More detail on this person: Odious D Knight
flew with the 57th AHC in 72. I met him in 1988
in the Pentagon when I was working in the office
of the Secretary of Defense for Special Operations
and Low Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC).
Everytime I asked him why his mother named him
"Odious," he always had some BS answer. We
knew him as Odee. He was 6'4", at the most 200
pounds, looked good in a suit, and was a smoker.
He died of a heart attack, yesterday March 30th,
in Tampa where he worked for Northrop Grumman.
I think he was 59, I know I am older than he
is.
When I first met Odee he was working for Delta at
Ft Bragg as an aviation officer, and if I tell ya
more, I have to kill ya to tell the rest sort of
story. He is/was highly respected by all Army
Special Operators, so, if the funeral is at
Arlington National Cemetery starting at the old
Chapel, the 250 seats will quickly. I am sure the
current Army Chief of Staff, Gen Pete Schoomaker,
and current Vice Chief of Staff Army, Gen Dick
Cody, knew Odee. Not sure they know Odee has
passed.
Odee was a loyal friend. In 2001, when I was
considering telling Lockheed Martin to pound sand,
Odee had a Washington area job offer for me from
Northrop Grumman. Doesn't get any better than
that.
As we age, we find ourselves around friends and
acquaintances we are comfortable with, don't have
to say much to in an update, and know they are a
friend. Odee fit the bill.
The black tie affair next month at Tampa to honor
the 20th year of the Special Operations Command
will have one chair unfilled, but the memory of O.
D. Knight won't be lost
From: Mike Sloniker
Burial information: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
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