Ed Marohn
I retired in 2008 as the National Director of Automotive Aftermarket Sales in North America for Continental AG, an International Fortune 500 company. At the time I hoped to chill out and do those fun retirement things such a fishing, golf, travel, downhill skiing, and maybe write a novel or two. My wife, Cathie, and I, having grown up in Idaho, decided to return there for our retirement years. We picked eastern Idaho near the Yellowstone and Teton National Parks. However before I could get in too much fishing or skiing, in mid 2008 I became a VA volunteer to facilitate
a veterans PTSD group in Idaho Falls because I had served in combat in the Vietnam War. Then in 2010 I became a Board Member, then eventually Vice Chairman, of the Idaho Humanities Council. Shortly after that I got selected to Board Member of the Idaho Falls City Club. As if that wasn't enough I ran for Idaho Falls City Council and got elected for a four year term, 2014-2018. In the midst of these activities I also wrote as a Local Columnist for the Post Register, Idaho Falls' daily newspaper.But still, Cathie and I travelled to Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Vietnam (a peaceful return of sorts to where I served in war in 1970), and Panama. We did the Danube River cruise through Germany and Hungary (Budapest is a beautiful city, and the capital--as depicted above).
But I need to step back to my youth when I graduated from Boise High and went to the University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. There I graduated with a BA in Political Science in 1968 and also received my 2nd Lieutenant commission through the Army ROTC program. As a Regular Army Officer ( career path). I envisioned staying in the US Army and I completed Airborne and Ranger training at Fort Benning, Georgia. After my promotion to Captain I shipped over to Vietnam where I served with the 25th Infantry Division and the101st Airborne (Airmobile) Division in the Vietnam War, where I commanded a combat unit of 110 men. My medals included three Bronze Stars, one Air Medal, two Army Commendation Medals, one US Army Vietnam Campaign Medal with two campaigns, the South Vietnamese Campaign Medal, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm. My other military tours included Germany, Washington, DC, and The Netherlands as NATO Liaison (Dutch language trained by the US State Department), and the Assistant Professor of Military History at the University of Nevada, Reno.
However after ten years I resigned my commission to pursue a corporate career with Michelin Tire Corporation then Continental AG.
Now it is 2019 and I have served all my board duties as well as being on the city council and am back to my writing. Please stay tuned--------
Ed
a veterans PTSD group in Idaho Falls because I had served in combat in the Vietnam War. Then in 2010 I became a Board Member, then eventually Vice Chairman, of the Idaho Humanities Council. Shortly after that I got selected to Board Member of the Idaho Falls City Club. As if that wasn't enough I ran for Idaho Falls City Council and got elected for a four year term, 2014-2018. In the midst of these activities I also wrote as a Local Columnist for the Post Register, Idaho Falls' daily newspaper.But still, Cathie and I travelled to Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Vietnam (a peaceful return of sorts to where I served in war in 1970), and Panama. We did the Danube River cruise through Germany and Hungary (Budapest is a beautiful city, and the capital--as depicted above).
But I need to step back to my youth when I graduated from Boise High and went to the University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. There I graduated with a BA in Political Science in 1968 and also received my 2nd Lieutenant commission through the Army ROTC program. As a Regular Army Officer ( career path). I envisioned staying in the US Army and I completed Airborne and Ranger training at Fort Benning, Georgia. After my promotion to Captain I shipped over to Vietnam where I served with the 25th Infantry Division and the101st Airborne (Airmobile) Division in the Vietnam War, where I commanded a combat unit of 110 men. My medals included three Bronze Stars, one Air Medal, two Army Commendation Medals, one US Army Vietnam Campaign Medal with two campaigns, the South Vietnamese Campaign Medal, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm. My other military tours included Germany, Washington, DC, and The Netherlands as NATO Liaison (Dutch language trained by the US State Department), and the Assistant Professor of Military History at the University of Nevada, Reno.
However after ten years I resigned my commission to pursue a corporate career with Michelin Tire Corporation then Continental AG.
Now it is 2019 and I have served all my board duties as well as being on the city council and am back to my writing. Please stay tuned--------
Ed