Chief Warrant Officer 5Patrick M. Endicott
CWO Five Patrick Endicott was born in Puyallup, Washington on February 25th, 1943 and enlisted in the Army in 1963 as a Power Generator Specialist. His initial assignments include; generator operator mechanic , instructor, and construction equipment repairman at Caribou, ME, Fort Belvoir VA, and Fort Lewis WA, before his appointment to Warrant Officer in 1969.
Over the course of the next 25 years, CW5 Endicott honed his leadership and skills across the country and around the world, serving in operations in Vietnam, Bosnia, and the Middle East.
In 1996, he was assigned to the 577th Engineer Battalion at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri as the Supervisor Training Specialist/Chief, Professional Development Branch, and U.S. Army Engineer School. He built a winning cohesive team of fourteen civilian and military instructional staff, fostering continuous improvement and innovations resulting in ten courses of instruction; including non-commissioned officer and Warrant Officer Basic and Advanced courses, in addition to the maintenance training for the Engineer Officer Basic and Advanced courses.
In 1999, Chief Endicott’s 39-year Army career culminated in his assignment to the U.S. Army Evaluation Center in Alexandria Virginia, where he served as Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Warrant Officer. He developed, coordinated, and implemented testing and evaluation for nine of thirty-seven initiatives assessed during the Joint Contingency Forces Advanced Warfighting Experiment held at Fort Polk, Louisiana. He concluded his assignment as the Executive Officer for the Close Combat Directorate whose mission was to plan and conduct independent evaluations of advanced concepts for Weapons and Munitions programs for Infantry, Engineer, and Armor in support of the Army materiel acquisition process.