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Was a Infantryman for 17 years and 6 months . 3 years and 3 months as a Still Photographer/ Photo Lab Tech. for a total of 20 years and 9 months service in the Army .
Born and raised in San Diego, CA. Joined the Army at 17. Went to work at Goodyear Plant in production 1988 retired from Goodyear in 2006. Became a School Bus Driver 2007 - 2014 retired from the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement system.
Military Experiences
May 1986 - Oct 1988
Operations Sergeant
BSM , MSM , ARCOM 3d , AAM 3d , VSM , VCM , ROKDM . Drill Sergeant at Ft Ord and Ft Sill , Weapons Instructor , Range NCOIC , NCOIC BRM , Scheduling for all units in Artillery Training Center.
Deployments
(6 years)Jul 1985 - Jul 1986
South Korea
7 months Platoon Sgt of a Mech. Infantry Platoon , then 5 months as Battalion Ammunition NCOIC for the 1/17 Mech. Infantry .
May 1979 - Oct 1981
Germany
1/13 Inf where I was a Platoon Sgt and acting Platoon Ldr at times of a Mech. Infanftry Platoon as a E-7 .
Jul 1968 - Oct 1969
Germany
In 2/54 Inf , 11B infantry Rifleman,APC driver,team ldr. and acting squad ldr. E-2 through E-5 there .
Military Credentials
Professional Development Schools
May 1978 - Aug 1978
Infantry ANCOC, Ft Benning
Feb 1975 - Apr 1975
DS School , Fort Ord
Apr 1972 - Jun 1972
III CORPS NCOA, Ft Hood
Jan 1969 - Mar 1969
4th AD NCOA, Erlangen, FRG
Individual & Special Skill Schools
Nov 1969 - Mar 1970
Potographer/ Phot Lab Tech, Ft Monmouth
Mar 1968 - May 1968
Infantry AIT, Ft Ord
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Security Clearance
None / Expired
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