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Baltimore, Md, Us

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

As the Leadership Education Department Chair and Senior Marine Instructor of the Milford Mill Academy Marine Corps Junior ROTC Program, lead, mentored, enhanced life skills and developed responsible citizens. This was accomplished by familiarizing 100 Marine Corps Cadets and over 1000 inter-service cadets at the Baltimore County JROTC Summer Leadership Camp, with basic military skills and traditions of the Marine Corps, while developing those necessary qualities of leadership, character, confidence, and self-discipline.

Waldorf, Maryland, United States

As the Leadership Education Department Head and Senior Marine Instructor of the St. Charles High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC Program, lead, mentored, enhanced life skills and developed responsible citizens. This is accomplished by familiarizing 150 Marine Corps Cadets with basic military skills and traditions of the Marine Corps, while developing those necessary qualities of leadership, character, confidence, and self-discipline.

Quantico, Virginia, United States

Served as the G-1 Staff Principle for the command. Directed, supervised, and provided oversight and management of the daily administrative and training functions for the Headquarters Group, the Staff Secretary Administrative Office and Program Management Administrative and Operations sections.Ensured all general and special correspondence for the Commander, Executive Director, Chief of Staff was accurate, tracked and properly routed.Managed the personnel tasking process for all Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) Individual Augmentee (IA), liaison billets and other externally directed billets.Provided administrative oversight on fitness reports and awards.Performed all necessary additional duties for the command such as Legal Officer, Substance Abuse Coordination Officer, Voting Officer, and supervised the coordination of the Combined Federal Campaign and Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society fund drives.Served as key player for all MCSC ceremonial events to include serving as the Ceremonial Adjutant for the 237th Marine Corps Birthday Ball at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington D.C. and as Commander of Troops for the Marine Corps Systems Command 25th Silver Anniversary.

Executed administrative handing procedures within the largest battalion in the Marine Corps for 2,568 military personnel, ensuring the efficient flow of general and special correspondence with higher, adjacent and subordinate units/organizations.Developed, coordinated and supervised the implementation of procedures for the conduct of personnel administration business with the Installation Personnel Administration Center (IPAC).Developed and implemented a more efficient manpower tasker tracker system and procedures for assigning and tracking personnel in order to source various worldwide deployable requirements and support requirements from various higher headquarters agencies to include National Capital Region (NCR), Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC) and Marine Corps Base.

Kabul, Afghanistan

As the lead representative for all United States key leaders and distinguished visitors in Afghanistan, planned, coordinated, and facilitated the administrative, logistical, and security requirements for over 50 distinguished visitors to include Congressional Delegations (CODELS), Staff Delegations, State Representative Delegations, Secretaries and Special Staff of the office of the President of the United States, DOD Secretaries, General and Flag officers, National Security leaders, and several other military and civilian leaders.Served as the lead for the Commandant of the Marine Corps visit to Bagram Airfield, to include establishing protocol, and serving as the lead escort officer.Served as the lead for the NATO delegation of 15 senior officers throughout Afghanistan to see Jalabad PRT, Kyber Pass Border Station, and Bagram Air Field.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

As project officer for Special Projects Directorate, coordinated and managed all escort requirements for the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ Executive Off-Site in Jan and Feb 07.Planned, coordinated and executed all administrative, logistical and security agenda events and requirements for a delegation of 121 senior foreign officers and spouses, during the NATO Defense College field studies visit to the United States in April 2007.Planned, coordinated and executed all administrative, logistical and security agenda events and requirements for a delegation of 14 senior Dutch officers/civilians duringthe Netherlands' Defense College field studies visit to the United States in April 2007. Planned, coordinated and executed all of the admin, logistical and escort requirementsfor (1) GO and (9) distinguished family member guests, during the “Where Valor Rests”book presentation ceremony, at Arlington National Cemetery, in May 2007. Planned, coordinated and executed all admin and logistical requirements for the Hawaii Military Affairs Council Lunch Discussion June 2007.

Quantico, Virginia, United States

Provided managerial oversight and facilitated all issues and requirements pertaining to Marine Corps War fighting Laboratory (MCWL) reserve personnel, to include the management of Active Duty Special Work (1.8 million dollar budget) and Individual Mobilization Augmentee programs and requirements for sourcing MCWL active duty shortfalls. As the Command Security Manager, was the principle advisor and direct representative on information and personnel security to the Commanding General, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab. Responsibilities included the oversight of security training, personnel clearances/access, courier authorizations, visit requests (foreign and domestic), security inspections, industrial security, physical security and information security to include Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)Served as member of the Marine Corps Improvised Explosive Device (IED) working group.

Al Anbar, Iraq

Commander, Headquarters Detachment, 6th Civil Affairs Group/ Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection, Operational Security OfficerResponsible for the training, education and implementation of antiterrorism force protection and operational security measures for the 6th Civil Affairs Group(over 200 Marines) during operations in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.Responsible for oversight and coordination of the Commander Emergency Response Program (CERP) in support of civil military operations (to include governance, economic and reconstruction projects) throughout Al-Anbar Province, Iraq.Managed the duties and movements of over 40 U.S. hired and local national interpreters. As Primary Martial Arts Instructor, organized, coordinated, trained and certified over 50 Marines as Tan ,Gray, and Green Belt certified.

As the Administration Occupational Field Task Analyst, responsible for the review, coordination of the staffing of Programs of Instruction (POI) and Course Descriptive Data (CDD) at USMC schools, training detachments, and inter-service schools. Represented the Marine Corps as a member of the Training and Education, Specialized Skills and Training (SST) sub-group, for the Joint Cross Services Group (JCSG), in support of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) initiatives.

Coordinated officer promotion pre- and post-board activitiesTrained and briefed board recorders/members on board procedures, responsibilities, and the digital boardroom application. Responded to requests for information from the Board Correction of Naval Records (BCNR), Performance Evaluation Review Board (PERB) and the USMC Office of Legislative AffairsServed collateral duty as Branch Anti-terrorism/Force Protection Officer

Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia

Provided leadership, discipline, administration and training management for Training and Education Center, the largest company in the Marine Corps of approximately 1,500 Marines, both permanent personnel and students.

Responsible for coordination and supervision activities and maintaining the operational tempo of the Reserve Affairs Division (in support of over 100K Marines)Compiled, distributed and managed through completion the Reserve Affairs Division taskers to higher headquarters. As the Reserve Affairs Family Readiness Officer, responsible for the coordination and publishing of the Key Volunteer and the execution of a Family Day gathering for over 100 Division personnel.

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Responsible for coordinating administrative matters of the internal staff sections and external agencies at the battalion level or higher. Formulated and supervised the execution of the battalion’s administrative policies Coordinating and supervised casualty and serious incident reporting proceduresManaged the battalion’s legal matters to include non-judicial punishment, courts martial and administrative discharges.Ground Combat Element Adjutant, 6th Marine Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (2000) –Developed and promulgated the plan for administrative actions during the conduct of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) exercise (Dynamic Mix 2000), while deployed in Thessaloniki, Greece.Developed and implemented procedures for accurate personnel reporting and accountability for nearly 2K Ground Combat Element Marines and Sailors, during Operation Dynamic Mix 2000.

Doctorate, Public Administration

Executive Certificate, Public Administration, 4.0 Gpa

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Professional Certificate, English Language And Literature/Letters, 4.0 Gpa

Rhetoric: The art of persuasive writing and public speaking

Master Of Military Studies, Military Operational Art And Science/Studies, 4.0 Gpa

Master of Military Studies

Bachelor Of Science, Business Management & Organizational Development