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COL RICHARD HOBBS (Col Ret.) – Reno Nevada
Richard Hobbs has worked, taught, and written in the international arena for over 55 years. He is a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point and served in the US Army for over 27 years as a Combat Infantryman, Master Parachutist, Ranger, and Pathfinder. He was selected as one of the original Olmsted Scholars (similar to the Rhodes but outside the English-speaking world) and earned a doctorate in international law from the University of Lyon in France.
His assignments include two tours in Viet-Nam (advising a Vietnamese Airborne Battalion and later an infantry regiment, executive to the Deputy Commander, Viet-Nam, and commanding an Infantry Battalion), service on the Army Staff and Army Secretariat in the Pentagon, and as the Politico-Military Advisor in the Middle East Bureau at the State Department. [Read more…] about 130 Richard Hobbs USMA 54 Oral History