At Sellerich, Germany, site of a battle discussed in Nothing Less Than Full Victory
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Biography
Photo made outside Aachen, Germany.
Ed grew up in Western Kentucky, near Ft. Campbell, home of the famed 101st Airborne Division. His father served in the Army Air Forces in World War II; his uncle, who enlisted in the pre-war cavalry, was killed in action in Italy. Another member of his family received a posthumous Silver Star for heroism in Normandy and yet another was a rifle battalion executive officer in the Southwest Pacific Area of operations. Ed was a Department of the Army-designated Military Historian and he served on active duty from 1980 until 2000. He spent over six years in Germany and also served on both the Department of the Army Staff and the Army Secretariat staff at The Pentagon. Ed was instrumental in establishing and leading military history education programs, and he organized and led his first ‘Battle Staff Ride’ for the Army in 1986. After he left the Army, Ed designed PC hardware supply chain and budgeting programs for a Fortune 50 media company. He has been a defense consultant since 2004, and his work in this capacity has included writing an official history concerning classified aspects of the War on Terror. His first assignment was in the 4th Battalion, 37th Armor, a unit made famous in World War II for its exploits in the Battle of the Bulge. He later served as aide de camp to a general officer and in logistical units in Germany, including 1st Armored Division Support Command. Later assignments included managing classified logistics programs for Army special operations units, work as a strategic analyst for the Army operations staff (G-3/Army Initiatives Group), and management of regulatory oversight programs involving the Army’s share of the $17B/yr (sales worldwide) Commissary, Exchange and Soldier Support business operations. During the latter assignment, he concurrently advised the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) on the Army-led Department of Defense investigation of the 1950 incident at No Gun Ri, Korea, and on the Army's participation on the Presidential Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S. His other historical work includes advising the Department of Defense Joint Personnel Accounting Center on analysis of WWII missing in action (MIA) cases and the producers of the PBS series "History Detectives." He has consulted on film projects, including a featured appearance in 2006 on the Fox News Channel's series, "War Stories with Oliver North." Excerpts of his first book were used for instructional purposes at the Center for Army Leadership, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center. As a developer of 'staff ride' training programs, he has taken literally hundreds of officers and veterans on journeys that cover not only historical events and their relationship to today’s operational environment. Ed puts his students/clients on the same ground consecrated by the blood of hero and common soldier alike, blending the human and strategic aspects of battle and crisis leadership. He knows the Army’s European battlefields in depth--how and why strategic and tactical decisions were made. Ed holds a BA degree in history and a master’s degree in public administration from Western Kentucky University. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and his other military education includes the Army’s Armor and Ordnance Schools; U.S. Naval War College course in National Strategy and Policy, and a seminar in Revolutionary Warfare at the U.S. Air Force Special Operations School. In 2009, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky appointed Ed as a voting member of the Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board. Ed is currently researching U.S. Army and Navy industrial management, production, and logistics during WWII as they relate to battlefield performance. Contact Ed at millereg@aol.com or at (859) 329-7212. |
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