Frank Foster

Col. Frank C. Foster (Ret.), obtained his BS from The Citadel, MBA from the University of Georgia and is a graduate of the Army’s Command and General Staff College and War College. He saw service as a Battery Commander in Germany and served in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne Brigade and USARV General Staff. In the Adjutant General's Corps, he served as the Adjutant General of the Central Army Group, the 4th Infantry Division and was the Commandant and Chief of the Army’s Adjutant General’s Corps from 1986 to 1990. His military service provided him a unique understanding of the Armed Forces Awards System. He currently operates Medals of America Press and is the author of the Military Medals of America, U.S. Army Medals, Badges and Insignia, Medals and Insignia of the Republic of Vietnam and numerous books on the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy awards. He and his wife Linda, who was decorated with the Army Commander’s Medal in 1990 for service to the Army, live in Greenville, South Carolina.