Promotions
· PV2: October 2nd, 1996 - October 1st, 1997
· PFC: October 2nd, 1997- May 31st, 1998
· SPC: June 1st, 1998 - August 19th, 1999
· SGT: August 20th, 1999 - May 31st, 2001
· SSG: June 1st, 2001 - November 30th, 2004
· SFC: December 1st, 2004 - October 31st, 2016
· Placed on the Retired Rolls November 1st, 2016
Assignments and Duty Positions
o Basic Combat Training: Ft. Jackson, South Carolina
· Trainee (October 2nd, 1996 - December 5th, 1996)
o Advanced Individual Training: Ft. Gordon, Georgia
· Trainee (December 6th, 1996 - March 31st, 1997)
o 413th Signal Company, 94th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 5th Corp: Darmstadt, Germany
· Senior Operator (April 1st, 1997 - February 15th, 1998)
o Charlie Company 17th Signal Battalion, 22nd Signal Brigade, 5th Corp: Kitzingen, Germany
· Senior Operator (February 16th, 1998 - May 31st, 1998)
· Team Chief (June 1st, 1998 - May 12th, 1999)
o 13th Signal BN, 1st Cavalry Division, 3rd Corp: Ft. Hood, Texas
· Team Chief (May 13th, 1999 - March 31st, 2000)
o 514th Signal Company, 50th Signal Battalion, 35th Signal Brigade (Corp Forced Entry), 18th Airborne Corp: Ft. Bragg, North Carolina
· Team Chief (April 1st, 2000 - March 31st, 2000)
· Squad Leader (April 1st, 2000 - December 22nd, 2002)
o White House Communications Agency, White House Military Office, The White House: Washington, DC
· Squad Leader and Signal Switchboard Operator (December 23rd, 2002 - March 31st, 2003)
· Squad Leader and Special Assistance Operator (April 1st, 2003 - October 31st, 2003)
· Squad Leader and Signal Switchboard Supervisor (November 1st, 2003 - April 30th, 2004)
· Vice Presidential Communications Officer (May 1st, 2004 - August 31st, 2006)
(Traveled Overseas Under a Diplomatic Passport)
· Vice Presidential Communications Response Officer (September 1st, 2006 - June 30th, 2009)
(Traveled Overseas Under a Diplomatic Passport)
· J3 Operations Senior Duty Noncommissioned Officer (June 1st, 2008 - June 30th, 2009)
o Military Transition Team 10521 "The Boondock Saints":
Ft. Riley, Kansas, assigned to the 1st Infantry Division.
· Military Advisor Training (July 1st, 2009 - September 10th, 2009)
Al Mahmoudiyah, Iraq (Joint Strike Station Deason)
· Team Communications NCO & Military Advisor: Advisor to an Iraqi Army BDE S-6 Major (September 11th, 2009 - March 31st, 2010) (Attached to the 30th Armored Combat Team and subsequently the 3rd Infantry Division.)
Rahmaydi, Al An Bar Iraq (Provincial Government Center)
· Team Communications NCO & Military Advisor: Advisor to an Iraqi Police Brigadier General and two Lieutenant Colonels (March 31st, 2010 - September 11th, 2010) (Attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, and subsequently the 3rd Infantry Division.)
o Charlie Company, Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne, 18th Airborne Corp: Ft. Bragg, North Carolina
· Platoon Sergeant (October 10th, 2010 - May 20th, 2012)
o Headquarters and Headquarters Company, S-6 Section, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, 18th Airborne Corp: Ft. Bragg, North Carolina
· Network Operations Chief (May 21st, 2012 - March 10th, 2013)
(In addition to the positions above, I served as a Liaison to the Combined Joint Task Force-East, at Bagram Airbase during the 2012 “military surge.” In Afghanistan, I was headquartered at Forward Operating Base Arian & Warrior, and Bagram Airbase.)
o Headquarters and Headquarters Company, S-6 Section, 196th Infantry Brigade, United States Army Pacific: Ft. Shafter, Hawaii
· Brigade S-6 Section NCOIC & Network Operations Chief (March 11th, 2013 - March 10th, 2014)
· Brigade S-6 Section NCOIC & Information Management Supervisor (March 11th, 2014 - October 31st, 2016)
Combat Service
Iraq 2009-10
Afghanistan 2012
Other: I've briefly served in numerous locations that garnered Hostile Fire and/or Imminent Danger pay.
