Ed Wolcoff

Bio:

Born November 20, 1947, Ed Wolcoff entered the Army September 20, 1967. He completed basic training at Ft. Bragg, N.C., Advanced Infantry Training at Ft. Ord, CA, Airborne School at Ft. Benning, GA, and graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course in September 1968. He was then briefly assigned to the 6^th Special Forces Group until he volunteered for MACV SOG, arriving at FOB 2 (CCC) in Kontum, Republic Of South Vietnam in March 1969, where he was assigned to Recon Team New York as the Team 1-2. He was elevated to the Team 1-1 position (assistant Team Leader) and then the 1-1 position (Team Leader) by August, 1969.

He remained on RT New York for 25 months and returned to Fort Bragg in May 1971, to serve as an instructor at the Special Forces Reconnaissance Course at Camp Mackall, NC. After graduation from the Operations and Intelligence Course, he was then assigned to C/2, 7^th Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg, NC late in 1972 Ed Wolcoff then attended Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, GA.

Commissioned as a 2^nd Lieutenant, he attended Explosive Ordnance School prior to his assignment as Commander, 28^th EOD Detachment at Letterkenny Army Depot. His subsequent 3-year assignment to the Berlin Brigade, Berlin, Germany, was followed by a 2-year ordnance company command in Crailsheim, Germany. Upon return to the US, he was assigned as a test manager at Yuma Proving Ground, AZ working mostly on classified high-tech programs. He departed YPG for Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, KS with subsequent assignment back to Germany to the 71^st Ordnance Battalion (Nuclear).

Lieutenant Colonel Wolcoff then served on the staff of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Research, Development and Acquisition (RDA) Pentagon for 3 years prior to retirement in 1995. Ed Wolcoff then served his country as a Defense contractor in the Weapons of Mass Destruction defense sector, rising to Senior Vice President of a multi-million dollar enterprise by 2005. Thereafter, he consulted in the National Security Sector for several years before his retirement. 

Ed has authored a book titled “Special Reconnaissance and Advanced Small Unit Patrolling Tactics, Techniques and Procedures” to further serve the National Security needs of his beloved Country. Other books, associated with his experience in Special Operations and Special Reconnaissance, are in-process.