Robert Bogison was born in a working-class
neighborhood in Pontiac, Michigan. After
graduating from Granada Hills High School in
1966 he focused on college, pool halls,
surfing, and part-time jobs. In early
January, 1968 Bogison enlisted in the US
Army to become a Military Policeman. Basic
training followed at Fort Ord, California
and Military Police School, Fort Gordon,
Georgia. His first duty station was the
Correctional Training Facility at Fort
Riley, Kansas assigned to rehabilitate
incorrigible soldiers, some of whom had
circulated for many years in the military
penal system since being drafted in the
early 1960s.
In July, 1969 he shipped out to the 284th
Military Police Company headquartered in the
infamous Long Binh Jail compound. Four
months later - and by dint of unconventional
personal initiative - he transferred to B
Company, “Bushwhackers,” 720th Military
Police Battalion to be a squad leader. B
Company is the only combat infantry MP unit
in Military Police Corps history.
He graduated with a BA in Sociology at
California State University, Northridge in
1973.
In 1977 he joined the Reno, Nevada Police
Department. Over ten years there he was
assigned to the Intelligence Unit, the SWAT
Team and five years with the
Robbery/Homicide Unit. In 1987 he was
appointed to the Los Angeles Police
Department as a Tactics/Officer Survival
Instructor, Homicide Detective and Homicide
Detective Supervisor until he was medically
retired in 2004 for job-related injuries.
Nineteen years were devoted to homicide
investigations. Since 2004, Robert and his
wife Lorraine, have made their home on
twenty acres of mountain land in the forest
outside Bozeman, Montana in a house designed
and built by his son, Brian a law school
graduate of the University of London. His
daughter Kari, is a graduate of the
University of Alabama. Robert C. Bogison is
the author of Up-Close & Personal
In-Country, Chieu Hoi, Vietnam 1969-1970..
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