1SG Joseph Martinez

Army | Infantry Senior Sergeant

Dates of Service: May 1989 - Aug 2014

RETIRED

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Dec 2010 - Aug 2014

Senior Military Instructor (SMI)

8th BDE, Eastern Washington University | Cheney, WA

Instruct cadets IAW CC Program of Instruction (POI), syllabi and other ROTC-directed or emerging training. Instruct warrior tasks and drills, physical fitness training and small unit tactics. Coach, teach and prepare competitive cadet teams, e.g., Ranger Challenge, Drill Team, Color Guard. Instruct, coach and prepare cadets officer/NCO relationships at platoon level and higher in garrison and combat environments. Instruct, coach and prepare cadets on receiving and executing written and verbal plans and concepts. Instruct, coach and prepare cadets on crisis/contingency management.

Oct 2009 - Nov 2010

Company First Sergeant

C/52 IN, 3rd SBCT, 2nd ID | Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), WA

First Sergeant of an Anti-Tank Company in an Infantry Battalion operating as an element of a Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) with a wartime mission to deploy anywhere in the world within 96 hours; responsible for the health, welfare, maintenance, morale, training, professionalism and personal growth of 53 enlisted Soldiers; responsible for 11 Stryker vehicles and their associated equipment in excess of $46,000,000; principal advisor to the commander and all matters involving the Company's Soldiers as well as tactical employment of weapons.

Mar 2008 - Oct 2009

Company First Sergeant

B Co, 5-20 IN, 1st SBCT (Former 3rd SBCT), 2nd ID, 7th ID | Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), WA

First Sergeant of an Infantry Rifle Company in an Infantry Battalion operating as an element of a Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) with a wartime mission to deploy anywhere in the world within 96 hours; responsible for the health, welfare, maintenance, morale, training, professionalism and personal growth of 168 enlisted Soldiers; responsible for 21 Stryker vehicles and their associated equipment in excess of $46,000,000; principal advisor to the commander and all matters involving the Company's Soldiers as well as tactical employment of weapons.