ASSIGNMENT

RA - Active Duty

Jan 1967 to Oct 1967
Oct 1967 to Oct 1968
Oct 1968 to Oct 1969

BN LRRP's/1 lB; 2/501st & 3/506th ABN INF BN's,
101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, KY
BN LRRP's; 11 B; & FO; 3/506th ABN INF BN,
101st Airborne Division, Vietnam
FO; 1/320th ABN ART BN; 82nd Airborne Div., Ft Bragg, NC

USAR - Not on Active Duty

1972

Engineer Specialist; I Ith Special Forces, Company F, Florida

ARNG - Not on Active Duty

Jan 1980 to Sep 1980
Sep 1980 to Sep 1982
Sep 1982 to Sep 1983
Sop 1983 to Nov 1986

ARNG - AGR

BDE XO (AT) HQ's CO: Et Officer;
46th IN BDE, 3gth 1N DIV INF & Support Platoon Leader;
3/126th INF BN; 46th INF BDE Tactical Intelligence Officer;
3/126th INF BN, HHC, 46th INF Communications Security Officer;
Directorate of Intelligence

Nov 1986 to Apr 1990

Apr 1990 to Sep 1991

Assistant Professor of Military Science (APMS) ROTC, Western Michigan University;
Additional duties were Supply Officer; Rifle Team Coach; & Reserve Liaison Officer.
Threat Control Intel Officer/NGB Special Staff- Fort Dix, N.J.

ARNG - Not on Active Duty

Sep 1991 to Nov 1992

IRR

Nov 1992 to Feb 1993

Force Integration Officer, HQ STARC

Awaiting transfer orders to TPU in the US Army Reserve USAR - Not on Active Duty

Feb 1993 to Oct 1996

Command & General Staff College Instructor;
5033rd USAR School, Lansing, Michigan.
Also served as Lead Instructor.

USAR - ACTIVE DUTY

Jul 96 Oct 96

USARC Mil Historian (5X) covering Operation Joint Endeavor for USAR Command Historian at Fort Benning, GA. ADT - (86 days).

USAR - Not on Active Duty

Oct 1996 to Mar 1999

C&GSC Instructor;
12th BN, 84th Training Division, Lansing, MI

USAR - ACTIVE DUTY

Jul 1997 to Sep 1997

Jan 1998 to Mar 1998

Jun 1998 to Aug 98

Lesson Author/Special Staff Officer for CAL/LID;
C&GSC at Fort Leavenworth, KS. ADSW TRADOC SPT - (54 days)
Joint Intelligence Operations Officer; Intelligence Directorate.
Iceland Defense Force (IDF) HQ's. Naval Air Station, Kevlevik, Iceland.
Worked with USAF, USN & NATO Officer's. ADT - (60 days).
Assistant Course Author for Combat Studies Institute (CSI) - C&GSC Military History Dept.,
Fort Leavenworth, KS. ADSW - (61 days)(5X)

USAR - Not on Active Duty

Mar 1999 to Aug 20O0

8th US Army AUG: Watch Officer; OIC Life Support Camp at UFL, Korea, 1999
G-3/CA - EAOC Operations Officer, UFL, Korea '00.
UFL '99 OIC duties included overseeing needs of 550 soldiers, USAF, Marine, & US Naval personnel at Camp K-2, which was located on a South Korean Air Force Base with a Joint Staff of 50 working for me.

USAR- ACTIVE DUTY

Sep 1999

Oct 1999 to Dec 1999

Special Staff Officer for the Combat Studies Institute (CSI),
C&GSC Military History Department, Fort Leavenworth, KS. ADSW TRADOC SPT. (24 days) (5X - designated military historian).
J-3 Training Officer; Joint Task Force - Civil Support
(Weapons of Mass Destruction- Civil Military- dealing with the consequences of a WMD event)
USJFCOM, Norfolk, VA ADSW TCA Support.(73 days)

USAR - Not on Active Duty

Sep 2000 to Oct 2000

308th Civil Affairs BDE HQ's; Homewood, Ill.; Cultural Affairs - Arts & Monuments Officer.

