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I served in uniform for nearly a decade and have experience in leadership positions ranging from Team Leader to Acting Platoon Sergeant as well as extensive experience serving as a staff NCO on the battalion and brigade levels with emphasis in operations, plans and intelligence staff work.
I am married, have two sons and a dog, thanks for connecting!
Military Experiences
Mar 2013 - Feb 2014
WTU Soldier
I went to medical appointments and performed tasks as assigned by SFC Kedon Lamphere of the 180th Transportation Company in Muskegon, MI.
Nov 2012 - Mar 2013
Policy Analyst/Exercise Coordinator
Detailed to the Bureau of Political- Military Affairs as well as the Bureau of Administation.
Aug 2012 - Mar 2013
WTU Soldier
Afghanistan--> LRMC--> WRNMMC--> Ft. Meade WTU.
Deployments
(2 years, 3 months)Feb 2012 - Aug 2012
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan
Served with JTF Empire (411th EN BDE) in command of all engineer assets in CJOAA. I was assigned various tasks as a member of the G3/G4/HHC, primarily as a Movement and JOC Operations NCO. I was medevac'ed from Afghanistan to LRMC in August 2012, one of the biggest disappointments of my life.
May 2006 - Dec 2007
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
I spent a total of 19 months on active duty, including 12 months deployed to Baghdad, Iraq during the worst part of post-conflict operations. I served as a member of a QRF team, an ECP team, a JLENs crew, on various logistics support missions and volunteered with a military training & transition team as well as on medical humanitarian missions.
Military Credentials
Certifications
2012
Digital Master Gunner (ASI: 5C)
0
Firefighter
Foreign Language Skills
0
Arabic (Gulf-Iraqi) (1/-)
Security Clearance
Top Secret/SCI or higher
Academic Degrees
Academic Degrees
Started in 2019
University of Southern Queensland
PhD, Politics