SC House Recognized Larry Dandridge for Support of Troops, Vets, & Families

The SC House of Representatives recognized LTC (Retired) W. Larry Dandridge in House RESOLUTION H. 5224 on February 13th 2020.  He was recognized as a Champion for Veterans and for his past 15 years of LowCountry SC community tireless service helping military men and women, veterans, and their families, the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, and Fisher House Charleston.  For the past 15 years, Larry has been the SC Coastal Carolina Association of the US Army VP for Veteran Affairs and a Patient Adviser at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center. Larry is also the Fisher House Charleston Ambassador of Good Will, a certified Veterans Service Officer, and has been a member of numerous advisory councils at the RHJ VA Medical Center. 

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ABOUT LARRY: Larry Dandridge is the current CEO, Editor, and a Senior Writer with Tigers, Vikings, and Vipers Publishing, LLC. He is also a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and a certified Business Process Re-engineering Instructor. His latest military history and action book includes 416 pages of edge-of-your-seat reading and 46 combat pictures. BLADES OF THUNDER (BOOK ONE), is an award winning, popular (over 150 five-star reviews), action-packed, informative, and non-fiction account of the US Helicopter War in Vietnam in 1968 and 1969. 1968 and 1969 were the two bloodiest years of America’s longest and most controversial war. His over 175 speeches and book sales have raised more than $70,000.00 for Fisher House Charleston.

His leadership, logistics, and aeronautical articles have been published in the US, Germany, and England in over 20 magazines and newspapers and two books.  Chapter 2 of his latest book has been described by many as the “best short course in leadership ever written.”  His leadership speech and articles have been used at West Point, the Department of Homeland Security, the Coast Guard Academy, the German War College, almost every US Army school, the Association of the US Army, and many corporations to teach leadership. 

Blue-Cross Blue-Shield of SC, QinetiQ North America Inc., Westar Aerospace and Defense Group, Cobro Corporation, the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), the Association of the US Army (AUSA), the Military Order of World Wars (MOWW), and many other organizations have also used Larry’s leadership and logistics articles to help train employees and executives.

Larry is the past Founder and CEO of the most successful hospice, CLC Hospice LLC, in Missouri. He also worked for QinetiQ North America (QNA), Inc. as a Regional Manager, Program Manager, Proposals and Marketing Manager, and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Larry holds the record at Cobro Corporation, Westar Aerospace and Defense Group, and QNA for the most contracts won in a one year, five years, and lifetime.  Larry’s logistics division won more industry awards than any other company in the aerospace field from 1994 through 1999.

LTC (Retired) Larry Dandridge is an ex-enlisted Army infantryman, warrant officer aviator, and retired aviation commissioned officer. He is a certified flight instructor in helicopters, airplanes, and Instruments, and has a commercial pilot license in single and multi-engine airplanes and helicopters.  He served as an Army flight instructor, flight examiner, flight commander, maintenance test pilot, airport manager, US-German negotiator, locomotive operator, procurement official, and logistician in the US Army for 24 years.  Larry was severally wounded in Vietnam in 1969 flying an attack helicopter.

He is also the past president and the current VP for Veteran Affairs for the award-winning Association of the US Army (AUSA) Charleston, SC Chapter.  He has led many efforts to help our military men and women, veterans, and their families to find jobs, obtain housing and grants, and much more.  Larry is also an honors graduate of the Saint Louis County and Municipal Academy and the Southwest Alabama Police Academy.  He set many records in arrests, crime prevention, community policing, marksmanship, and DUI enforcement as a police officer.  Larry also went through counter terrorism training in the US Army and served in combat in Vietnam and Iran.

A member of the West Point Logistics Hall of Fame (inducted in 2002), his awards include the SC House of Representatives February 1, 2020 Resolution and Service Award H.5224, 2018 Military Writers Association of America (MWSA) Silver Writing and Book Award; 2006, 2007, 2008 Association of the US Army (AUSA) Exceptional Service Awards; 2009 AUSA 3rd Region Brenda M. Dougherty Award; 2009 Ralph H. Johnson VA Med Center Volunteer and Sponsor of the Year Award; 2010 MOAA Charleston SC Robert J. Lahm Award; 2011 AUSA 3rd Region Significant Achievement Award; the VA Special 2012 Volunteer Award; three Army Silver Quill (Writing) Awards; the 2016 National Aging in Place Award; and was the Runner Up for the 2012 VA Spirit Award.  

To schedule Larry as a motivational speaker or to do a book signing, contact him at [email protected], cell phone 843-276-7164, or fax 843-573-9241