Benjamin Devries Email & Phone Number

Lansing, Michigan, United States

3rd BCT, 82d ABN DIV, Ft. Bragg, NC

San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

Managed 70 personnel between 5 geographic locations and two phases of the MEDCoE Project Warrior program.

San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

Performed data collection, collation, analysis, and development of medical lessons learned to improve medical operations across the medical corps.

Fort Polk, Louisiana

Served as a senior medical mentor to airborne and light infantry battalion medical platoons, provided fair and unbiased assessment and feedback to further develop health care and evacuation operations at the lowest role of care in the Army.

Fort Sam Houston, TX

Served two years supervising and mentoring over 1500 68W Combat Medic trainees through six, four-month courses at the largest training battalion in the US Army.

Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Spent 10 months managing patient flow, conducted safety inspections, prepared and supervised a hospital-wide competition to build an order-of-merit list for schools, and supervised preparations for a sucessful Joint Commission inspection

Sapper Leader Course

Served as the Senior Medic for the US Army Sapper Leader Course, coordinating routine and emergency medical care for candidates attending the grueling 28-day course covering combat engineer operations on land, sea and air through demolitions, land navigation, mountaineering, waterborne and pathfinder operations.

Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Served 4 yrs as a paratrooper medic in the prestigious 82nd ABN DIV, spanning two deployments to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Started supervising evacuation, then to supervising treatment, and lastly as the platoon sergeant, overseeing day-to-day medical operations across the battalion, coordinating support of training and.

Ledward Barracks, Schweinfurt, Germany

Fort Hood, TX

Combat Medic for 1/5 CAV, 2BCT, 1CD. Deployed to Iraq from Jan 04-Feb 05. Was involved in the battle for Najaf and Operation Phantom Fury, also participated in security operations for the first Iraqi elections.

Associate Of Science - As, Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General, Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General

Started but not finished degree plan for bachelor's in health sciences.