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12-16-2005, 06:10 PM
A Man Without Honor
The following is the biography of Andy Yurcho, who represents himself as a U.S. Army Major General (Retired), Distinguished Service Cross holder, a former 75th Ranger Regiment battalion commander, former Asst. U.S. Attorney, Vietnam and Gulf War hero, and once a rising star in the Pentagon hierarchy who turned down command of the Army's elite 82nd Airborne Division. Records obtained from the Military Records Center in St. Louis show that a soldier with the same name and identifying information was a SP4 in the Signal Corps from 1960 until 1962 with no other service noted.
Because of and thanks to the diligent efforts of a real Ranger, and several senior officer and former commanders of various U.S. Army Ranger units, including a former commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment, the Ranger Association, and available public records, DefenseWatch Magazine is certain Yurcho is a fraud, a liar, and a man who dishonored his country, the thousands of Rangers who have honorably served our nation, and brave soldiers everywhere who proudly serve today, in the past, and in the future.
Beware of Mr. Yurcho and his ilk!
The Editor
Resume' of Andy Yurcho (unedited and printed as received):
"Mr. Yurcho, A Retired Major General in the United States Army, who holds a doctrine in Legal Letters and Securities Law, and also a doctrine in Military Science and also a doctrine of Jurisprudence, before he obtained his vast knowledge he ascertained a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, and then a MBA from Penn State, while doing so he was able to attend the US Naval Language School in Monterey, Ca. where he attained fluency in Vietnamese and the Slavic Countries.
Mr. Yurcho military experience is unsurpassed when he joined the Army Reserve as a Private during senior year of high school. Upon graduation he attended Army basic training course at Fort Knox, Ky. and Cryptology School at Fort Gordon, Ga. Completed in December 1960.
He then enrolled in Army ROTC at Bucknell University during freshman year (January 1961) and was discharged honorably from the enlisted ranks. Mr. Yurcho was commissioned as Second Lieutenant upon graduation from College in May of 1965. During ROTC years, attended Army paratrooper course at Ft. Benning Ga, upon completion of U.S. Army Ranger School. He became an Airborne Ranger during ROTC years, while attending Officer Basic Training he was commissioned to Master Parachutist. After counting parachute jumps at 850. He researched and developed (including test jumping) new and better parachutes including the T-51 for special forces personnel.
Mr. Yurcho then serving three tours of duty in Vietnam, He served in Vietnam during both Tet offensives in 1968 and 1969. He received Distinguished Service Cross for Valor during the Tet offensive of 1968. The citation accompanying the award read, "Under intense enemy fire, Lt. Yurcho entered the village of Bahn Mi Thout on at least four occasions to retrieve dead or wounded soldiers and Montagnard Villagers rather than leave friendly soldiers to the enemy. The village was taken and lost on four occasions during the battle which lasted for six days. Casualties incurred under Yurcho's command were 200 friendly forces killed while the group under Lt. Yurcho's command inflicted in excess of 2,500 casualties on the Elite North Vietnam Peoples' 3rd Infantry Division." Mr. Yurcho was then promoted to Captain during Vietnam service.
Later through out his career he was promoted to Major and released to the U.S. Army Reserve upon completion of Vietnam War. (Given ADR status Active Duty Reserve).
He was reactivated in 1982, promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and was appointed to the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle, Pa. While attending the War College, He simultaneously attended ****inson University (Law) and received a Doctorate in Law (Corporate Securities), and graduated from the Army War College and ****inson in 1984
Upon reactivation of the 75th Ranger Regiment, in 1984, he was given Command of the First Ranger Battalion at Ft. Stewart Ga. Served as Battalion Commander until 1985.
Later that year he was released to Reserve status in 1986.
1988 Mr. Yurcho was reactivated and given command of the 3rd Ranger Battalion at Ft. Lewis, Washington. He led the 3rd Ranger Battalion and elements of the 1st Ranger Battalion in the invasion of Panama; his mission was to land at Rio Hato and capture the Torrijos Tocumen Airport. The jump occurred at 500 ft with no auxiliary parachute. After a two hour fire-fight, the mission was successfully completed. Twelve Rangers were lost in the attack along with five Navy Seals killed on the beach. After the Panama incursion, He was promoted to Colonel and attended the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Upon graduation, Mr. Yurcho was given command of the 75th Ranger Regiment at Ft. Benning Ga and subsequently to (Reserve Components of the Special Operation Command)
Reactivated for the Desert Storm campaign where he served as an advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. He was the liaison officer between Gen. Schwartzkoph and the Joint Staff. Mr. Yurcho was promoted to Brigadier General after Desert Storm and then returned back to the reserve ranks.
