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My experiance has truly been blessed by God!! I am a retired combat veteran and I'm currently working with Wheeler Material Handling formerly known as Yale Carolinas INC. My transition was a rough road but well worth it. If I can do anything to help out anyone don't hesitate at ask. Roll Tide!
Military Experiences
May 2012 - Jan 2014
First Sergeant
Served as the First Sergeant of a Headquarters and Headquarters Company. Responsible for leading and maintaining combat readiness, health, welfare, morale, professional development and training of over 217 Soldiers including all brigade staff sections; responsible for the development and execution of training and maintenance programs ensuring operational readiness for combat, contingency and peacetime operations; prioritizes unit resources including time, equipment, and facilities to accomplish assigned missions and necessary training; manages the professional development of all NCOs.
Aug 2011 - Mar 2012
First Sergeant
Served as the First Sergeant for a Maintenance Company supporting the 2BCT, 101st Air Assault Brigade Combat Team. Responsible for leading and maintaining combat readiness, health, welfare, morale, professional development and training of over 112 Soldiers; supervises the unit and field level maintenance support for four companies within the battalion and five maneuver battalions; serves as the commander's senior enlisted advisor on all matters pertaining to planning, preparing, executing training; prioritizes unit resources including time, equipment, and facilities to accomplish assigned missions and necessary training; manages the professional development of all NCOs
Dec 2010 - Jul 2011
Operations Sergeant
Served as the Operations NCOIC in a brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team; principle enlisted advisor to the S-3; coordinated battle space assets and tracked movements of Combat Logistic Patrols (CLP's); collected and reports line of sight communications data for optimizing real world VHF-FM networks; ensures timely reporting of sensitive items, serious incidents, and training statistics; responsible for the health, welfare, training, and operational readiness of four NCO's and six Soldiers; responsible for $2.3 million in home and TPE equipment.
Mar 2009 - Dec 2010
First Sergeant
Served as a Company First Sergeant for 127 Soldiers in a Forward Support Company supporting 1/502 Infantry Battalion deployed in Afghanistan; served as the Commander's senior logistics and tactical advisor and Company internal logistic operator; advised the Commander on all Soldier affairs; coordinated with battalion elements and outside agencies to provide logistic support; enforced standards and discipline; supervises and reviews unit administrations and personnel actions.
Deployments
(6 years, 3 months)Jan 2014 - Oct 2014
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan
In support of 2BCT. Was tasked to go out and inspect FOB's and COP's of US coalition forces to move out and turn over to the Afghan Army Forces in RC EASST.
Apr 2010 - Apr 2011
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan
2nd Brigade deployed to Kandahar Province, Afghanistan as part of the troop surge into the most unsecured areas. "Strike" Brigade successfully flushed out the Taliban fighters from the birthplace of the Taliban. Strike Brigade continued operations that had begun in late 2009 when TF12 (1-12IN), a detached element from 4-4ID out of Fort Carson, Colorado, became the first American battalion to occupy areas within Zhari District of Kandhar Province. After relieving 1-12IN in place, Strike Brigade breached further into the "green zone", a fertile area that borders the northern bank of the Arghandab river, and held a strategic area of land Taliban fighters had been using for years. One of the major operations during Strike Brigade's tour was Operation Dragon Strike. Operation Dragon Strike officially launched on 15 September 2010. After a couple of months of fighting, Operation Dragon Strike ended in a coalition victory. The mission of Operation Dragon Strike was to drive insurgent forces from the Arghandab district of the Kandahar Province.
Sep 2007 - Nov 2008
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
Strike soldiers once again deployed for 13 months in late 2007 north of Baghdad where they continued to train Iraqi security forces while fighting the Jaish al Mahdi paramilitary force. On 31 August 2016 U.S. soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Strike, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), took charge of a Ranger training program for qualified volunteers from Iraqi security forces at Camp Taji, Iraq. The Ranger training program, led by Company A, 1-502nd, is designed to lay the foundation for an elite Iraqi unit.
Sep 2005 - Sep 2006
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
The newly formed 2nd Brigade Combat Team deployed again to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in fall 2005 for 12 months. While deployed, the soldiers of the 502nd continued to improve security conditions within their assigned area of operations and began to train Iraqi security forces within Southern Baghdad and the infamous area of Mahamudiyah, Lutafiyah and Yusifiyah.
Military Credentials
Professional Development Schools
May 2006
Additional Duty Safety Course
Aug 2004
Standard Army Maintenance System-1
Individual & Special Skill Schools
Jul 1999
AASLT
Certifications
Security Clearance
Secret
Academic Degrees
Academic Degrees
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