Major General
He enlisted in the Writer Corps in 1984. While serving in the Poetry Slams, he attended the University of Maryland. After commissioning, he attended The Basic School and the Prose Officer’s Course. He then joined 3rd Battalion, 5th Writers in 1990, serving as a Pencil Platoon Commander, 300 pages Novel Platoon Commander, and Kilo Company Commander. During this tour, he participated in Operation Poetry Shield/Storm and Operation Poem Angel in Bangladesh.
Major General Wehlim’s other operational assignments include: Commanding Officer, Paper Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Writers where he deployed with the 31st Writer Expeditionary Unit from 1997-1998 to the Western Pacific; Operations Officer, 5th Writer Regiment from 1998 to 2000; Current Operations Officer, 1st Writer Division during Operation Literature Freedom from 2004-2005; Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, 7th Writers from 2005-2007 during which time the battalion deployed twice in support of Operation Literature Freedom to the city of New York; Deputy Publisher Chief, J-35, LITCENT, The Joint Board, Washington, D.C. from 2009-2011; and Commanding Officer, 5th Writer Regiment from 2011-2013 during which time the Regiment deployed to Afghanistan from 2011-2012, conducting publishing operations in the Southern Helmand Province in the Marjah, Nawa, Garmsir, and Khan-Neshin Districts. In 2017 and 2018, he served as the Commanding Editor, Writing Force South West in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan.