SPC(P) Nick Bondgien

SPC(P) Nick Bondgien

Dates of Service: Feb 1984 - Aug 1987
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Promotions

  • PVT Feb 84
  • PV2 Apr 84
  • PFC Jun 84
  • SPC Jan 85
  • SGT Dec 85
  • PFC Feb 86
  • SPC Apr 86

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Bio 

Former EMT/Firefighter. Served 3+yrs as EMT Training Officer, Hill County Search & Rescue ( Havre,MT. Ran for almost 5 yrs with Schofield Fire & Rescu Shcofield WI I'm involved with Substance Abuse Recovery. I'm involved with the Local High School Activities. I have 3 really cool kids who have lived with since their mom and I split weeks after the youngest was born. We've never looked back,Drive on Young Ranger Drive On! Scouts Out~RECON!

Military Experiences

Dec 1985 - Jun 1987
Track Commander TOW Gunner
Pretty easy actually. Find the enemy Call in support if needed. If not( It's a Cav thing) Put him in my sights,and send him to meet the God of His/Her understanding. Seriously, Find.tack,and kill the enemy using everything from missiles, small arms,heavy weapon's, armor or air support. If no ones home when we show up, We destroy everything they cherished and mine/frag/remote c4/ect for when they do come back. In W.Ger as Arnored Cav we were speed bumps to slow down the Russian Horde that was gonna rip thru Europe. We were to take as many as we could to Hell with us. If we had a hole,We were gonna blast thru it and counter attack.....but ummm,errr, I've seen it when the balloons gone up,and Everything,Ours Theirs would be destroyed in the first 3 1/2 mins of shooting and Arty
May 1984 - Dec 1985
Fire Team Leader
Here's where My coming of age began. I hit Swampy a 17yr old Ass-Kicker,made by one each DrillSgt.Miles and company back at Disneyland Ft.Knoxs Being the youngest,and smallest guy in our Plt, they made me a 60 gunner(when dismounted) and TOW 2 Missile system loader on an M901ITV. Thru promotion and attrition I eventually became Our Sqd Ldr/Fire Team Ldr. I held the position until We got a real NCO with real stripes to relieve this Full-Bird Pvt. Then I PCS'd to 8th ID and my new home and true Cav work, 3/8 Cav W.Ger We were RECON. I think that says it all.

Military Credentials

Professional Development Schools

Sep 1985

Primary Leadership Development Course FSGA

Individual & Special Skill Schools

Feb 1986

Combat Casualty Care Course (C4)Camp Worden,Bad,Tolz, W.Ger.

Jan 1985

Basic Military Mountaineering and Rappelling CourseCamp Merrill,GA

Certifications

Feb 1986

Honor Plt & Graduation Alpine Combat Platoon Confidence Training Camp Worden Bad Tolz W.Ger

Sep 1985

Primary Leadership Development Course FSGA

May 1984

Honor Platoon Basic/AIT E5-C-1 Ft.Knox,KY Cavalry Scout~ RECON Spclst

Foreign Language Skills

1982

German (3+/3+)

Security Clearance
Secret

Academic Degrees

Academic Degrees

2011 - 2013

North Central Technical College

Associate Degree, Environmental Engineering

2006

1991 - 1992

Northcentral Technical College

Associate Degree, National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians / ANSI LVL I & II Firefighter

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