Thomas Golden

Date of Service: 1981 to 1990 Active Duty

Unit(s) of Service: 2/327 Infantry (101st Airborne) 1st Armored Division and 2/7th SFG(A) also served in both 19th SFG(A) Gulf War and 20th SFG(A) Afghanistan

Military Schools Attended: Infantry school Ft. Benning GA (1981) Harmony Church- Special Forces Qualification – Military Freefall – Combat Diver Course and Defense Language Institute (Presidio San Francisco)

Highest Rank Obtained: SFC (E-7)

Civilian Career: Have held many different roles, from Real Estate Salesman in Los Angeles and General Contractor. Also served as a US Air Marshall working out of the New York Field Office. Currently working as a Tmath teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Additional Education: Graduated from California State University Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance in 2016

Why I joined Special Forces? Special Forces was my plan “B.” When I found out I could not fly a B-52 in the Air Force since only one eye had 20/20 vision, my dream of attending the Air Force Academy as a pilot was squashed. I immediately signed up for the Infantry in my Junior year of high school. I was also inspired by the movie The Green Berets with John Wayne and Apocalypse Now, in addition to an article in Life Magazine about a Special Forces unit operating with a Montagnard Tribe.