Shreveport (LPD 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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COL. T. A. HOBBS . COMMANDING OFFICER REGIMENTAL LANDING TEAM TWO RLT-2 Colonel HOBBS was born on March 16, 1944 in Kelso, Washington. Upon graduation from Oregon State University in 1967, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. Initial assignment after completing The Basic School in january, 1968 was as a rifle pla- toon commander with 3d Battalion, 6th Ma- rines, 2d Marine Division. In August 1968, he was transferred to the Republic of Vietnam where he served as a rifle platoon commander and Commanding Offi- cer of Company K, 3d Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. From October, 1969 to December, 1971 he was assigned as the Assistant Operations Officer, Reserve Branch, 12th Marine Corps District Headquarters in San Francisco, Califor- ma. In january, 1972 Captain HOBBS was as- signed as a student at Amphibious Warfare School in Quantico, Virginia. After graduation, he was assigned to 3d Battalion, 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division in Okinawa as Command- ing Officer, Headquarters and Service Compa- ny, and subsequently as Commanding Officer, Company M. From October 1973 to September, 1976, Captain HOBBS was assigned to the Basic School, Quantico, Virginia. During this period he served as a Staff Platoon Commander, Head of Patrolling Section, Commanding Officer, Headquarters and Service Company, and as a Tactics Instructor. From October, 1976 to August, 1979, he was assigned to 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, 1st Marine Brigade in Kaneohe, Hawaii. Initially assigned as Commanding Officer, Company L and for twenty-nine months as the Battalion Operations Officer. He was promoted to Ma- jor during April 1978. In September, 1979 Major HOBBS report- ed to Headquarters Marine Corps, serving for one year as a member of a DoD Training Man- agement-Reserve Component Study Group, and for two years as the Mobilization Officer, Reserve Affairs Division. After leaving Headquarters Marine Corps, Major HOBBS attended the Command and Staff College, Quantico, Virginia, graduating in june, 1983. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in july, 1983 and assigned as the G-3 Plans Officer, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, Okina- wa japan. In july, 1984 he was ordered to the Second Marine Division and assigned initially as the Executive Officer, Sixth Marine Regi- ment and then Commanding Officer Second Battalion, Sixth Marines. From june 1987 to june 1990 Lieutenant Colonel HOBBS was assigned to Marine Corps Command and Staff College where he served initially as an instructor and the last year as the Dean of Academics. He was promoted to Col- onel in August, 1989. Colonel HOBBS' personal decorations in- clude the Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V , Meritorious Service Medal, Combat Ac- tion Ribbon,-and the Vietnamese Cross of Gal- lantry with Gold Star. Colonel HOBBS and his wife, the former jane jackson of Marshall, Minnesota have two sons - jeffery and Peter. -'

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