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SSG Shavonde Chase

Army | Ammunition Specialist

Dates of Service: Nov 2000 - Jan 2017

RETIRED

85% Complete

163 Endorsements

7246 Contacts

Influence Score: 671,834
205 out of 868,313 Veterans

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Bio

Dedicated and fair leader with 16 years of demonstrated ability to train, guide, coach, and mentor personnel while managing day to day operations in a high-tempo environment. Demonstrates an understanding of logistical, business, and administrative operations. Possesses social responsibility along with the highest standards of ethics and morals.

Military Experiences

Jul 2012 - Jan 2017

Ammunition Inspector

63rd ORD, 13th CSSB, 42nd MP BDE, 593rd ESC | Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), WA

3 Endorsements

Served as an Ammunition Section Chief for a Modular Ammunition Medium Lift Platoon within a Modular Company; responsible for the training, readiness, welfare, administration, discipline, professional development, and quality of life for two Non-commissioned Officers and eleven Soldiers.

Directly supervised the safe handling and movement of munitions at the Joint Base Lewis McChord Ammunition Supply Point; assisted with the development of the Standard Operating Procedures that improved the small arms and residue work areas.

Trained team on ammunition and convoy operations during two rotations at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin; improved the efficiency of Preventive Maintenance Checks and Service procedures, which decreased deadlined vehicles by 20%.

Sep 2010 - Jun 2012

Orderly Room NCOIC

HHC, 7-101 AV, 159th CAB, 101st ABN | Fort Campbell, KY

Voluntarily assumed the responsibility of Orderly Room NCOIC upon redeployment; implemented a training program for Orderly Room personnel resulting in accurate and proficient tracking of administrative actions for a company consisting of a total of 112 personnel.

Sep 2008 - Aug 2010

Orderly Room NCOIC

E Co, 7-101 AV, 159th CAB, 101st ABN | Fort Campbell, KY

Served as the Orderly Room NCOIC in a Forward Support Company (FSC) in a General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB); responsible for tracking all incoming and outgoing distributions, maintaining Soldier Management Individual Files (SMIF), rating schemes, leaves, UCMJ, awards, Alpha Rosters, and Social Rosters of a 123 Soldier company; responsible for the professional development of two Non-commissioned Officers, two Soldiers, and their families; responsible for the maintenance and accountability of one M1097 HMMWV valued in excess of $65,000.

Mar 2008 - Aug 2008

Orderly Room NCO

A Co, 563rd ASB, 159th CAB, 101st ABN | Fort Campbell, KY

Responsible for preparing and tracking all required transactions for a 175 Soldier company; managed and provided guidelines on procedures for leave requests, UCMJ, awards, NCOERs, and reports to ensure daily administrative operations were met; responsible for the health, welfare, and morale of two Soldiers; responsible for three M1076 trailers valued in excess of $490,793; completed training rotations at Fort Irwin and Fort Bliss as an ammunition handler in preparation for upcoming deployments.

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Deployments

(5 years, 7 months)

Dec 2012 - Sep 2013

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan

Developed the Ammunition Supply Point's Customer Service Standard Operating Procedures; orchestrated a diverse team of six individuals during Ammunition Clean Sweep 2013; inventoried and configured over 4,500 ammunition lots in excess of $22,620,834 within RC-East; responsible for the retrograde of Class V worth over $$2,797,122.

Feb 2011 - Jan 2012

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan

Served as the Ammunition Stock Control NCOIC in the S4 section while deployed in support of OEF; assumed all Task Force Ammunition Control duties within one week of arriving to Afghanistan; worked 16 hour days to ensure accurate control and accountability; flawlessly cleared all Task Force Ammunition accounts during redeployment operations.

Dec 2008 - Nov 2009

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan

Served as an Ammunition Section Sergeant; trained two mechanics and two Soldiers on ammunition operations upon arrival to theater; calculated basic load and ensured all signature cards for the entire Task Force were submitted in a timely manner; created the Monthly Ammunition Reconciliation tracker, which kept 100% accountability of ammunition .

Sep 2005 - Aug 2006

Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)

Assisted in the set-up of the Ammunition Holding Area, maintained a full complement of munitions on the flightline, and ensured the proper packaging and turn-in munitons while deployed.

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