CPT Richard Arlington Briggs Jr

CPT Richard Arlington Briggs Jr

Dates of Service: Aug 1978 - Dec 2009
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  • SPC
  • CPL
  • 2LT May 85
  • 1LT May 88
  • CPT May 92
  • SGT Nov 00
  • SSG May 02
  • CPT May 04
Commissioning Source:  ROTC, May 1985

Recent Activity  -

Military Experiences

Apr 1988 - Apr 1990
Executive Officer/Airdrop Operations Officer
Survival from "BLAKEGATE." Reconstituted BSA Pack & Troop 85 for Camp Hialeah and the Southern one third of South Korea. Learned that the sacred Army Values were "situational based on rank and positions and careers to be protected in the face of felonious acts committed by a diseased chain-of-command, O-3 to O-6 to O-7." Integrity.
Sep 1987 - Feb 1988
Class Commander QM OBC 88-1
Herding fellow 2LTs to successfully graduate.
1986 - 1987
Executive Officer/Training Officer
Bn MFT. Company IN OSUT operations.
1985 - 1987
Campbell University
Cadet
Cadet OIC - Raiders. Cadet OIC - Color Guard.

Deployments

(2 years, 1 month)
Feb 2003 - Mar 2004
Iraq ribbon
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
Assigned as SSG/92Y, 44th CHEM CO (2nd CHEM BN), attached to Task Force Iron Horse. Returned to accept AGR position as a CPT/O-3E, 38A5P, 404th CA BN (FID/UW), Fort Dix, NJ and assist with MTOE transition in an Airborne unit.
Aug 1990 - Jun 1991
Southwest asia ribbon
Operation Desert Shield/Storm
Initially, member of HHC, DISCOM, 82nd ABN DIV. Then, member of 548th S&S Bn, 171 CSG, assigned to 24th ID (M). Finally, member of 5th SOSC (TA) (Abn). Returned to Fort Bragg, assisted in transition of USARSOC (A) into USACAPOC (A).

Military Credentials

Professional Development Schools

2001

Unit Supply Sergeant Course (92Y)

1988 - 1998

Advanced Airborne Course

Certifications

2013

Illinois Substitute Teacher License (K-12 All Subjects)

2007

Texas Teacher License (One Year)

1998

South Carolina Teacher Professional License

1997

North Carolina Initial Teacher License

Foreign Language Skills

2004

Italian

Additional Specialization(s)
Security Clearance
Top Secret/SCI or higher

Academic Degrees

Academic Degrees

1995 - 1997

UNC Charlotte

Bachelor's Degree, Theatre Arts Education K-12, Cum Laude

1983 - 1987

Methodist University

Bachelor's Degree, Fine Arts Management - Theatre

Personal Information

Interests
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