LTC David Haines

Army | Armor Officer

Dates of Service: Aug 1983 - Aug 2012

RETIRED

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19 Endorsements

168 Contacts

Influence Score: 19,582
3,105 out of 865,850 Veterans

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Commissioning Source: ROTC, Dec 1991

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Bio

Retired US Army veteran. Almost 30 years of service as a Soldier and officer. Purple Heart recipient. Dedicated amateur endurance cyclist. Observer and student of good leaders and the Stoic philosophers. Always looking for new opportunities to make a difference.

Military Experiences

Mar 2010 - Mar 2012

Battalion Commander

Fort Knox WTBN, NRMC (WTC), WTC, MEDCOM | Fort Knox, KY

2 Endorsements

Warrior Transition Battalion Commander responsible for care and leadership of up to 950 US Army Soldiers located across a six state region; wounded, injured, or who have become ill while in service to the Nation. Leads a diverse multicomponent team of 180 civilian staff and Soldiers, both medical and non-medical in the support of the recovery of Soldiers assigned to the battalion.

Feb 2009 - Mar 2010

Brigade Operations (S3)

194th AR BDE, Armor, MCoE, TRADOC | Fort Knox, KY

Responsible for the planning of training and operations for a US Army Training Brigade consisting of seven battalions and training of 17,000 Initial Entry Soldiers. Oversees accomplishment of training to standard. Establishes priorities for training, leadership development with limited resources. Advises brigade commander on all aspects of brigade operations.

Aug 2008 - Jan 2009

Battalion Executive Officer

194th AR BDE, Armor, MCoE, TRADOC | Fort Knox, KY

Responsible for the oversight and synchronization of staff operations in a one station unit training armor battalion that trains armor crewman for the US Army.

Dec 2006 - Jul 2008

Patient

WRNMMC WTB, NRMC (WTC), WTC, MEDCOM | Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, MD

Recovering and rehabilitating from wounds received from an explosively formed projectile roadside bomb while on mounted patrol in Baghdad, Iraq in October 2006. o Returned to active duty after over 25 surgeries to his hands, left arm, and right leg.

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