. "1992"^^ . . "Chairman, Special Operations Policy Group"@en . . . "4"^^ . . . "1"^^ . . "2"^^ . "Place of burial"@en . . "Professor/Political Science & President, Hampden-Sydney College"@en . . . "Bronze Star ribbon.svg"@en . . "Technical Advisor, Merrill's Marauders"@en . . "Vietnam_Service_Ribbon.svg"@en . . . "Vietnam gallantry cross-w-palm-3d.svg"@en . "service-star"@en . . . . . . . . . . "5307"^^ . . . . "Samuel Vaughan Wilson"@en . "24"^^ . . "oak"@en . . "National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg"@en . "LTG Samuel V. Wilson"@en . . "1976"^^ . . . "Lieutenant General Samuel Vaughan Wilson (born 23 September 1923), aka \"General Sam\", completed his active military career in the fall of 1977, having divided his service almost equally between special operations and intelligence assignments. He served as President of Hampden-Sydney College from 1992\u20132000 and as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from May 1976-August 1977; for his foundational work in doctrine for low intensity conflict, where he coined the term \"counterinsurgency\" (COIN); and for facilitating the drafting and passage of the Nunn-Cohen Amendment to the Goldwater-Nichols Act creating the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (ASD/SOLIC). He is also credited for "@en . . . "Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_ribbon.svg"@en . "Silver Star ribbon.svg"@en . "Lieutenant General Samuel Vaughan Wilson (born 23 September 1923), aka \"General Sam\", completed his active military career in the fall of 1977, having divided his service almost equally between special operations and intelligence assignments. He served as President of Hampden-Sydney College from 1992\u20132000 and as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from May 1976-August 1977; for his foundational work in doctrine for low intensity conflict, where he coined the term \"counterinsurgency\" (COIN); and for facilitating the drafting and passage of the Nunn-Cohen Amendment to the Goldwater-Nichols Act creating the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (ASD/SOLIC). He is also credited for helping to create Delta Force, the U.S. Army's premier counterterrorism unit. As a general officer, some of his assignments included: Assistant Division Commander (Operations), 82nd Airborne Division; (First) United States Defense Attach\u00E9 to the Soviet Union; Deputy to the Director of Central Intelligence for the Intelligence Community; and Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. In his post-military career, he has been a Professor of Political Science and subsequently Wheat Professor of Leadership at the Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public Interest at Hampden\u2013Sydney."@en . . "Legion of Merit ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . . "v"@en . . . "award-star"@en . . . . "Director, Defense Intelligence Agency"@en . . "1940"^^ . . "Samuel V. Wilson"@en . "Army_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg"@en . . . "106"^^ . . . "Rice, Virginia, U.S."@en . "Distinguished_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg"@en . . . "6"^^ .