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Oak DeBerg

Oak DeBerg joined the US Air Force in 1965 after completing Reserve Officer Training Corps. Upon commissioning, he served as an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launch control officer for five years Following this assignment, Oak worked in the areas of research and development and weapons acquisition. He was involved in the early development of unmanned aerial vehicles during the Viet Nam conflict. Later, he became responsible for integrating conventional weapons on the then new B-1B bomber. In the late 1970s, after joining the Air Staff at the Pentagon, he became an assistant executive secretary to the US Air Force scientific Advisory Board. In the early 80s, he was the scientific and technical adviser for, as well as a delegate to, the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) and the Intermediate Nuclear Forces reduction treaty negotiations with the Soviet Union. He later went on to become the Assistant Chief-of-Staff for the Air Force Systems Command. He retired in 1995 with the rank of Colonel.

Colonel (Ret.) DeBerg holds a B.S. in Chemistry (University of California at Berkeley), a M.S. in aerospace engineering (Air Force Institute of Technology) and a B.A. in philosophy (The University of Texas at San Antonio). Colonel DeBerg has spoken at Vassar College on "The Need for a Universal Draft" as well as "Military Policy and Treatment of Gays." He also has given numerous talks to local civic groups on Charles Darwin, evolution and so-called intelligent design. On four occasions, he has given testimony to the Texas State Board of Education on the scientific and political issues involved in high school textbook selection.

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