John L. Neel interview

Creator:

Virginia Military Institute. Adams Center for Military History

Extent:

1 items

Language:

English

Biographical / historical:

John L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast.

Neel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.

Neel's deployments include:

• 1983: Grenada
• 1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border
• 1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps
• September 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4

Physical facet:

Transcript (13 pages)

Subjects:

United States. Army
Oral histories

Names:

Virginia Military Institute. Adams Center for Military History
Neel, John L.
Neel, John L.

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