1stSgt Michael Gartland

Air Force | First Sergeant

Dates of Service: Mar 1984 - Feb 2008

RETIRED

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Bio

- U-2 avionics, Air Education and Training Command master instructor, enlisted historian, first sergeant. - Retired after 24 years active duty; working in contractor position as senior historian for United States Air Forces Central Command.

Military Experiences

Apr 2005 - Jun 2007

First Sergeant

20 OSS, 20 OG, 20 FW, 9th AF | Shaw AFB, SC

Jul 2002 - Sep 2004

Historian

HO, HQ 20 FW, 20 FW, 9th AF | Shaw AFB, SC

Jan 1985 - Oct 1990

TR-1/U-2 Avionics Guidance and Control Systems Technician

17 CAMS, 17 RW, 7 AD, 8 AF | RAF Alconbury, UK

Deployments

(2 years)

Feb 2006 - Mar 2007

Pakistan

First sergeant for 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force - Falcon Talon

Feb 2003 - Sep 2003

Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)

363d Air Expeditionary Wing historian

Sep 1996 - Oct 1996

Operation Southern Watch

4404th Wing (Provisional) historian while USAF consolidated forces at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, following the terrorist attack on Khobar Towers