June of 2002 Mr. Yurcho was reactivated for the Iraqi problems going on in the middle-east. At that time he was then given title of Deputy Commander, Special Operations Command in charge of planning and training. Duties include planning special operations and training personnel to carry out those plans.
Duties being performed at the U.S. Naval Station (Seals) in Coronado Ca, Camp Pendleton, Ca, National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Ca, and at the Joint Forces Training Center at Los Alamitos, Ca.
Mr. Yurcho was in command in excess of 5,000 people and worked directly with General Franks at Central Command and also with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
In the late 2003 Mr. Yurcho was again reactivated in March 2004, and asked to return to active duty to assist in the capture of Osama Bin Laden and other terrorists. He was awarded the rank of Major General. and is currently serving in that capacity. Mr. Yurcho was recently offered to command of the 82nd Airborne Division. .
Mr. Yurcho's Military awards and medals are to include Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star for Bravery in Vietnam, Medal of Valor (Vietnam) with star, Distinguished Service Medal, Presidential Unit Citations, Civil Affairs Medal, Soldiers Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Liberation of Kuwait Medal, Master Parachutist Badge with gold battle star, Combat Infantry Badge 3rd award and approximately 8 other medals.
Mr. Yurcho had ventured into the civilian world where he has the opportunity to practice law in California, Nevada, and Colorado and through reciprocity in New York, and all Federal Jurisdictions as an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA #13398). He has participated in inactive status in all jurisdictions except federal. He gave up public practice to devote time solely to his own entrepreneurial ventures.
While devoting his time to the public sector he taught as an Associate Professor of Securities Law at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Law School, one semester.Prior to the practice of law, he was employed in the petroleum industry for several major oil companies performing mergers and acquisitions.
His accomplishments are:
Manager of Amerada Oil Co. and Hess Oil and Chemical Corp. The company is now Amerada Hess Corp. a fortune 100 Corporation. Engineered the Merger over a three year period. I moved the Hess stock from $13.00 per share at the beginning of the project to $81.00 per share at the time of the merger. At merger, the stocks of both companies were listed at $81.00 per share. Mr. Hess won control of both companies owning 13% of the stock.
Acquisition of Signal Oil and Gas Corporation for the Burmah Oil Co. a British Corporation. Arranged financing for the transaction in Japan primarily the Orion Group (Chase Manhattan). The Company was acquired for a cash price of $400,000,000. which was heralded in the Wall Street Journal as the "largest cash transaction in American business history". (It has since been surpassed many times").
Acquisition of American Chain and Cable Corp. for Bridon Industries, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of British Ropes Ltd. Doncaster, England.
Acquisition of Magnetic Tape Engineering Corporation (Magtec) by American Sound Corporation of Detroit Michigan, Initial Public Offering of Magnetic Tape Engineering Corporation.
Initial Public Offering Premier Restaurant Corp. the operators of Ciatti's Restaurants and Breugers Bagels. Also arranged a sale-lease-back financing with this corporation.
Acquisition of Weston Instruments, Inc. by Schlumberger, Ltd a NYSE Company
Acquisition of Gering Plastics Corporation by the Monsanto, Corp.
Debenture Offering for Crystal Springs Water Co. Reno, Nv.
And many other smaller mergers, acquisitions and Initial Public Offerings on NASDAQ, the NASD Electronic Bulletin Board and the Pink Sheets.
Mr. Yurcho practiced Law in Reno, Nevada. His Practice was primarily Corporate Litigation, Registered lobbyist in the Nevada Legislature 1993 until present. Mr. Yurcho was reported in Nevada Newspapers to be the highest spending, most successful lobbyist in the Nevada Legislature. Mr.Yurcho then practiced Law in Denver, Colorado 1981 to 1983. His practice was primarily Criminal Defense of white-collar crime, where later he ventured to practice Law sporadically in California between military activations.
Mr. Yurcho was entirely devoted to Mergers and Acquisitions, Initial Public Offerings and matters involving Corporate Securities, Represented many corporations in litigation with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the California Department of Corporations (DOC), and several States' securities regulators. He has been employed by the Securities and Exchange Commission as an expert witness in matters involving Corporate Securities.
