Frank L. Travis:  

CLASS OF 1965
Akron, OH

Frank L.'s Story

Attended Akron University graduated March 1970. Worked full time for Mohawk Tire and Rubber Company during all 4+ years of college. Maried Carol Robinson (Cuyahoga Fall '65') in 1969. Commissioned 2Lt US Army Military Police (Apr 70)retired 26 years later 1996 as a Colonel. Army kept making mistakes and promoting me. Service time included a command tour in Vietnam; commanded Correctional Units in Kansas, and Kentucky; commanded Military Police Companies in Arkansas, Kentucky, spent 5 years in Army Recruiting where I served as an Operations Officer and Area Commander in Cincinnati and Columbus, OH; Chief of Officer Training, Ft McCellan, AL; attended Command & General Staff College, Ft Leavenworth, KS; Staff Officer, Army Training and Doctrine Command, Ft Monroe, VA; Army General Officer Management Office, The Pentagon, Washington, DC; Congressional Liaison, The Pentagon, Washington, DC; attended Industrial College of the Armed Forces (MS, National Resource Management); Executive Officer/Senior Financial Analyst, Office of the Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, The Pentagon, Washington, DC; my last assignment before I retired was to serve as an Instructor in Resource Management at the Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA. I returned to the DC area and became...Expand for more
a Contractor/Lobbyist for one of the Top 20 Engineering firms in the US and ran their Federal Program (3 yrs); for the past 13 years I have been the Director of Government Marketing for a Manassas based company with equipment systems in 45 states and 15 overseas locations (including Iraq and Afghanistan). I have a great time and enjoy my job because I still get to work with young soldiers and Marines around the world. Thank God we still have young people willing to defend our freedom. They are really special and so smart, I am not sure that if I was starting all over that I would even qualify to serve. Carol and I live in Fredericksburg, VA. We have two daughters, both married and doing very well. In August, our youngest daughter had a baby girl (Delaney) and our oldest daughter had a baby boy (Jackson). We went from 0 grandbabies to 2 in the span of 8 days. Since I posted the first story we have another grandaughter Emilia (Feb 2012). We are doing our best to spoil them and if I must say so doing a credible job. I enjoy golf, woodworking/woodturning, photography. Lord willing, I intend to retire- retire end of September 2013. My plan is that on sunny days you will find me on a golf course and on rainy days I'll be in the wood shop. Life has been very good to me.
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