Major Bill Edmonds to obtain masters degree in Monterey
By Gazette Staff Writer — Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Major Bill Edmonds.
Major Bill Edmonds.

Major Bill Edmonds, a 1989 graduate of Fillmore High is currently taking a course of study at the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterrey. He will graduate in December with a Masters in Military Tactics and Strategy. His Masters thesis is on Profiling Terrorists. Major Edmonds is in Special Forces. He recently returned from a tour in Iraq where he served in Mosul.

Major Edmonds and his wife Cheryl will return to Washington for more intensive study at the
Pentagon. Edmonds graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo of his graduation class. Edmonds has been a Army Ranger, and Airborne Army before his present assignment in Special Forces. He has had tours of duty in Kosovo, and Kuwait as well as assignments in the U.S. At Fillmore High Edmonds was involved in football, wrestling, and as a volunteer for the fire department and forest service.

Thank You for your service

Submitted by Joe Friday on Thu, 10/30/2008 - 9:04pm.

Thank You for your service Major Bill Edmonds,you sure are making Fillmore proud.Keep up the Great Work!

I think people and myself

Submitted by arleziana on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 11:33pm.

I think people and myself would prefer the one with more experience. And so will many companies, I have been in the same situation , i have a and the other candidate no masters but lots of experience. And he won the job, so a masters does not matter in the face of experience.

First off, high respect and

Submitted by John T King on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 2:16pm.

First off, high respect and congratulations on your past and current endeavors, Major Edmonds! Truly, you are an asset to the United States of America, and to the United States Army.

But, without heading into much ado about nothing in my many years in the military, it is determined, EXPERIENCE and EDUCATION are combinations of the "whole" which comprise a future military staff officer his position as a Lieutenant Colonel (next rank up from Major) and rank accelerations beyond as requirements. The article points out very clearly, Major Edmonds has a career-path already started. Education and experience cannot be equalized; in that they oftentimes cannot be undertaken at the same time, nor in a time-line, be equal to each other. This is a step-by-step process. Salutes, sir! JTJK