Gary E. Brosch

Lieutenant Colonel Gary E. Brosch was commissioned as an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 5-64, 14 May 1964. Lieutenant Colonel Brosch’s first duty assignment was as executive officer of Detachment A-1, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Detachment A-104, 5th Special Forces Group (ABN), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Independent operations, Dominican Republic; Independent operations, Germany and Warsaw Pact Nations; Independent operations, 1st and 5th Special Forces Groups, Southeast Asia; Executive Officer and Commander, Headquarters CO, 5th Special Forces, Vietnam; U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Operations Officer, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence- U.S. Army Staff; Executive Secretary, Special Plans Coordinating Committee-U.S. Army Staff; Chief, Counterintelligence, Counter-terrorist, Counter-narcotics Branch, U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command; Director, Technology Transfer Division, Counterintelligence Directorate, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence-U.S. Army Staff; Intelligence Plans & Requirements Officer: Southern Region of NATO; Chief, Soviet/Warsaw Pact Special Operations Projections Branch- U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command; Special Liaison Officer: USAmbassador to Germany; Chief Intelligence Staff Officer(S-2), 5th Special Forces I-Corps (C-CO); Chief, Department of Defense (DoD) Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Plans & Policies, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); Director for Central Intelligence (D.C.I) Security Committee; Director for Central Intelligence (D.C.I) Security Committee, Compartmentation Subcommittee; Director for Central Intelligence Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee (TTIC); Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) Critical Technologies Control Committee; Principal Intelligence Staff Officer, U.S. Army Special Forces Detachment C-1. | His military awards and decorations include: Legion of Merit, Bronze Star(1Oak Leaf Cluster), Air Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal (1Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Commendation Medal, Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation (ARMY), Meritorious Unit Commendation, Navy Unit Commendation, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal (7), Army Service Ribbon, General Staff bars (4), Overseas Service Ribbon, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, General Staff Identification Badge, Parachutist Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, Senior Parachutist Badge, Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry Unit Citation with Palm (1Oak Leaf Cluster), republic of Vietnam Civil Action Medal, Vietnamese Jump Wings. | Lieutenant Colonel Brosch has retired and is writing a sequel to his fiction work “Yahuti”.