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Paul English, WD8DBY (Courtesy Army MARS) |
Army MARS Chief Stephen Klinefelter has announced the
appointment of recently-retired Colonel Paul English, WD8DBY, as the service's
Program Officer, formerly known as Deputy Chief. MARS is the Military Auxiliary
Radio System. English, who holds an Extra Class license, is now a civilian
employee of the Department of Defense. According to a MARS news release, he
retired from the post of Director of Communications for U.S. Army South, the
Army component of the U.S. Southern Command. He was previously deputy commander
of the 7th Signal Command and had served in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake
there, as well as in Iraq.