Joseph Westerlind:  

After high school, I attended Worcester State College. Soon afterwards, I enlisted in the US Army. I was assigned to the infantry and stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. Next, I was stationed on the Korea DMZ. After being promoted to sergeant and meeting this requirement for special forces, I became a paratrooper and a special forces soldier for the next twenty years. I served with the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C, served twice with the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Devens, Mass., and once with the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in Bad Tolz, Germany. I served on Special Forces scout swimmer/recon teams and winter warfare/ski teams. I skied for ten years in Mass., Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Montana, Utah, Colorado, Norway, Germany, Austria, and Yugoslavia. I lived in Bad Tolz, Germany at Flint Kaserne and I trained/skied in the Bavarian Alps for three years. I was a special forces weapons sergeant, a special forces communications sergeant, a special forces intelligence sergeant, and a special forces team sergeant. I was also a special forces instructor at the Special Forces School at Fort Bragg, NC. I graduated from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, Ca. where I studied German. Also, I graduated from Infantry Training, Airborne School, Special Forces Weapons Qualifications Course, Special Forces Morse Code/Radio Communications Qualification Course, Special Forces Operations and Intelligence School, Special Forces Operations Training, Sniper School, Jumpmaster School, Smoke Jumping School, German Airborne School, German Special Operations Training, German Intelligence School, Norwegian and German Ski Schools, Special Forces Ski Instructor Course, Coast Guard Scout Swimmer Course, Danish Scout Swimmer School, Korean Ranger Course, and many other U,S, Army and foreign schools. I was deplo...Expand for more