Summary of Bob Cartwright's Presentation

My talk is about my many careers, starting in 1958 and finally retiring in 2011.

1958 to 1964: Great Northern Railroad (Spokane, WA). Worked as a “gandy” and timekeeper in the kitchen for rail Relay Gang West, then as a night Switchman, and finally as a Breakman building trains in the yard. In the meantime studying for my college degree.

1964 to 1986: Officer in US Army:

Basic Artillery Officer’s Course at Ft. Sill, OK

Jump School at Ft. Benning, GA

Platoon Comd for Honest John Nuclear Missile Firing Section in Germany

Commander Basic Recruit Training Company in Ft Lewis, WA

HQ Battery Comd, 7^th Div Artillery in Korea

HQ Battery Comd, 212^th Field Artillery Group, Ft. Lewis, WA

Battery Comd, 316^th Artillery Battalion in South Viet Nam

Artillery Officer’s Career Course, US Army Artillery School, Ft Sill, OK

Gunnery Dept, US Army Artillery School, Ft. Sill, OK

2IC 385^th Military Police Battalion in Germany

OIC Corp Training and Simulations Branch in Ft. Lewis, WA

Deputy Director, Army War Game Centre in Sydney, Australia

1986 to 1990: Team Leader at RDA Corp and Titan Corp providing support for all major simulation exercises across the US Army.

1990 to 1992: Military Simulations Analyst at Price Waterhouse Urwick in Sydney.

1993 to 2007; Boeing Corp (Sydney and Seattle) Proposals and Communications Manager at Boeing Australia, Ltd. Then Manager of Training and Support for AWAC Systems for The Boeing Co in Seattle, WA (including an extended involvement and a terrorist bombing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.)

2009 to 2011: Surveillance Detection Coordinator in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security for the US Consulate in Sydney.

2011: Retirement!