William Risher

About William Risher...

Military Branch: Army Airborne Service description and Bio:After School I was drafted in 1958,Went Airborne, assigned to the 618th Engineer Support Company at Fort Bragg, N.C., trained as a master Rifleman, Received many awards shooting in competition for the XVIII Airborne Corps Rifle Team. I loved the military life and disciplines. After my discharge 1960, I worked Building Armor for international sales. In 1967 Singapore broke with the Malaysian federation, and started there new independent country, This offered me the opportunity to train there Army in all phases of Armor, I now was Expert in this field. I married a Singapore Girl, we had one daughter. I went on training foreign military all around the world to include training the privet guard of The King of Iran, The King of Saudi Arabia and The King of Thailand. I returned to the USA in 1980 and went on to work for The Department of Army as a New Equipment Trainer for US troops all over the world. My last assignment sent me to The Persian Gulf War and Iraq, where myself part of a four man team fielded 48 new armored vehicles. We trained instructors and our units in Iraq on these vehicles. All 48 of our Vehicles played a very important part in the war. I retired after returning to the states and started a greenhouse business (Risher's Farm Products) raising flowers and a high end Koi fish & pond supply business (Michigan Koi) michigankoi.com