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Psywarrior Lost In Iraq
Fifteen others were wounded in the attack. LTC Buehring, who turned 40 on Oct. 6, had been deployed in Iraq for the past nine months working with Psychological Operations for the land forces. He was was a key military adviser to L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. civilian administrator for Iraq. He was the first Psywarrior killed in action since Specialist James Joseph Pastore, Jr., 3rd Det., 7th Bn., 4th Psyop Group, Vietnam - 10 April 70. A 1985 Citadel graduate, his first assignment after receiving his commission was as an infantry officer with the 10th Mountain Division in Ft. Drum, N.Y. From there he served with Special Forces in assignments in Southern Africa and in Somalia. Later he commanded the company that trained Special Ops Medics at Ft. Bragg, then transitioned to the 3rd Psychological Operations Battalion at Fort Bragg. He also served as Chief, PSYOP Doctrine Branch, PSYOP Division at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Ft. Bragg. Designed US Psyop in Iraq Buehring was stationed in Kuwait at the start of the Operation Iraqi Freedom, and eventually was assigned to the U.S. Army's Central Command as the senior psychological-operations officer in Iraq.
LTC Buehring was an architect of a campaign to persuade Iraqi oil workers and soldiers not to sabotage the nation's oil fields, Merchant said. Sabotage was a major fear of coalition leaders before the war, because they hoped to use oil revenues to help pay for the reconstruction of the country LTC Bo Merchant attended The Citadel with Buehring and worked with him on psychological warfare initiatives before, during and after the war. "He was very, very forward thinking, very visionary and highly educated," Merchant said. "Chad was just the epitome of the professional soldier, but he was able to balance the needs of his job and his family." LTC Buehring was Ranger qualified and held the triple canopy of Ranger, Special Forces and Airborne. His awards include the Army Achievement Medal and the Army Commendation Medal. He is survived by is wife, Alicia, and his two sons, Andrew, 9, and Nick, 12. LTC Buehring was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal with "V" device, Purple Heart, Legion of Merit, and the Combat Infantryman's Badge with Star. He was bnuried in Arlington National Cemetary, Arlington, VA 
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