"One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage." - Sun Tzu |
Psyop History
Table of Commanding Officers
| 1965 - 1966 | 1st Psyop Bn. (Provisional) |
| 1966 - 1967 | 6th Psyop Bn. |
| 1966 - 1967 | 246th Psyop Co. - Redesignated 6th Bn. Dec. 1967 |
| 1967 - 1972 | 4th Psyop Group |
| 7th Psyop Group |
| 1st Psyop Bn. (Provisional) HQ - Danang, Vietnam |
First permanent Psyop unit in Vietnam re: Orders 22 July 1965 |
Maj. John Hardaway | |||
| 6th Psyop Bn. Saigon, Vietnam |
?? - July 1966 | Col. Wallace J. Moulis | |||
| 6th Psyop Bn. Saigon, Vietnam |
July 1966 - 15 Oct 1967 | LTC David Affleck | |||
| 6th Psyop Bn. Saigon, Vietnam |
1966 - 15 Oct 1967 | LTC David Affleck | |||
| 15 Oct 1967 - 7 Oct 1968 | Col. William Beck * 6th Bn. Transitioned to 4th Group, Dec. 1967 |
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| 6th Psyop Bn. Bien Hoa, Vietnam |
Dec '67 - June '68 | LTC Clarence (Al) Binkley * See also 246th Co. |
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| June 1968 - July 1969 | Col. Ray Deitch | ||||
| July 1969 | Col. Otmer Gorrell | ||||
| 246th Psyop Company Bien Hoa, Vietnam |
June - Dec '67 | LTC Clarence (Al) Binkley * 246th Transitioned to 6th Bn. as 6th Bn. became 4th Group |
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| 4th Psyop Group Saigon, Vietnam |
15 Oct 1967 - 7 Oct 1968 | LTC William Beck - 1st Group Commander | |||
| 7 Oct 1968 - 13 Mar 1970 | COL Taro Katigiri | ||||
| 1969 - 1970 | Col. Russel Jones | 1970 - 1971 | Col. Frank Westling | ||
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| 4th Psyop Group Ft. Bragg, NC |
1974 - 1976 | Col. Billy Stanberry | |||
| 1976 - 1978 | Col. Henry Ellison | ||||
| 1978 - 1979 | Col. Charles McLain | ||||
| 1979 - 1982 | Col. Al Paddock | ||||
| 1982 - 1984 | Col. Harold Fraley | ||||
| 1984 - 1986 | Col. Melvin Kriesel | ||||
| 1986 - 1988 | Col. William Depalo | ||||
| 1988 - 1990 | Col. Anthony Normand | ||||
| 1990 - 1992 | Col. Jerry Dunbar | ||||
| 1992 - 1994 | Col. Jeffrey Jones | ||||
| 1994 - 1996 | Col. Hunter | ||||
| 1996 - 1998 | Col. Charles Borchini | ||||
| 1998 - 2001 | Col. Christopher St. John | ||||
| Aug. 2001 - 2003 | Col. James A. Treadwell | ||||
| 17 July 2003 - 2004 | Col. Jack N. Summe | ||||
| 19 July 2005 - 2007 | Col. Kenneth A. Turner | ||||
| 13 July 2007 - July 2009 |
Col. Curtis Boyd | ||||
| July 2009 - Present |
Col. Carl Phillips | ||||
| 7th Psyop Group Okinawa |
30 Nov 68 - 16 May 72 | Col. Harold F. Bentz, Jr. | |||