Frank's Army Bio (Nov'66 - May'77)
Our Mission in the Army
Vietnam War
Regular Army

Basic Training
Ft Dix, NJ

Artillery O.C.S.
Ft Sill, OK

Clerk School
Ft Leonard Wood, MO

Legal Clerk
Ft Hood, TX

Company Clerk
Army Engineers - S.E.A.

Team Leader
Ft Lewis, WA

NCO Academy
6th Army

USARPAC MISO
Ft Shafter, HI

USARPAC
Honor Guard

Agent Orange Drum and a Soldier
Veterans Advocate

Agent Orange in Vietnam
had a dramatic impact
on over a million soldiers;
crippling them,
or killing them.
Frank is suffering
and disabled himself;
fighting the VA
for just compensation
for himself and others
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Frank's Army Bio
Building a young man into a soldier ..

Frank's Army Bio Frank graduated from Brockton High School, Brockton, Massachusetts in 1965.
Frank's Army Bio Joining the Army the end of 1966, Frank was in the Top 3% of Enlisted Men
Frank's Army Bio Selected for Artillery O.C.S.; a change in plans, graduated from Clerk School
Frank's Army Bio Assignment: LegalClerk, 2nd Armor Division "Hell on Wheels" - Ft Hood, Texas
Frank's Army Bio S.E.A. (Two Tours): Company Clerk, Army Engineers, Thailand 1968 & 1969
Frank's Army Bio Control Data Institute, Burlington, Massachusetts (Diploma in Programming)
Frank's Army Bio Assigned: Team Leader, Overseas Replacement Depot, Ft Lewis, Washington
Frank's Army Bio Non-Commissioned Officers Academy (Top Ranking in Leadership)
Frank's Army Bio Assigned: Sr. Programmer, 9th Infantry Division, Ft Lewis, Washington
Frank's Army Bio Assigned: Sr. Programmer/Analyst, USARPAC/MISO, Ft Shafter, Honolulu
Frank's Army Bio Systems Analyst Course, Ft Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
Frank's Army Bio Bachelors Degree in Business, Chaminade College of Honolulu
Frank's Army Bio Graduate Studies in Systems Management, U.S.C. (4.0 GPA)
Frank's Army Bio Next Assignment: Army Medical Research Institute, Walter Reed Army Hospital (Declined)   E-7 List; Promoted to Corporal (7 mos); Sergeant (23 mos); Staff Sgt (5 years)
Frank's Army Bio Began professional business career after four years of employment with Hawaii Medical Service Assoc, Continental Airlines, and McDonnell Douglas; dba/DPRB
Frank's Army Bio Shop Las Vegas and promotion of local advertisers grew out of early wizard engines for (1) real estate, (2) auto dealerships and (3) chamber of commerce membership.     Today, there are three metro markets:   Las Vegas, Phoenix,
and Orange County, California.

SP/6 Picchione -- your Veteran Advocate 71B20 - 71H20
74F30 - 75C40 **
DD214
DOR 31 Oct 68 SP/5
Final Feb'73 SP/6
Mailing Address:   Frank Picchione, 8613 Freeport Ln, Las Vegas, NV 89117-5566
Phone today (702) 363-3290   or Fax available upon request to same phone.   Email Joe to set up an appointment today!  
Pat Sajak of "Wheel of Fortune" fame joined the army; in 1968 he went to
Clerk School too, the "Old Hospital Area," *
up the hill from the then new (1965) hospital.     MOS 71B20
Of course, that's where Pat and I part ways:
  Pat to Saigon as a Disc Jockey for AFVN @ MySpace™
and Franco to Ft Hood and the 2nd Armor Division "Hell on Wheels"
* The Corps of Engineers college-like campus now sits in its place.

** Hawaii Army Nat'l Guard '78 SSG Finance Clerk;   specialized in guerrilla warfare counterinsurgency tactics
During training exercises, led a small squad to attack the main force; preparation for base defenses.