William Emmett Ekman

Government Positions

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Unified combatant command of the US Armed Forces responsible for the Indo-Pacific region

• Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations (Jul '63→?)

173rd Airborne Brigade U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe | Forward based in Italy & Germany | First major United States Army ground formation deployed in Vietnam

• Commander-designate ('63→?)

1st Battalion 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Moved from Bad Toelz, Germany to Panzer Kaserne in 1991

• Commanding Officer (Dec 15 '54→Jul '56)

Family

Iris M. Welch

• wife ('38→?)

Schools

United States Military Academy Prep School Camp Smith, Hawaii

• High School Diploma ('32→'34)

United States Military Academy - West Point U.S. Military Academy

• Undergraduate ('34→'38)