As you can see Mr. Yurchos' role with our company is highly respected, His real world battlefield experience and knowledge of foreign affairs makes him one of our strongest assets
http://www.sftt.org/
The following is the biography of Andy Yurcho, who represents himself as a U.S. Army Major General (Retired), Distinguished Service Cross holder, a former 75th Ranger Regiment battalion commander, former Asst. U.S. Attorney, Vietnam and Gulf War hero, and once a rising star in the Pentagon hierarchy who turned down command of the Army's elite 82nd Airborne Division. Records obtained from the Military Records Center in St. Louis show that a soldier with the same name and identifying information was a SP4 in the Signal Corps from 1960 until 1962 with no other service noted.
Because of and thanks to the diligent efforts of a real Ranger, and several senior officer and former commanders of various U.S. Army Ranger units, including a former commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment, the Ranger Association, and available public records, DefenseWatch Magazine is certain Yurcho is a fraud, a liar, and a man who dishonored his country, the thousands of Rangers who have honorably served our nation, and brave soldiers everywhere who proudly serve today, in the past, and in the future.
Beware of Mr. Yurcho and his ilk!
The Editor
Resume' of Andy Yurcho (unedited and printed as received):
"Mr. Yurcho, A Retired Major General in the United States Army, who holds a doctrine in Legal Letters and Securities Law, and also a doctrine in Military Science and also a doctrine of Jurisprudence, before he obtained his vast knowledge he ascertained a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, and then a MBA from Penn State, while doing so he was able to attend the US Naval Language School in Monterey, Ca. where he attained fluency in Vietnamese and the Slavic Countries.
Mr. Yurcho military experience is unsurpassed when he joined the Army Reserve as a Private during senior year of high school. Upon graduation he attended Army basic training course at Fort Knox, Ky. and Cryptology School at Fort Gordon, Ga. Completed in December 1960.
He then enrolled in Army ROTC at Bucknell University during freshman year (January 1961) and was discharged honorably from the enlisted ranks. Mr. Yurcho was commissioned as Second Lieutenant upon graduation from College in May of 1965. During ROTC years, attended Army paratrooper course at Ft. Benning Ga, upon completion of U.S. Army Ranger School. He became an Airborne Ranger during ROTC years, while attending Officer Basic Training he was commissioned to Master Parachutist. After counting parachute jumps at 850. He researched and developed (including test jumping) new and better parachutes including the T-51 for special forces personnel.
Mr. Yurcho then serving three tours of duty in Vietnam, He served in Vietnam during both Tet offensives in 1968 and 1969. He received Distinguished Service Cross for Valor during the Tet offensive of 1968. The citation accompanying the award read, "Under intense enemy fire, Lt. Yurcho entered the village of Bahn Mi Thout on at least four occasions to retrieve dead or wounded soldiers and Montagnard Villagers rather than leave friendly soldiers to the enemy. The village was taken and lost on four occasions during the battle which lasted for six days. Casualties incurred under Yurcho's command were 200 friendly forces killed while the group under Lt. Yurcho's command inflicted in excess of 2,500 casualties on the Elite North Vietnam Peoples' 3rd Infantry Division." Mr. Yurcho was then promoted to Captain during Vietnam service.
Later through out his career he was promoted to Major and released to the U.S. Army Reserve upon completion of Vietnam War. (Given ADR status Active Duty Reserve).
He was reactivated in 1982, promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and was appointed to the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle, Pa. While attending the War College, He simultaneously attended ****inson University (Law) and received a Doctorate in Law (Corporate Securities), and graduated from the Army War College and ****inson in 1984
Upon reactivation of the 75th Ranger Regiment, in 1984, he was given Command of the First Ranger Battalion at Ft. Stewart Ga. Served as Battalion Commander until 1985.
Later that year he was released to Reserve status in 1986.
1988 Mr. Yurcho was reactivated and given command of the 3rd Ranger Battalion at Ft. Lewis, Washington. He led the 3rd Ranger Battalion and elements of the 1st Ranger Battalion in the invasion of Panama; his mission was to land at Rio Hato and capture the Torrijos Tocumen Airport. The jump occurred at 500 ft with no auxiliary parachute. After a two hour fire-fight, the mission was successfully completed. Twelve Rangers were lost in the attack along with five Navy Seals killed on the beach. After the Panama incursion, He was promoted to Colonel and attended the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Upon graduation, Mr. Yurcho was given command of the 75th Ranger Regiment at Ft. Benning Ga and subsequently to (Reserve Components of the Special Operation Command)
Reactivated for the Desert Storm campaign where he served as an advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. He was the liaison officer between Gen. Schwartzkoph and the Joint Staff. Mr. Yurcho was promoted to Brigadier General after Desert Storm and then returned back to the reserve ranks.
