William A. Rasmussen

Democratic/ Independent Candidate for

Washington Senate

District 2

William Rasmussen

William (Bill) Rasmussen has a life- time of service to his community and his country. He is a Navy Veteran of 16 years Active and Reserve, and another 11 years with the Army National Guard and Army Reserves, where he did multiple deployments including Iraq and Afghanistan.

He was a Board Certified Respiratory Therapist with 20 plus years experience in everything from home care, Trauma ICU, Cardiac Units, and Neo-natal Units.

He has been an Emergency Medical Technician with experience on the street of Kansas, Colorado, and California to the flight deck of an Amphibious Assault Ship and with an Army Combat Engineering Company in Afghanistan.

He has worked in public lands as a National Park Service and a National Forest Ranger as well as working for the Bureau Land Management

Bill has literally traveled around the world with the military, and has seen some of the best and worst of places. He has an understanding of what happens when plans and ideas fail. Especially when it comes to working with other cultures. Seeing the wasted money and lives that we put into places like Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan because we didn’t understand the culture nor the problems, and most of all, we didn’t ask for their input or ideas.

The Evergreen State College, in Final terms for my Grad school , Public Administration

Bill firmly believes in education for himself and others. He has an Associates degree in Biology/ Medical Science. A Bachelors Degree from Colorado State University in Eco-system Science and Sustainability, and currently a student at The Evergreen State College, Masters of Public Administration

Bill is a Jack of All Trades, and literally been there done that, even has a few T-shirts to go with it.

Bill has been a Science Teacher for 6th grade and up and been in the classroom for 5 years full time and several more part time as a substitute teacher

He has taught everything from 6th grade Earth Science to Advanced Cardiac Life Support at Georgetown Medical School-Wash. DC.

He has a background with designing medical products for use by the military.

Bill was part of an International Design Group designing a ventilator for use and manufacture in third world countries during covid. Also has submitted a design for protective clothing for those working with Ebola Virus.

Bill has a passion for solving problems, whether its working at Walter Reed Medical Center helping Soldiers to take care of their families. To helping his home care Patients with their CPAP or Ventilator.

He has a passion to work as part of a team to solve those big problems we have now and looking forward to serving the great state of Washington with the same passion he has always shown, and do so with empathy, respect, and integrity.

Bill has served in almost every branch of service in one capacity or another. He was in the Navy as a Corpsman, with the Marines as an FMF Corpsman. In the Army Reserve and Guard. With the Air Force as a member of Civil Air Patrol. And now serves with the US Coast Guard thru the Auxiliary

Formed in 1917, the division deployed to France as a part of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. It was called up for service again during World War II. The division's 116th Regiment, attached to the First Infantry Division, was the first wave of troops ashore during Operation Overlord, the landings in Normandy, France. It supported a special Ranger unit tasked with clearing strong points at Omaha Beach. The rest of the 29th ID came ashore later, then advanced to Saint-Lô, and eventually through France and into Germany.

One of the few pictures I have of my time overseas, this was 3rd Platoon, 1041st Engineering Company, Wyoming National Guard at COB Speicher in Iraq

This is the 29th Infantry Patch from Washington DC and Maryland National Guard. It is the Ying /Yang Patch, a legacy of service during a divided country from the Civil War

This was at Dinosaur National Monument as a Ranger,

I have been a National Park Ranger There and at Rocky Mountain NP.

A Ranger for the US Forest Service

And a Technician for the Bureau Land Management

Navy Corpsman -especially those assigned to the Fleet Marine Forces-US Marines are referred to by Marines as Doc, a title we all embrace, we have earned that legacy of honor and dedication to service