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Deployments
(5 years, 10 months)Mar 1991 - Jul 1991
Turkey
TDY to augment & support DAO Turkey, AMEMB Ankara
* Member of bilateral program to debrief and interview Iraqi military deserters and defectors in SE Turkey
* Member of AMEMB Ankara Embassy Field Team to support CJTF Operation PROVIDE COMFORT I (SE Turkey and NW Iraq)
* Interpreter for LTG Shalikashvili - bilateral disengagement talks at Zakho
Sep 1991 - Oct 1991
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
Detail to UN Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) as Arms Control Compliance Inspector/Specialist (Linguist)
* Member of UNSCOM 16 team in Baghdad during inspections of declared Iraqi facilities for nuclear weapons R&D program pursuant to UNSCR 687
* Exploited & translated documents discovered and confiscated at Iraqi facilities
Oct 1990 - Mar 1991
Saudi Arabia
DAO Saudi Arabia, AMEMB Riyadh, KSA
Assistant Army Attache/US Embassy Military LNO,
* Harmonized US Embassy & DAO cooperation with USCENTCOM & main Saudi ministries (MODA, MOI, MFA, SANG, MININFO) & Coalition Forces
* Interpreter for the Ambassador during meetings w/ Saudi & other GCC diplomatic counterparts
* Interpreter for GEN Schwarzkopf
May 1988 - May 1990
Jordan
DAO Jordan (DAO JO), AMEMB Amman
Assistant Army Attache (IMA)/DAO LNO
Performed three annual on-station tours (1988, 1989, 1990) at DAO JO as preparation for duty @ DAO SA.
Coordinated & finalized:
* Personnel Exchange Program (PEP)
* Registration of senior JAF GO for priority course at DOD institution
* USMA acceptance
* USN ship visit to Aqaba
Military Credentials
Certifications
Nov 1993
Program/Time Management (SMC, USAF)
Feb 1989
DOD Strategic Debriefer (Arabic & Russian)
Jul 1986
Attache / Foreign Liaison Officer (DIA)
Jun 1977
Foreign Area Officer - FA 48G, Middle East (US Army)
Foreign Language Skills
1992
Kurdish (Kurmanci dialect) (2/1+)
1992
Persian ("Farsi") w/Arabic acc (2+/2)
1992
German (sp w/Arabic accent) (3/3+)
1992
Russian (sp w/Arabic accent) (3/3+)
Security Clearance
None / Expired
Academic Degrees
Academic Degrees
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