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Former Active Duty United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant, Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, serving (15) years of active duty from December 1998 until April 2014, with various tactical and operational assignments including two Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and two Operation Iraq Freedom (OIF) combat deployments.
Military Experiences
Jan 2012 - Apr 2014
EOD Subject Matter expert
Serving as SME in matters pertaining to EOD to include but not limited to HME, Explosive Hazards identification and mitigation, Dismounted and Mounted Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) operations and training for U.S. Military, Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Coalition Forces. Duties included traveling to various locations conducting C-IED training packages instructing Joint Service Personnel in current methods to identify IED networks, investigative techniques on enemy force IED Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP), Weapons Technical Intelligence (WTI), Hand Held Metal Detectors, Counter Radio Controlled IED Electronic Warfare (CREW), HME, Post Blast Analysis (PBA), ground sign awareness, and TSE.
Aug 2008 - Dec 2011
EOD Section Leader
Section Leader for an EOD Section in charge of the training and supervising of EOD Technicians both in garrison and combat EOD operations. Duties included but were not limited to locating, accessing, identifying, rendering safe, neutralizing, and disposing of hazards from foreign and domestic, CBRNE, UXO , IED’s, HME, Pyrotechnics, and the inerting of various military munitions that present a threat to operations, installations, personnel, or material and the training of thousands of U.S. Military personnel in the hazards associated with each. Collateral duties included 24/7 Bomb Squad support to eighteen counties in Eastern, NC rendering safe, collecting, reporting, transporting and the destruction of hazardous explosive material.
Jun 2006 - Aug 2008
EOD Team Leader
Team Leader for an EOD Section in charge of the training and supervising of EOD Technicians. Duties included but were not limited to locating, accessing, identifying, rendering safe, neutralizing, and disposing of hazards from foreign and domestic, CBRNE, UXO , IED’s, HME, Pyrotechnics, and the inerting of various military munitions that present a threat to operations, installations, personnel, or material and the training of thousands of U.S. Military personnel in the hazards associated with each. Collateral duties included 24/7 Bomb Squad support to eighteen counties in Eastern, NC rendering safe, collecting, reporting, transporting and the destruction of hazardous explosive material.
Deployments
(2 years, 11 months)Apr 2011 - Nov 2011
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan
• Conducted (7) month deployment in support of C-IED operations in north east Marjeh, Helmand Province Afghanistan conducting dismounted C-IED operations in direct support to (2) Marine infantry companies and Afghanistan National Security Forces. Specializing in IED identification, renders safe and neutralization operations.
Apr 2009 - Oct 2009
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
• Conducted (7) month deployment in support of C-IED operations such as the rendering safe of IED’s, conducting Post Blast Investigation, TSE, Evidence Collection and Processing, HME identification processing and disposal operations, counter in direct fire post blast investigation operations, and the destruction of over 899,000 Ordnance items.
Military Credentials
Professional Development Schools
Individual & Special Skill Schools
The Scott-Donelan Tracking School Building Tactical Acuity for C-IED Operations Level 1
ATF National Center for Explosives Training and Research HME Identification, Process and Disposal Course
Sandi National Laboratory Advanced HME and Precursor Identification Course
Los Alamos National Laboratory Advanced HME
Security Clearance
Top Secret/SCI or higher
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