Board of Directors
COL (Ret) Dorn B. Backman
OCS Board of Directors
Title: Director
Colonel Dorn B. Backman was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Infantry Officer Candidate School, Class 44-67, on August 1, 1967. His first duty assignment was as Training Officer, Company C, 10th Battalion, 2d Brigade, Basic Combat Training (BCT), Fort Jackson, South Carolina.His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, D Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Vietnam; Battalion Intelligence Officer S-2, 1st Battalion, 2d Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Vietnam; Executive Officer, C Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Vietnam; Executive Officer & Company Commander, D Company, 6th Battalion, 2d Brigade (BCT), Fort Jackson, SC; Instructor (Military Occupation Specialties,
MAJ (Ret) John L. Dufresne, Jr.
OCS Board of Directors
Title: Treasurer & Secretary
Major (Ret.) John L. Dufresne, Jr. entered the Army in July 1972 as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. He served for four years before being separated without obligation in June 1976. Mr. Dufresne then enlisted in the Army in March 1977 as an infantryman with an assignment to the 24th Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia. He graduated from Infantry Advance Individual Training in May 1977 and served for a short time at the Infantry Training Brigade Headquarters in the Operations section. Mr. Dufresne reported to Fort Stewart in July 1977 and immediately volunteered for the 1st Battalion (Rangers), 75th Infantry Regiment. He served in Company A from 1977 to 1979 before attending OCS. He entered Branch Immaterial OCS Class 3-79 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Dr. Milton McPherson
OCS Board of Directors
Title: Director
Milton Monroe McPherson, Sr. was born in Monroe County, Alabama on October 19, 1928. Dr. McPherson was educated in the public schools of Alabama and is a widower of Carolyn Coley McPherson and has 2 sons and 1 daughter. Dr. McPherson holds a Professor of Emeritus of History from Troy State University as well as a BA History, 1950, a MA History, 1959, and a Ph.D. History, 1970, all from the University of Alabama. Dr. McPherson has done post doctural study at The University of Virginia in 1977. You can find Dr. McPherson as a subject of Biographical Record in Marquis' (established 1899);Who's Who in the South and Southwest(1995-1996);Who's Who in American Education(1996-1997); andWho's Who in America(1996, 1999). He was a member of the US Army, Infantry (1950-1953). He was drafted and serve
LTC (Ret) Earle L. Denton
OCS Board of Directors
Title: Vice President (admin)
Lt Col Earle L Denton USA (Ret) served for 25+ years.  He was a USAF NCO at the School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Field, TX 1948-51.  He was in combat as a Rifle Platoon Leader and Company Commander in Korea in 1953 and was an Infantry Battalion Commander in Vietnam in1966-67.  His Decorations include the Silver Star, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart (Pork Chop Hill 1953), Army Commendation Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Good Conduct Medal.  He has the Combat Infantry Badge with a star.Lieutenant Colonel Earle Denton entered the Service from Everton MO. on May 17, 1948 as a Private and retired as a Regular Army Lt. Colonel, of Armor and Cavalry, in Orlando, on August 31, 1973.Col Denton’s 25+ years of service includes a variety of Command
LTC (Ret) Alvin Cartwright
OCS Board of Directors
Title: President
Lieutenant Colonel Alvin W. Cartwright initially served as an enlisted man for three and a half years. After completing Basic Training with the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and Airborne School  at Fort Benning, Georgia he served as Cadre at the Airborne Battalion,  Ft. Benning.  He applied for  OCS as an E-5 and was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class # 9-56 on 14 September 1956 at Fort Benning, Georgia.  His First duty assignment was as Commanding Officer, Company ‘A’, 11th Infantry Regiment (Basic Training Company), Fort Ord, California.  His subsequent duty assignments included:  Infantry Platoon Leader, 86th Infantry Regiment, Schweinfurt, Germany and 2d Infantry Division, Ft Benni
M.W. “Mike” Menser
OCS Board of Directors
Title: Secretary
Mike Menser has 40 years of experience serving in leadership positions related to US Army combat and training operations. He brings broad leadership experience in project and personnel management; organizational problem solving; training and systems development. He has served as Senior/Special Advisor to several high level military and civil government commands and held key roles in creating, organizing and directing operations and training in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and the Continental United States.Menser enlisted in the Army in 1967 as a private. After 30 months in Vietnam, he attended Infantry Officer Candidate School and graduated in 1971as the Distinguished Honor Graduate. Prior to retiring in 1995, he spent 16 years serving in numerous command, staff, instructor, and
Ray Kauffman
OCS Board of Directors
Title: Director
