COL ROBERT M. HENSLER

COL ROBERT M. HENSLER

Col Hensler was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1946 and received his commission in the Infantry
from the United States Military Academy in 1968.

Key assignments included:

1967: Basic Airborne Course (undergraduate)

1968: IOBC and Ranger School

1968-69: PL and company CO 2-30 Inf 3^rd Inf Div, Schweinfurt, Germany

1970-71: Small unit infantry adviser RVN

1971-72: Student IOAC, Ft. Benning, GA

1972-74: Company commander and staff officer 1-18^th Inf 1^st Inf Div, Ft. Riley, KS

1974-75: Student, Indiana University, MS Physical Education

1975-78: Instructor, Dept. Phys. Education United States Military Academy

1979: Student CGSC

1980-81: Brigade S3, 193^rd Inf Bde Panama

1981-82: Battalion S3, 3-5 Inf Ft. Kobbe, Panama

1982-84: Battalion XO, 2^nd Ranger Bn Ft. Lewis, WA

1984-85: Brigade XO, 1^st Brigade 9^th Inf Div Ft. Lewis, WA

1985-87: Battalion Commander, 1-22 Inf 10 Mtn Div Ft. Drum, NY

1987-89: Battalion Commander, 3^rd Ranger Battalion, Ft. Benning, GA

1989-90: Student, Army War College

1990-92: Brigade Commander 3^rd Brigade 25^th Inf Div Schofield, Bks, HI

1992-95: Chief Conventional Warplans Div J5, US Pacific Command, Camp HM Smith, HI

Retired May 1995, Colonel

1995-2002: PACOM exercise planner (contractor) at Joint Warfighting Center (absorbed into Joint Forces Command 1999),
Ft. Monroe and Suffolk, VA

2002-2004 (present): Joint Forces Command LNO to US PACOM, Camp HM Smith, HI

Currently reside in Waialua, HI with second residence in Colorado Springs, CO.

As of 2004 married 36 years with two sons, 33 and 29.

Miscellaneous:

Ranger tab, master parachutist badge with combat star (Grenada), CIB, and great memories!