Mike Ramsey

COL Forest L. 'Mike' Ramsey USA (RET) retired as a career US Military Officer with extensive
emergency management / military support to civil authorities (MSCA) experience. His career covered
over 30 thirty years of cumulative military service in addition to extensive experience in the civilian
business and government sectors.

His military career began in 1967 with induction into the U.S. Army, covered a tour in South Vietnam
as an aviation unit commander, continued in the Army National Guard beginning in 1976, then
extended through assignments in the international and domestic operations arenas, including
Deployment Team Chief for DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM at U.S. Forces Command,
culminating in assignments as Chief of Operations, Army National Guard, and then as Chief, National
Guard Bureau Olympic Task Force, sending over 13,000 National Guard personnel to provide security
support to the 1996 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Atlanta, and ending as the NGB
Special Officer for Combating Terrorism.

Most significantly, his experience as Chief of Operations, Army National Guard, saw extensive
involvement with MSCA in disaster response and domestic military activities across the nation, with
direct involvement in national support to Hurricanes Iniki and Marilyn, Northridge earthquakes, Midwest
and Southeastern floods, Summit of the Americas, Southwest Border Counter Drug projects, visits of
the Pope, and World Cup soccer games to name a few, plus overall responsibility for physical security
of over 5000 Army National Guard facilities in 54 states and territories in addition to an assignment as
Chief of Intelligence.