President and CEO, Omega Training Group, Inc. Mr. Raymond W. Kauffman recently retired as the President of Omega Training Group, Inc. a defense consulting and defense contractor firm operating in Columbus, Georgia since March 1990.  Mr. Kauffman has more than 40 years of successful experience and practical expertise in executive leadership positions and in the management of programs/projects for numerous highly diversified organizations from the Department of Defense and Department of the Army to the private sector of defense contracting.  He is the consummate professional with a proven record of success working in the field of materiel acquisition and fielding new equipment into and for the Army’s fighting force.  Having spent a significant part of his military career devel
DeLloyd Voorhees Jr
OCS Board of Directors
Title: OPS
DeLloyd (De) Voorhees, Jr. retired from the U.S. Army in October 1998 after 30 years with the rank of Colonel, IN, USA.  He graduated from Infantry OCS in Class 34-69 in October 1969.  His initial ten years of service included assignments to the 10th SFG(A), MACV, 197th Inf Bde and the 1st Inf Div (Fwd).  During the later part of his Army career, he served as the Project Manager for Training Devices (PM TRADE) at the U.S. Army Simulation Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM), 1992-1995.  His final assignment was as the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Special Programs where he was responsible for developing and fielding combat equipment, munitions and demolitions for all Special Operations Forces and managing Special A
Francis Vossen
OCS Board of Directors
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Kathy Malaney
OCS Board of Directors
Title: Executive Director
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Jimmy Banks
OCS Board of Directors
Title: Director
Jimmy Banks, Vice President and deputy division manager is a graduate of Troy State University, with a Master of Science Degree from Webster University.Serving in the active U.S. Army for over 37 years, he is a graduate of the US Army War College, and was the last commander of the Berlin Brigade.Retiring as an infantry colonel, Jimmy jointed Camber in March 1997.Starting as a military analyst writing doctrine for the then newly formed digital brigade task force; Jimmy quickly began to look for ways to expand the Fort Hood/Killeen operations. These efforts included bring Jim White to Camber and the beginning of our overseas Mobile Training Team (MTT) work which continues to grow.Jimmy has also been instrumental in the development of our platform instructor effort Fort Knox and other TRADOC
Edgar Sumner Burroughs III
OCS Board of Directors
Title: Director
Lieutenant Colonel Ed Burroughs enlisted in the Army in February of 1969. After graduating from Infantry Basic Training at Ft. Benning Georgia and Infantry AIT at Ft. McClellan Alabama he attended the NCO Leadership Course at Ft. Benning. He was accepted into the OCS program and graduated from the 55 Company class 22-70 in October 1970 and was branched Armor. This was followed by Armor Officer Course at Ft. Knox, Motor Platoon Leader Course and Pathfinders Course at Ft. Benning. His first overseas assignment was with the 2nd ACR in Bindlach Germany as a Tank Platoon Leader, Company XO, Squadron Support Platoon, PBO and S-4. His first state side assignment was with the 2/17 Squadron, 101 Airborne at Ft. Campbell KY as the Squadron Motor Office and Troop Commander. He then attended the Armor
LTC (Ret) Martin M. Reyna
OCS Board of Directors
Title: Treasurer
Lieutenant Colonel Martin M. Reyna was born on 18 September 1943, San Antonio, Texas.  He has devoted over forty years of his life to the United State Army, The Infantry Branch, and Department of Defense Consulting.  Lieutenant Colonel Reyna’s twenty-four years of active military service includes combat tours in the Republic of South Viet Nam and El Salvador. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in April 1962 and served with the Military Assistance Command Viet Nam (MACV) in the Republic of South Viet Nam in 1963 and 1965, followed by stateside assignment to Fort Lewis, Washington.  In 1969 he attended the Infantry Officer Candidate Course, Ft. Benning, Georgia, and graduated in June 1970 when he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry. His first assignment after complet
Raymond L. (Skip) Strickland, Captain (Retired)
OCS Board of Directors
Title: Director
Twenty one years of military experience in the U.S. Army as both Non-commissioned Officer and Commissioned Officer.  Served in Infantry (Mech. / Light), Airborne Ranger, Special Operations, and Army Acquisition Corp assignments.  Commissioned through Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1990.  Honorably retired in May of 2000 and was recalled to active duty in January 2005, with service in Afghanistan for one year.  Skip’s accomplishments  include Officer Candidate School (Jess Wells Distinguished Military Leadership Award), Ranger School (Distinguished Honor Graduate), Infantry Officer Advanced Course (Class leader and Military Leadership Award), Infantry Officer Basic Course (Commandant’s List), Sergeant Morales Club Inductee (Top Two Percent of NCOs in Europe Durin