Gary N. “Butch” Cassidy

Colonel Gary N. Butch Cassidy was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, Class 12-69, 22 March 1969. His first duty assignment was as a Tactical Officer for 51st Company, 5th Battalion, Student Brigade, Headquarters, United States Army Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, Vietnam; Chief, M-60 Machine Gun Training and Chief, Land Mine Warfare & Demolition, Training Command, Fort Ord, California; Public Affairs Officer, Headquarters, Fort Ord, California; VI U.S. Army Confinement Facility Officer, 54th Military Police Company, Fort Ord, California; Director of Plans, Training, and Security, Headquarters, Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, Jolon, California; S1 and Company Commander, 10th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Battalion, St. Louis, Missouri; Arts Monuments and Archives Officer, 307th Civil Affairs Group, St. Louis, MO; PSYOP Officer, 307th PSYOP Company, St. Louis, Missouri; S2, 10th PSYOP Battalion, St. Louis, Missoouri; PSYOP Officer, 15th PSYOP Battalion, Upland, CA; Broadcast Officer, 306th PSYOP Battalion, Los Alamitos, California; Special Operations Forces (SOF) Action Officer, OCAR, DAAR-Force Modernization Office (FAF), Washington, D.C.; Special Operations Forces Analyst, Office of the Chief Army Reserve (OCAR), DAAR-FMF, Washington, D.C.; PSYOP Staff Officer, Headquarters, Department of the Army, DAMO-ODP, Washington, D.C.; Assistant for PSYOP Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict), Washington, D.C.; Deputy Commander, 7th PSYOP Group, Moffett Air Force Base, California; Chief, PSYOP & Civil Affairs Division, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Washington D.C.