Carl Stiner

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Carl Stiner
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Carl Wade Stiner (7 September 1936 – 2 June 2022) was a United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, United States Special Operations Command (USCINCSOC) from 1990 to 1993.

Military career

Stiner was born in

Fort Benning, Georgia and commanded a basic training company at Fort Jackson
.

His first

Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Following graduation from the Army Command and General Staff College in 1967, he served in the Vietnam War as both an infantry battalion and brigade operations officer (S-3) with the 4th Infantry Division
.

In 1970, after a tour with Headquarters, Department of the Army in Washington, D.C., he joined the

1st Infantry Training Brigade
at Fort Benning.

Promoted to

commanding general of the Joint Special Operations Command
at Fort Bragg.

He held this post until assigned as commanding general,

Operation Just Cause in Panama
in December 1989.

In May 1990 he was promoted to the rank of general and became the second commander in chief of the United States Special Operations Command, headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. As commander in chief, he was responsible for the readiness of all special operations forces of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, both active duty and reserve, retiring in May 1993.

During his 35-year career, Stiner commanded the Army's preeminent contingency strike forces; including the Joint Special Operations Command, the 82nd Airborne Division and the XVIII Airborne Corps. Stiner has an extensive background in special operations. Among the many missions in which he was involved was the capture of the terrorists in the

Operation Desert Storm
.

Stiner was inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame in 2004.[1]

Awards and decorations

Bronze oak leaf cluster
 
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze star
Badge Combat Infantryman Badge
1st Row Defense Distinguished Service Medal
with 1 Oak leaf cluster 		Army Distinguished Service Medal
2nd Row Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit
with 1 Oak leaf cluster 		Purple Heart
3rd Row Meritorious Service Medal
with 2 Oak leaf clusters 		Air Medal
with 3 Oak leaf clusters
Army Commendation Medal
with 2 Oak leaf clusters
4th row Army Presidential Unit Citation
with 1 Oak leaf cluster 		Joint Meritorious Unit Award National Defense Service Medal
with 1 bronze service star
5th Row Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Campaign stars
 Army Service Ribbon
6th Row Army Overseas Service Ribbon France Military Medal Ribbon
Korean Presidential Unit Citation
7th Row Vietnamese Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
(U.S. Army version) 		Civil Actions Medal Unit Citation Emblem
(U.S. Army version) 		Vietnam Campaign Medal
with "60-" clasp
Badges
Ranger Tab
USSOCOM
background trimming
Badges Army Staff Identification Badge
Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge

Post-military career

Stiner co-authored the 2002 book Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces with

Tennessee Technological University[4] and served as chairman of the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.[5] Stiner was also active teaching the joint warfare fighting course at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia, and worked as a senior advisor for new joint war fighting experiments.[6]

Stiner died at a medical facility in Knoxville, Tennessee, on 2 June 2022, at the age of 85.[7]

Additional recognition

An approximately 10-mile (16 km) stretch of State Highway 63 between LaFollette and Speedwell, Tennessee, is named in honor of General Stiner. The Army ROTC offices at Stiner's alma mater, Tennessee Tech, have been renamed the Carl W. Stiner Leadership Center in his honor.[8]

On 7 September 2002, an oil portrait in the likeness of General Carl Wade Stiner, by California Artist Sylvia Rogers-Barnes, was unveiled to a company of interested citizens, friends and relatives of General Stiner, at the proposed location of a new Veterans' Memorial Museum in Jacksboro, Tennessee. Since that time, the portrait is being housed at the Campbell County Historical Society located at 235 E. Central Ave. in LaFollette, Tennessee, and curated by Jerry Sharp at that location.

The biographical material and photo of the portrait of General Stiner has been entered into the

Catalog of American Portraits
, Center for Electronic Research and Outreach Services, National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

In February 2015, the radio program This American Life featured General Stiner prominently for his role in creating The Soldier Safety Show at Fort Bragg, a mixture of serious videos and upbeat show-tunes that helped reduce the number of soldiers' deaths from dangerous behaviors off-duty.[9]

Published works

  • ISBN 0399147837
    .

References
  1. ^ Ranger Hall of fame bio Archived December 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ National Public Radio's Fresh Air, March 4, 2002
  3. ISBN 0399147837
    .
  4. ^ TGAgency.com - Carl Stiner
  5. ^ Special Operations Warrior Foundation Board of Directors Archived May 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Business TN Magazine, June 2004 Archived June 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ La Follette’s favorite son, General Carl Stiner, has died
  8. ^ Plaque at the Carl W. Stiner Leadership Center, Tennessee Technological University, 14 May 2011.
  9. ^ This American Life, Episode 549: "Amateur Hour," Act 1: "Theatre of War," produced by Jack Hitt (orig. aired 27 February 2015) [1]. Transcript: [2]
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