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#COL Robert L Ballantyne, USMCR (1961-1965 ) | |||
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 Ballantyne |
Nickname: Bob Branch: USMCR Commission: PLC 1961 Pre-Flight: OI 07-61 Wings Year: 1962 Active Years: 1961-1965 Reserves: 1965-1992 Mil Retirement: 1989 Last Location: PA |
Assignments: HMM-264 2d MAW H&MS-26 HMM0772 MAG-49 MLO CincLantJMU PPO RAU HQMC |
Highlights: After flight school, HMM-264, 2dMAW, then H&MS-26. RLD Sep 64 Joined Reserves HMM 772 at NXX, also served as XO H/3/14, S-2/3 MAG-49, MLO CincLant JMU, OIC PPO RAU HQMC. Ret 89/with pay 99. |
| — Bob Ballantyne August 27, 2007 | |||
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COL Robert L Ballantyne USMCR 1961-1965
- Enlisted 4 Aug 1958.
- USMC PLC(Avn) commissioning program, summers of 1959 and 1960. Commissioned Jan 1961 following graduation from (then) West Chester State Teachers College, PA.
- NATC Flight Training, Pensacola, (finished in helicopters), Feb 61 - Aug 62.
- HMM-264 and H&MS-26, MAG 26 New River, Sep 62-Sep64
- Entered public school teaching 1964, retired 1994.
- Served in the reserves in various units, 1964-1989.
- (2+ years non-pay inactive while earning M.Ed. in Natural Science, Univ of Delaware, conferred 1969)
- Reserve billets/units: SqPilot HMM-772; MAG-49 staff (S-3B, S-2); XO H/3/14; S-2/S-3B 4thDSG; Marine watch officer in JOC at JMU CinCLant; AsstOIC/OIC RAU at Marine Command Center, PP&O HQMC; Sr TrngO in MTU at Fort Indiantown Gap, PA.
- Fleet Aircraft flown: UH-34D, SH-34J, UH-1E, CH-46A; CH-53A
Retired from the Reserves 1989/ with pay 1999.