SFC Richard Ahlers

Army | Light-Wheel Vehicle Mechanic

Dates of Service: Aug 1989 - Aug 2015

RETIRED

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Bio

26 years of experience in heavy vehicle, power generation, construction equipment and material handling equipment maintenance. More than 22 years of Logistics and Maintenance automation systems experience to include database management.

Military Experiences

Jun 2009 - Aug 2015

Senior Maintenance Supervisor

4th STB, 4th Sust BDE, 13th ESC, III Corps | Fort Cavazos, TX

Senior Maintenance Analyst, Support Operations Platoon Sgt, Senior Maintenance Supervisor, MRB Operations NCO, SAMS-2E Administrator, SAMS trainer, ATV Instructor, BDE Motorcycle Mentor, Logistics Management Exchange Database Administrator, Sustainment Operations Center NCO and Maintenance Briefer to III Corps and Fort Hood.

Jun 2007 - Jun 2009

Maintenance Supervisor

108th ADA HHBN, 108th ADA BDE, XVIII ABN Corps, FORSCOM | Fort Liberty, NC

Manage SAMS-2E system and train SAMS-E operators for ADA BDE

Feb 2007 - Jun 2007

Technical Maintenance NCO

108th ADA HHBN, 108th ADA BDE, XVIII ABN Corps, FORSCOM | Fort Bliss, TX

Worked in the SPO moving unit to Fort Bragg.

Oct 2006 - Jan 2007

Platoon Sergeant

601st ASB, 1st CAB, 1st ID, III Corps | Fort Riley, KS

Platoon SGT and Technical Inspector during unit standup and integration at Ft Riley.

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Deployments

(3 years, 4 months)

Jan 2011 - Dec 2011

Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)

Support Operations PLT SGT, Materiel Readiness Branch Internal Maint NCO, Senior Maint SGT for a Sustainment BDE, Translator Manager. Last Sustainment unit in Iraq, handled the pull out of supplies, personnel and equipment. Worked last 90 days of deployment in RSOI cell sending everyone home.

Jan 2005 - Feb 2006

Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)

Motor SGT, PSD recovery operator, Humanitarian Aid PLS Driver Not a good rotation, we didn't all come home.

Aug 2003 - Apr 2004

Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)

Motor SGT for new Motor Pool, first Motor Sergeant job and it was a brand new motor pool. Had to create everything from scratch. Started with 3 tool boxes a floor jack / stands and a 20ft Connex for an office in a combat zone. More mortars than I could count in a million years it seams.

Jan 1991 - May 1991