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Joined Dec 2005. BCT completed 2006 Completed 96B school 2007. Deployed to KFOR 9 2007-2008 Hellas ACT (or sometimes nicknamed ACCT). WLC 2008 in Kosovo. AT Ft Leavenworth 2009. South Korea 2010. 12Y school 2010-2011. Joplin tornado response 2011. Injured in LOD Nov 7 2011. Ft Hood warfighter 2012. MEB started in 2012. PEB completed in 2015. Temporarily physically disabled (over 50%)
Born in Chillicothe Mo. Raised in Slater Mo. Joined Army (NG) Dec 2005. Went to school where I could and in 2009: started working for Saline County Mo. 2011: I was married, my son was born, and I was injured in line of duty (CONUS...I was not in combat at the time). 2013: bought my house. 2014: started divorce. 2015 met my fiance Ariel (the greatest woman ever) 2016: GIS manager for 4 counties in central Mo and I will be having a daughter soon!
Military Experiences
Nov 2012 - Dec 2015
Geospatial Engineer Sergeant
Medical Evaluation Board and Physical Evaluation Board. I was found unfit to continue serving due to a non combat line of duty injury. Broke 7 bones in my back. Most of them were PARs joints. SI joint is loose and causes pelvis to shift up on the left side creating a 4in leg length discrepancy. When it shifts it either strains the muscles, tears muscles, or herniates the discs. Sciatica and slow reflexes in my legs are common, but I have a great doc at the VA and I am confident that I we are mailing great progress! Currently at 90% for back sciatica, and nerve damage that causes vomiting and other wierd stuff like the feeling of haveing a sunburn on my right hip and leg. Making goals and I am back down to 150 and my core muscles are improving! Unfortunately most of it is permanent.
May 2011 - Dec 2015
Geospatial Engineer NCOIC
No CW3, E8, or E5 so I had to fill all the roles including my 6 slot. In charge of planing training. Gathering data. Provide terrain analysis where it was needed. Spent a lot of time training soldiers on civilian GIS techniques. I would bring in Juniper systems and make the joes split into two teams. The first time around the soldiers would make a map for the other team to use. When they finished they switched devices and would be responsible for being able to navigate the woods using the device. Unfortunately I was hurt in late 2011 so I was not able to do a lot of what I wanted to do.
Jun 2012 - Jul 2012
Geospatial Engineer Sergeant
Warfighter in Ft Hood. I was pretty sore so I didn't accomplish as much as I would have liked. I still was able to cover day shifts and crank out products for the warfighter. I was at a disadvantage when we arrived though. Only 2 barley trained soldiers went with me for 24 hour ops. I did not have any data and nobody briefed or included the geospatial cell into the planning. They forgot to plan for a spot for us to set up our equipment so we had to take a hallway between the JOC and the ACE. Our equipment was outdated and did not work. Supply was horrible. I had to pay $250 out of my own pocket so that my team could operate. I had to plead beg and borrow data from NGA teams and the 101. AAR addressed those issues though and they now have brand new systems and are included in planning.
Aug 2008 - May 2011
All Source Intelligence Analyst
G2 OPs. I was a power point ninja. Occasional work out of the JRIC. Provided or worked on the Bub and/or Cubs. A lot of computer work essentially. There for a while the G6 thought I was one of his soldiers because I would help set up the networks and troubleshoot cpu issues.
Deployments
(1 year, 2 months)Jul 2007 - Aug 2008
Kosovo
KFOR 9 TF MI
Hellas ACT (Analyst Control Team)
Intelligence Liaison between Greek and US Army. Participated in VCPs, OPs, and patrols with Greeks. Coordinated with HUMINT to gather information we needed. Had an open trip ticket so if there was something G2 wanted looked at they sent us.
Military Credentials
Professional Development Schools
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Additional Specialization(s)
Security Clearance
Top Secret/SCI or higher
Academic Degrees
Academic Degrees
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Interests
Horses and Horseback Riding
Outdoors
Wildlife
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