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Degrees and Certifications:
- Associates of Arts Degree from Northeast Alabama State Community College - Bachelors of Science Degree in History from Jacksonville State University - Air Defense Artillery Officer Basic Course, Fort Bliss, Texas - Air Defense Artillery HAWK Officer Course, Fort Bliss, Texas - Air Defense Artillery SHORAD Officer Course, Fort Bliss, Texas - US Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia - Military Intelligence Officer Advance Course, Fort Huachuca, Arizona - Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas - Command and General Staff Officer Course, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
LTC (ret.) John M. Walker
Personal Bio of Lieutenant Colonel John M. Walker, US Army, Retired, Senior Army Instructor, Fort Payne High School JROTC
LTC Walker received his commission as a second lieutenant in the US Army upon graduation in 1984 from the Jacksonville State University ROTC Department. His first posting was to Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas as an Air Defense Artillery lieutenant. After completing HAWK and Short Range Air Defense training, he spent 6 years with the 45th Air Defense Artillery Training Brigade teaching basic and advanced individual training Soldiers.
In 1990, he was promoted to captain and sent to Fort Huachuca, Arizona to become a Military Intelligence Officer specializing in imagery analysis. He was then stationed in Babenhausen, Germany with the 41st Field Artillery Brigade as the brigade security and intelligence officer responsible for the unit’s nuclear surety program.
Following his 3-year overseas tour, he was assigned as Congressional Liaison Officer and Intelligence Budget Analysts to the Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill. Leaving military service in 1996, he was self-employed until the events of 9/11 brought him back into military service.
From 2001 until 2009, he worked on the intelligence general staff for US Army Pacific Command at Fort Shafter, Hawaii training allied armies in the Pacific theater. He travelled extensively throughout Asia working in Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Korea, and Indonesia.
He served a 12-month combat tour in Baghdad, Iraq with the Multinational Forces Iraq/US Forces Iraq J2. While there, he was responsible for over 300 intelligence analysts working out of Saddam Hussein’s former “Perfume Palace.”
LTC Walker retired after 28 years of military service and returned to his hometown of Bridgeport, AL. He owns a small horse farm which he works with his wife of 32 years, Jeanne, and their youngest son, Davis. Their eldest son, Matthew, is a combat veteran himself and is currently attending the University of Alabama.
In January of 2013, LTC Walker became the Senior Army Instructor for the Fort Payne High School JROTC. His son Davis, graduated from FPHS where he participated in JROTC, was the battalion commander and commander of the rifle team.
LTC Walker’s awards include the Parachutists’ Badge, a Bronze Star, and the Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster.
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