Thanks for your efforts on the timeline. I'll try to revisit it tomorrow.
A few comments: there is no airborne school at Fort Knox. There is a motor officer course which he might have attended. I don't believe he converted to Islam until the mid-to later nineties. Like I said, I'll try to come back tomorrow. I think Yee was a normal officer who did his time, experienced something in Gulf War I and then went to Islam after he went to Syria.
Thanks again for developing the timeline...it needs scrutiny and refinement. You might want to post it as its own thread and you'll get lots of help.
Glad you pointed that out. I believe the article is in error- the other article cited said he was there learning vehicle maintainance, which would make more sense :
1991 - ? : (KENTUCKY : YEE'S MUSLIM CONVICTIONS DEEPEN WHILE STATIONED AT FT. KNOX, KY, WHERE HE WAS STUDYING VEHICLE MAINTAINANCE ALONGSIDE VISITING EGYPTIAN ARMY OFFICERS AT FT KNOX, KY) The newest Muslim chaplain is James J. Yee, a Chinese-American and a West Point graduate who was born into a Lutheran family, took an interest in Islam in college and deepened his convictions while stationed at Fort Knox, Ky., where he was studying vehicle maintenance during the month of Ramadan alongside four visiting Egyptian army officers.- "Military Clerics Balance Arms and Allah," NY Times, Oct. 7, 2001