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SGT William Benson

Marine Corps | Machine Gunner

Dates of Service: Feb 1984 - Jun 1997

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Bio

Served in both the United States Marine Corps and the United States Army.

Military Experiences

Oct 2008 - Oct 2009

Ammunition NCO

B Co, 1/161 81st HBCT | Joint Base Balad, Iraq

Combat deployment. Battle tracker and company Ammunition NCO. Earned ACM.

Mar 1995 - Jun 1997

Admin Chief

33 Area Camp Services Office | Camp Pendleton, CA

Supervised day to day operations at the 33 Area Camp Services Office.

Jan 1990 - Jan 1993

Weapons Instructor

MCT Bn, SOI (West) MCBCP | Camp Pendleton, CA

Instructed student Marines in nomenclature and operation of M249, M60, M2, M19 machine guns.

Deployments

(2 years, 9 months)

Oct 2008 - Oct 2009

Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)

Deployed with B Co, 1/161, 81st HBCT (National Guard). Battle tracker, Company Ammo NCO.

Mar 1993 - Aug 1993

Japan

UDP with WPNS Co, 3/9.

Feb 1989 - Aug 1989

Japan

UDP with K Co 3/6.

Sep 1986 - Mar 1987

Japan

UDP. Participated in training exercise Valiant Usher with HMG Plt, WPNS Co 2/6.

Academic Degrees

2010 - 2013

Spokane Falls Community College

Associate Degree, General Studies

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Interests

DrumsHistoric military vehicles