Colonel Ralph Stocker

Colonel Ralph F. Stocker was commissioned at Western Michigan University and entered the U.S. Army in June 1964. His assignments include duty as a Forward Observer and Fire Direction Officer with the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam; Commander, Company E, 1st School Battalion, Fort Eustis, Virginia; Commander, 285th Transportation Company (Terminal Service), Qui Nhon, Vietnam; instructor at the U.S. Army Transportation School, Command, Oberursel, Germany; S-3 and Executive Officer for the 106th Transportation Battalion (Medium Truck), Ruesselsheim, Germany; Chief, Ocean Terminals Division and Special Assistant for Exercises and Operations to the Director of International Traffic, MTMC, Terminal, Panama; Chief, Strategic Mobility Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Department of the Army, Washington, DC; and Commander, Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne, New Jersey.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Automotive Engineering Technology from Western Michigan University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Babson College. His military education includes Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Transportation Officer Orientation and Advanced Courses and Stevedore Officer Course, Fort Eustis, Virginia; Command and General Staff Officer Course, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; the Logistics Executive Development Course, and the Army Installation Management Course, Fort Lee, Virginia; the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort McNair, Virginia; and the Department of the Army Inspector General Course, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Colonel Stocker's military awards include the Legion of Merit; the Bronze Star Medal for Merit with one Oak Leaf Cluster; the Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster; the Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters; the Army Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster; and the Army General Staff Identification Badge.

Colonel Stocker is married to the former Susan B. Fawcett of Middletown, New Jersey. They have three children: Ralph, Brad and Marc. His hometown is Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

Colonel Stocker became the Army Inspector General for the State of Michigan on 15 September 1989.