Foreign Area Officer program. He graduated from the Armed Forces Staff College in 1987.

Returning overseas he served as the Executive Officer for 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry at Camp Garry Owen, Republic of Korea. Subsequently BG Sealock was assigned to DIA as the China Country Officer in Washington, D.C. In August 1990 he returned to Hong Kong as the Assistant Army Attach ‘e and Director of the China Foreign Area Officer training program. From May 1992 through April 1994, BG Sealock commanded the 4th Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

After relinquishing command, BG Sealock spent a year as a National Security Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in lieu of the Army War College. Afterwards he was assigned as the China Desk officer and the Northeast Asia Branch Chief, Asia Pacific Division, in the Directorate for Strategy and Policy, J-5 the Joint Staff from June 1995 through May 1997.

BG Sealock addresses reporters during the Hainan Island Incident.

Brigadier General Sealock returned to Ft. Rucker and commanded the 1st Aviation Brigade from June 1997 through June 1999. He assumed the duties as U.S. Army Attaché, Canberra, Australia in August 1999 as well as being the only accredited U.S. officer to Papua New Guinea, the Soloman Islands, and Vanuatu. He was assigned as the U.S. Defense Attaché in the People’s Republic of China at the American Embassy in Beijing from September 2000 through August 2002. It was during this assignment that BG Sealock negotiated for the release of 24 American military crewmen who were detained by China after their plane crash landed on Hainan Island following a collision with a Chinese fighter jet.

Brigadier General Sealock was then assigned as the Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Cadet Command, Ft. Monroe, Virginia. He retired from military service in 2005. Following retirement he became the Director of the Spokane International Airport from 2005 through 2010. Brigadier General Sealock currently serves as the Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (CASA) for the Eastern Washington region. Neal and his wife Donna live in Spokane and have two sons K.C. and Clint.

Acting Secretary of the Army, Robert M. Speer selected (l to r) John T. Hargrove to represent Georgia (West); John W. Moulton, Illinois (South); and Gratton O’Neal Sealock II, Washington (East) as new Civilian Aides to the Secretary of the Army (CASA)

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EWU Military Science Hall of Fame: Lieutenant Colonel Wanda R. Jewell

08/02/2019 by jstafford3

Lieutenant Colonel Wanda R. Jewell

U.S. Army Retired

EWU ROTC Class of 1976

Gold Medalist Pan American Games

Bronze Medalist Olympic Games

Wanda Jewell graduated from the then named, Eastern Washington State College in 1976 and earned a regular Army commission into the Ordnance branch. She was part of the first ROTC class that commissioned women into the Army. Her military assignments include the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, 3rd COSCOM, 7th ARCOM, Individual Ready Reserve, and Small Arms Training Team.

Wanda Jewell

Wanda Jewell as a Cadet in 1976.

Wanda won a Bronze Medal in women’s small bore standard rifle at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, California. In 1978 she became the first person – male or female- to win two individual Gold medals at the World Shooting Championships. In 1974, while at Eastern, she was selected to the National Rifle Association’s Collegiate All-America team after winning a national intercollegiate title in conventional shooting. She also won numerous medals, including Gold, at the Pan World Championships and three Pan American Games. A 1976 graduate of Eastern, she was a two-time Inland Empire Female Athlete of the Year in the mid-1970’s. Her competitive career spanned 24 years, but she also contributed to the sport as a coach and administrator.

Wanda Jewell after winning a Bronze Medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics

In 2002 Wanda became the Director of Operations for USA Shooting based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Prior to that she served as the national rifle coach for U.S.A. Shooting; the first female to coach a national rifle team anywhere in the world. In 2001 her American rifle athletes won seven World Cup medals, and in 2002 American athletes won two World Cup medals, four Olympic quotas and two World Championships. In November of 2002 she was selected as U.S.A. Shooting Coach of the Year. “A big part of success in coaching is providing the right opportunities for the athletes,” Jewell said. Wanda retired from U.S.A. Shooting in 2008.

Wanda Jewell (2011)

Wanda Jewell’s military awards include, three Meritorious Service Medals, two Army Commendation Medals, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Army Service Ribbon. Wanda is married to Max Oliver, an Eastern ROTC graduate and retired Major.

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Throwback Thursday: The 1993 EWU Army ROTC Ranger Challenge Team

08/01/2019 by jstafford3

This picture is of the 1993 Eastern Washington University (EWU) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) battalion’s Ranger Challenge team. Does any of our Fighting Eagles alumni from the 1990’s recognize any of the Cadets in the picture?

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