Military Service
Pardew began his professional career as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army. He left the Army in 1994 after 28 years of active duty service with the rank of Colonel.
While in the Army, he held a variety of staff and command assignments including Vice Director for Intelligence, J-2, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Director of Foreign Intelligence and Chief of Current Intelligence, Army General Staff, in the Pentagon during the collapse of the Soviet Union and the first U.S. war with Iraq.
His service abroad included assignments in Germany, Turkey, Japan, a combat tour in Vietnam and service in "Operation Retore Hope" in Somalia.
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