RETIRED RESERVE

Nov 2000 Nov 2001

Transferred to Retired Reserve; Selected for LTC by a Special Selection Board; & then volunteered for Active Reserve Status.

USAR - Not on Active Duty

Nov 2001 Feb 2003

308TM CA BDE HQ's; Homewood, I11.; Communications/Cultural Affairs Officer; also acted as a night shift OIC - as directed, at Warfighter Ramp - Up, Victory Focus - 2002, Camp AACHEN Grafenwoehr, Germany; & went to CMTC, Hohenfels, Germany, late 2002 as an OC - Observer Controller, in the 'Box'.

USAR - ACTIVE DUTY

}:cb 03 - Mar 04

308th CA BDE HQ's - OPCON to V Corps - CJTF-7: Deployed to in Iraq as Public Communications Officer, CA Public Facilities Team; Served as a V Corps ttACC Battle Captain;_PFT Communications Officer; & PFT LNO on/to BDE staff- CJTF-7 in Baghdad, Iraq; Responsible for covering, reporting & working public facilities issues for 101StABN; 82"dABN; l StAD; and 4thlD AO. CA/LNO; Karbala Consequence Management Operation/Mosque raid; with last 5 months as Deputy, Commander~ Task Force Shield, CPA, Ministry of Oil; TF Shield was responsible for the security of Iraq's Oil Infrastructure; My primary focus as Deputy Commander was on Intelligence, Security & Operations: Interfacing with CJTF-7 HQ's, Camp Victory, Baghdad; CPA; & our British based/contract security company that helped train, and manage our 14,500 Iraqi oil security force for all of Iraq.

USAR - Not on Active Duty

Apr 14 to July 04

308th Civil Affairs BDE Hq's; CA Staff Officer; Homewood, Ill.

Aug 04 to July 05

IRR

Aug 05 -July 06

8th U.S. Army CONUS - Korea: G-5, Civil Afthirs; Attended RSOk Korea as 8th Army's CA/G9 Liaison officer to Republic of Korean lead JICC (Joint Interagency Coordination Center) in Yongsan, ROK; Advised senior level Korean Civil Affairs officers on CA/G-9 issues.

LAST APFT: 8'h Army CONUS
Date: 10 June '06
Score: 244

SOURCE OF COMMISSION: Direct to First Lieutenant, ARNG, 1980.

SECURITY CLEARANCE
Level
Top Secret - SSBI
Investigation Date 8 April 2003 W/Sensitive Compartmented Information

US DECORATIONS AND BADGES

Iraq 2003

Combat lnfantryman's Badge - CIB (Vietnam 1967- 68)
Parachute Badge Bronze Star (Iraq)
Meritorious Service Medal
Army Commendation Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)- 1 from iraq.
Army Achievement Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (w/Silver Oak Leaf Cluster) (6 awards)
National Defense Service Medal (with 2 Bronze Stars) (3 awards total)
Vietnam Service Medal (with 4 Bronze Stars)
Iraq Campaign Medal Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Korean Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Silver Hour Glass & M Device)
Army Service Ribbon
Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon (with #5 device -- for service in Iceland 1998; South Korea 1999, 2000, & 2006; & Germany - twice in 2002).
Valorous Unit Commendation (Vietnam - 1968)

LTC Mad Max & President Bush at Thanksgiving Dinner
Baghdad Airport, Nov. 2003

LTC Max Riekse in Kuwait          

Mad Max in Baghdad, Iraq

FOREIGN & ARNG DECORATIONS, ETC:

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross-with Palm
Unit Citation Republic of Vietnam Civic Action Honor Medal
Unit Citation Michigan Army National Guard Governor's 20 Tab (M-14 Rifle)
Michigan Army National Guard Recruiting Ribbon (with 4 Bronze Stars)
Michigan Army National Guard Service Medal (with 3 Gold Stars)

Max and Richard the day before being deployed to Iraq for a one year tour of duty

LTC Max Riekse recieves the Legion Of Merit in 2008 for his 32 years of military service to our country, the United States of America

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