Randell Stansfield
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Randell Stansfield is a former military officer of the United States
.
Stansfield is married to Kenra Maxfield and has six children.
Stansfield served at the Pope Air Force Base
during the Green Ramp disaster
in March 1994. It was the worst peacetime loss of life suffered by the 82nd Airborne Division since the end of World War II
.
During the disaster, Stansfield was one of the officers on duty and first to respond. Though 24 soldiers died, experts say it would have been much worse had the response been slower. Because of this effort, only one soldier with children died before the division was able to retire him early. "Retiring people was a focused effort, day and night," said Stansfield.
He spent the last five years of his career as Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel ("G1") and later Assistant Chief of Staff for US Army Pacific in Fort Shafter
in Honolulu, Hawaii
. He led military and civilian human resources management, wellbeing and business operations for Army forces throughout the Pacific. Prior to that he was a Battalion Commander in Korea and a Branch Chief in US Army Personnel Command in Washington DC. He served as the personnel officer and Adjutant General for the 82d Airborne Division, and Executive Officer to the Commanding General, US Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
. He holds two Humanitarian Service Medals and was involved in HA/DR operations for Hurricane Andrew
, Hurricane Dora
and the evacuation of forces from Teheran, Iran.
Stansfield retired around 2003 as a Colonel
in the Adjutant General
's Corp of the United States Army
with over thirty-one years of service.
Since retiring Stansfield was a consultant for military and civilian contracting, a management executive for a major property management firm in Honolulu, and a small business owner in Maui
. Since 2006 he was the chief of human resources at Veterans Administration - Pacific Islands Health Care System.
United States
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Life
His Masters studies were at Michigan State and at Webster University and his Bachelor of Science Degree was from Columbia College. He is a graduate of the US Army War College and the US Air Force Command and Staff College.Stansfield is married to Kenra Maxfield and has six children.
Stansfield served at the Pope Air Force Base
Pope Air Force Base
Pope Field is a United States Army facility located 12 miles northwest of the central business district of Fayetteville, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States.-Units:...
during the Green Ramp disaster
Green Ramp disaster
The Green Ramp disaster was a 1994 mid-air collision and subsequent ground collision at Pope Air Force Base , North Carolina that killed twenty-four members of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division preparing for an airborne operation...
in March 1994. It was the worst peacetime loss of life suffered by the 82nd Airborne Division since the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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During the disaster, Stansfield was one of the officers on duty and first to respond. Though 24 soldiers died, experts say it would have been much worse had the response been slower. Because of this effort, only one soldier with children died before the division was able to retire him early. "Retiring people was a focused effort, day and night," said Stansfield.
He spent the last five years of his career as Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel ("G1") and later Assistant Chief of Staff for US Army Pacific in Fort Shafter
Fort Shafter
Fort Shafter is in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawai‘i, extending up the interfluve between Kalihi and Moanalua valleys, as well as onto the coastal plain at Māpunapuna. Fort Shafter is the headquarters of the United States Army Pacific Command, the MACOM of U.S. Army forces in...
in Honolulu, Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
. He led military and civilian human resources management, wellbeing and business operations for Army forces throughout the Pacific. Prior to that he was a Battalion Commander in Korea and a Branch Chief in US Army Personnel Command in Washington DC. He served as the personnel officer and Adjutant General for the 82d Airborne Division, and Executive Officer to the Commanding General, US Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Fort Bragg is a major United States Army installation, in Cumberland and Hoke counties, North Carolina, U.S., mostly in Fayetteville but also partly in the town of Spring Lake. It was also a census-designated place in the 2010 census and had a population of 39,457. The fort is named for Confederate...
. He holds two Humanitarian Service Medals and was involved in HA/DR operations for Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane Andrew was the third Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States, after the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 and Hurricane Camille in 1969. Andrew was the first named storm and only major hurricane of the otherwise inactive 1992 Atlantic hurricane season...
, Hurricane Dora
Hurricane Dora
Hurricane Dora was the first tropical cyclone on record to make landfall over the extreme northeast coast of Florida. Dora was also the first storm to produce hurricane force winds to Jacksonville, Florida in the almost 80 years of record keeping. Dora killed five people and left over...
and the evacuation of forces from Teheran, Iran.
Stansfield retired around 2003 as a Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
in the Adjutant General
Adjutant general
An Adjutant General is a military chief administrative officer.-Imperial Russia:In Imperial Russia, the General-Adjutant was a Court officer, who was usually an army general. He served as a personal aide to the Tsar and hence was a member of the H. I. M. Retinue...
's Corp of the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
with over thirty-one years of service.
Since retiring Stansfield was a consultant for military and civilian contracting, a management executive for a major property management firm in Honolulu, and a small business owner in Maui
Maui
The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
. Since 2006 he was the chief of human resources at Veterans Administration - Pacific Islands Health Care System.