Background
Waitkus, Alan Joseph was born on August 26, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph Charles Waitkus and Luella Isabella (Gignac) Waitkus Olmstead.
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Waitkus, Alan Joseph was born on August 26, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph Charles Waitkus and Luella Isabella (Gignac) Waitkus Olmstead.
Grad, Army Member of Parliament School, 1968. Grad, Air Force School, 1969. Grad, Army Engineer School, 1976.
Grad, Army Engineer School, 1980. Grad, United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1987. Associate of Arts, Henry Ford College, 1974.
Bachelor of Science, Eastern Michigan University, 1976. Postgrad, Defense Mapping School, 1983.
With United States Army, 1968, advanced through grades to major, 1980. Service Kentucky, Georgia, Texas, Michigan, Alaska, Australia and Vietnam, 1969—1975. Platoon leader 8th Engineering Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas, 1976—1979.
Operations officer 3d Battalion, 4th Training Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 1980—1981. Senior instructor Army Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1981—1983. Company Commander 3d Engineering Battalion, Fort Stewart, Georgia, 1983—1984.
Instructor chief construction drafting Defense Mapping School, Fort Belvoir, 1985—1987. Combat support controller Battle Command Training Program, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, since 1987. Member academy review board, since 1985.
Member Adult Concert Band, Garden City, Michigan, 1971. Active Special Olympics, Rolla, Missouri, 1980, Springfield, Virginia, 1982. Fellow: Southern Association Colleges (member accredited 1985).
Member: Veterans of Foreign Wars, Association United States Army (life), Officers (Fort Stewart).
Married Ann Elizabeth Roggenbach, January 25, 1974. Children: Eric Alan, Tracey Lynne, Addam Lee.