SGT Norman Cordova

Army | Infantryman

Dates of Service: Apr 1986 - Sep 2010

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Bio

I worked as a cook for Cracker Barrel, I earned 3 certificates of completion while attending Amarillo College in Management supervisiory, food cost, food sanititation

Military Experiences

Jul 1996 - Sep 2010

M249 gunner

Cco 2/142 Inf Midland Tx | Texas Army National Guard

while serving with the 2/142 Infantry I was a M249 SAW Gunner. I went to Bosnia in 2000 for 8 months, and to Guantanamo Bay Cuba in 2002 for 6 months and then to Iraq in 2005 for 12 months, I was also a driver for our gun truck and I also did dismounted patrol while in Bosnia and while in Guantanamo Bay Cuba. While in Iraq I served as an M249 SAW Gunner/driver and did a lot of guard tower duty and went on route patrols and route clearance patrols looking for road side IEDs and other explosive devices.

Deployments

(2 years, 6 months)

Jan 2005 - Dec 2005

Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)

was an M249 Machine Gunner on a gun truck, I went on route patrols and route clearance patrols looking for IEDs and other explosive devices, did a lot of guard tower watch and radio telephone operator duty, 12 months was a long time away form home

Jun 2002 - Dec 2002

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

served as a 249 SAW gunner, did mounted and dismounted patrols, pulled gate guard duty.

Feb 2000 - Dec 2000