Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation

Preserving Army Warrant Officer History

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DAVID P. WELSH

Chief Warrant Officer 5, Adjutant General Corps, U. S. Army Retired

 President,  Board Member, and Founder

Phone 757-999-2022,

 

David P. Welsh was born on December 17, 1939 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He entered the Army Reserve on 14 January 1957 as a Private E-1. After completion of basic training and advanced infantry training, he reenlisted in the Regular Army on 11 September 1958. After training at the Army Security Agency (ASA) School and Center at Fort Devens, MA, he served at ASA sites in Germany. He was released from active duty and returned to the Army Reserve on 25 July 1961. In 1964 he was employed as a dual-status Army Reserve Technician (ART) with Reserve status as a Personnel Sergeant. He was discharged as a Staff Sergeant and appointed as an Army Reserve Warrant Officer 1 (WO1) on 23 April 1965. Mr. Welsh reentered active duty in June 1983 as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4) in the Active Guard-Reserve (AGR) program of the Army Reserve. He was designated as a Master Warrant Officer (MW4) on 7 March 1991 and was promoted to Chief Warrant Officer 5 (CW5) on 18 November 1992. He served on active duty in AGR assignments until his retirement.

 

Mr. Welsh entered the Army's retired rolls on 1 October 1998 with 41 years, 8 months, 17 days of service (21 years, 8 months, 11 days service in the Army Reserve and 20 years, 6 days of active duty)

 

Warrant Officer assignments:

  • Army Reserve Warrant Officer Policy Integrator and Mobilization Analyst, Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve, Headquarters Department of the Army (AGR) 1988 - 1998

  • Chief of the Administrative Office and General Officers Administrative Assistant, Office, Chief Army Reserve (AGR) 1987 - 1988

  • Headquarters Commandant and Adjutant, Army Reserve Support Center, Arlington, VA (AGR) 1986 - 1987

  • Property Book Officer and Acting Supply Staff Officer (S-4), 483d Engineer Battalion, Fort Rodman, New Bedford, MA (AGR) 1983 - 1986

  • Food Service Advisor, 329th Engineer Group, Brockton, MA (USAR) 1979 - 1983

  • Logistics Staff Officer, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Headquarters Department of the Army (ADS) 1982

  • Recruiting Area Commander, later Operations Officer, 94th Army Reserve Command, Hanscom Air Force Base, MA (ART & USAR) 1979 - 1982

  • Military Personnel Officer, later Real Property Officer, 399th Civil Affairs Group, Danbury, CT (ART & USAR) 1965 - 1979

ADS - Active Duty Support, support of active Army missions; AGR - Active Guard-Reserve on active duty in full-time support of the USAR; ART - Army Reserve Technician, dual status civil service position in full-time support of USAR; USAR - drilling reservist in the Army Reserve

Warrant Officer training:

  • Warrant Officer Senior Course February 1981

  • Master Warrant Officer Training Course, March 1991

Civilian education:

  • Lowell High School (MA) 1957

  • Lowell Technical Institute (MA) Certificate 1958

  • Hartford State Technical College (CT) Certificate in Firefighting Technology 1973

      Awards, Decorations and recognition:

  • Legion of Merit

  • Meritorious Service Medal

  • Army Commendation Medal (1st OLC)

  • Humanitarian Service Medal

  • Army Achievement Medal

  • Armed Forces Reserve Medal (2d Hourglass) (30 years)

  • Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (3d OLC)

  • National Defense Service Medal (1st BS)

  • Good Conduct Medal

  • Army Staff Identification Badge

  • Army Superior Unit Award

  • Lifetime Trustee Award U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association 

  • Major General Alexander Macomb Meritorious Achievement Award and Medal from the United States Army Adjutant General's Corps Regimental Association

  • Outstanding Public Information Officer, Civil Air Patrol-USAF (2 Awards)

  • Outstanding Staff Officer, Connecticut Wing, Civil Air Patrol-USAF

  • Legionnaire of the Year, Chincoteague Post 159, The American Legion - 2009

Participation in Community Service & Professional Military Associations:

  • Cadet Major, Regimental Adjutant, Army JROTC, Lowell High School MA 1956-1957

  • Senior Counselor, Northern Fairfield Country Chapter 876, later the Hat City Council 876, United Commercial Travelers of America (UCT), Danbury CT 1966-1972 - ran a weekly evening drop-in workshop for retarded adults, designated as a Past Senior Counselor in 1969 and 1972

  • Firefighter, Capt, & later Asst. Chief, Miry Brook Volunteer Fire Company, Danbury, CT 1968-1979

  • CWO, Lieutenant, & later Captain, Commander 399th Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol (CAP-USAF), Danbury, CT - responsible for Senior (adult), Aerospace Education (cadet), and Search & Rescue programs 1973-1978

  • Chairman Military Support Committee, Connecticut State Special Olympics, Newtown, CT 1976

  • Founder & 1st President, New England Chapter, U.S. Army Warrant Officers Association (USAWOA) 1983

  • USAWOA Assistant Vice President for Reserve Affairs 1987-1988

  • USAWOA National President for two terms1988-1990 and 1990-1992

  • USAWOA Lifetime Trustee Award 1992 (then the highest USAWOA award)

  • General Chairperson, 25th Anniversary USAWOA Annual Meeting of the Members 1995

  • USAWOA Capital Region Director (DC, MD, and VA) 1995-1996

  • USAWOA National Webmaster and USAWOA Online webmaster 1996-present

  • Assistant Webmaster for the Warrant Officer Section, Reserve Officers Association 2000-2006

  • Founder, Incorporator, Registered Agent, and Director of the Warrant Officer Heritage Foundation, 2003

  • Webmaster for the USAWOA Scholarship Foundation and Warrant Officer Heritage Foundation 2003-present

  • Chairman of the Board and President, Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation, 2003-2005

  • Historian & Weekly Bulletin Editor, St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Parish, Chincoteague, VA 2003-present.

  • President, Chief Operating Officer, and Director, Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation, 2005-present

  • Member of American Legion 2006-present

  • Chair of the Columbarium Committee, St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church, Chincoteague, VA 2006-present

  • Author of "WARRANT The Legacy of Leadership as a Warrant Officer", a history of the  Warrant Officer including a detailed Army Warrant Officer history, information about the Warrant Officer Programs of the the other Uniformed services, warrant officer biographies, and more. Turned Publishing Company, 2006

  • Author of "WARRANT The Legacy of Leadership as a Warrant Officer - 90 Years of Technical Expertise in the Army" published in ON POINT The Journal of Army History of the Army Historical Foundation - Summer 1008. Also author of several Warrant Officer short histories publish in several military association magazines.

  • Public Relations Officer, Webmaster, and Computer Network Manager, Chincoteague Post 159, The American Legion, Chincoteague Island, VA 2008-present

Membership in professional associations:

  • Association of the United States Army Life Membership

  • U. S. Army Adjutant General's Corps Regimental Association

  • Reserve Officers Association of the United States Life Membership

  • United States Army Warrant Officers Association Life Membership

  • Military Officers Association of America Life Membership

  • Founding Sponsor of the National Museum of the U. S. Army

  • USAWOA First State Chapter Founding Member, Smyrna, DE

  • Chincoteague Post 159, The American Legion, Chincoteague Island, VA

Mr. Welsh is married to Kathleen "Kay" Pelletier of Westborough, MA. They currently reside on Chincoteague Island on Virginia's Eastern Shore. They have four children, nine grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.

 

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