PO1 Benjamin Johnston

PO1 Benjamin Johnston

Dates of Service: Aug 2006 - Sep 2014
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Military Experiences

Sep 2008 - Sep 2014
EODMU 3
Petty Officer First Class
Experienced Team Leader. For underwater hazard, conventional ordnance and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) responses, performs data collection, coordinates response assets, establishes command post, and performs protective measures and hazard disablement; performs flight deck response and data collection. For Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRNE) response, coordinates response assests, establishes Command Post (CP), performs protective measures, conducts Initial Entry Team (IET) actions and performs Working Party (WP), and operates Emergency Personnel Decontamination Station (EPDS). Maintains Air Operations Equipment; conducts Cast, Rappelling, Fast Rope and Special Purpose Insertion Extraction (SPIE) operations; performs static line parachute, parachute rigger, and free fal

Deployments

(7 months)
Dec 2012 - Jun 2013
Afghanistan ribbon
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan
Supervised 16 employees while conducting explosive hazard responses; safely and successfully rendering safe more than 10 improvised explosive devices, explosively demolishing over 100,000 pounds of damaged, destroyed and antiquated ordnance items and supervised and oversaw the establishment of an Explosive Hazard Reduction course for Afgh

Academic Degrees

Academic Degrees

2002 - 2005

University of Cincinnati

Bachelor's Degree, Criminal Justice

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