Major(R) Ronald Glass

 In 1967, Major Glass joined the Army as an enlisted man, serving  with the 175th Radio Research as an intelligence analyst in Vietnam  during the 1968 Tet Offensive.  After his enlisted tour, in 1969 he enrolled in Army Flight School and returned to Vietnam In 1970 as a Warrant Officer flying UH-1D Huey lift ships with the Apache Troop 1/9 Cav Squadron “HeadHunters”.  His time there would see him take part in the Cambodia incursion, to include being  shot down in hostile territory.  Among various awards received for heroism in aerial flight, he is the recipient of two Distinguished Flying Crosses (DFCs) and Purple Heart. After Vietnam, Glass attended OCS and became an Armor/Aviation Officer, eventually retiring in 1990 as a Major. In his 23 year career, he served as a Huey pilot in Panama, Cav unit commander in Germany, and as a Military Attaché to Honduras during the Central American conflict.

After retiring in 1990, Major Glass, embarked on a second career with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). With USAID, he worked as a diplomat and Senior Democratic Governance and Conflict Management and Mitigation Advisor  managing international development programs in areas  of democratic governance strengthening, rule-of-law/anti-corruption, human rights, and countering violent extremism and anti-insurgency. With USAID, he served in Honduras, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Nepal, Afghanistan, Russia, and Azerbaijan. 

It was our very great pleasure to speak with Major Glass and hope you enjoy the episode.