June of 2002 Mr. Yurcho was reactivated for the Iraqi problems going on in the middle-east. At that time he was then given title of Deputy Commander, Special Operations Command in charge of planning and training. Duties include planning special operations and training personnel to carry out those plans.
Duties being performed at the U.S. Naval Station (Seals) in Coronado Ca, Camp Pendleton, Ca, National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Ca, and at the Joint Forces Training Center at Los Alamitos, Ca.
Mr. Yurcho was in command in excess of 5,000 people and worked directly with General Franks at Central Command and also with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
In the late 2003 Mr. Yurcho was again reactivated in March 2004, and asked to return to active duty to assist in the capture of Osama Bin Laden and other terrorists. He was awarded the rank of Major General. and is currently serving in that capacity. Mr. Yurcho was recently offered to command of the 82nd Airborne Division. .
Mr. Yurcho's Military awards and medals are to include Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star for Bravery in Vietnam, Medal of Valor (Vietnam) with star, Distinguished Service Medal, Presidential Unit Citations, Civil Affairs Medal, Soldiers Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Liberation of Kuwait Medal, Master Parachutist Badge with gold battle star, Combat Infantry Badge 3rd award and approximately 8 other medals.
Mr. Yurcho had ventured into the civilian world where he has the opportunity to practice law in California, Nevada, and Colorado and through reciprocity in New York, and all Federal Jurisdictions as an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA #13398). He has participated in inactive status in all jurisdictions except federal. He gave up public practice to devote time solely to his own entrepreneurial ventures.
While devoting his time to the public sector he taught as an Associate Professor of Securities Law at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Law School, one semester.Prior to the practice of law, he was employed in the petroleum industry for several major oil companies performing mergers and acquisitions.
His accomplishments are:
Manager of Amerada Oil Co. and Hess Oil and Chemical Corp. The company is now Amerada Hess Corp. a fortune 100 Corporation. Engineered the Merger over a three year period. I moved the Hess stock from $13.00 per share at the beginning of the project to $81.00 per share at the time of the merger. At merger, the stocks of both companies were listed at $81.00 per share. Mr. Hess won control of both companies owning 13% of the stock.
Acquisition of Signal Oil and Gas Corporation for the Burmah Oil Co. a British Corporation. Arranged financing for the transaction in Japan primarily the Orion Group (Chase Manhattan). The Company was acquired for a cash price of $400,000,000. which was heralded in the Wall Street Journal as the "largest cash transaction in American business history". (It has since been surpassed many times").
Acquisition of American Chain and Cable Corp. for Bridon Industries, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of British Ropes Ltd. Doncaster, England.
Acquisition of Magnetic Tape Engineering Corporation (Magtec) by American Sound Corporation of Detroit Michigan, Initial Public Offering of Magnetic Tape Engineering Corporation.
Initial Public Offering Premier Restaurant Corp. the operators of Ciatti's Restaurants and Breugers Bagels. Also arranged a sale-lease-back financing with this corporation.
Acquisition of Weston Instruments, Inc. by Schlumberger, Ltd a NYSE Company
Acquisition of Gering Plastics Corporation by the Monsanto, Corp.
Debenture Offering for Crystal Springs Water Co. Reno, Nv.
And many other smaller mergers, acquisitions and Initial Public Offerings on NASDAQ, the NASD Electronic Bulletin Board and the Pink Sheets.
Mr. Yurcho practiced Law in Reno, Nevada. His Practice was primarily Corporate Litigation, Registered lobbyist in the Nevada Legislature 1993 until present. Mr. Yurcho was reported in Nevada Newspapers to be the highest spending, most successful lobbyist in the Nevada Legislature. Mr.Yurcho then practiced Law in Denver, Colorado 1981 to 1983. His practice was primarily Criminal Defense of white-collar crime, where later he ventured to practice Law sporadically in California between military activations.
Mr. Yurcho was entirely devoted to Mergers and Acquisitions, Initial Public Offerings and matters involving Corporate Securities, Represented many corporations in litigation with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the California Department of Corporations (DOC), and several States' securities regulators. He has been employed by the Securities and Exchange Commission as an expert witness in matters involving Corporate Securities.
As you can see Mr. Yurchos' role with our company is highly respected, His real world battlefield experience and knowledge of foreign affairs makes him one of our strongest assets
http://www.sftt.org/