CW5 Douglas Paarmann

CW5 Douglas Paarman was recently transferred to The 323rd U.S. Army Medical Command Band at Brook Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas from the Army School of Music in Norfolk, Virginia, where he was the Director of Training and the Training Liaison Officer to the Navy Training Office. In these roles he coordinated the work of all Army instructors with the Navy host and served as Chief Instructor of the Warrant Officer Basic Course and Warrant Officer Advanced Course.

A graduate of Davenport West High School in Davenport, Iowa, Douglas E. Paarmann attended the University of Iowa, where he graduated with a B.A. degree in Music Education in December of 1977. Prior to entering the United States Army in August of 1983, he taught public school bands in Van Horne and Parkersburg, Iowa.

Chief Paarmann served as euphonium and trombone player in the 6th Army Band at Presidio of San Francisco, California. In 1986, he graduated from the Warrant Officer Entry Course with honors at Fort Rucker, Alabama and subsequently completed the Warrant Officer Technical Certification Course at Norfolk, Virginia. He then served for one year as a rehearsal conductor at the Armed Forces School of Music and also as the Program Management Officer for the Directorate of Training Development at Fort Story, Virginia.

In May of 1988, CW5 Paarmann took command of the 62nd Army Band at Fort Bliss, Texas. Subsequent command assignments included the 2nd Infantry Division Band at Camp Casey, Korea; the 98th Army Band at Fort Rucker, Alabama; the 1st Infantry Division Band at Bamberg, Germany; and the 62nd Army Band once again in 2001. Chief Paarmann returned to the School of Music as the Director of Training in May of 2005.

CW5 Paarmann's awards include the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, and the Army Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters.