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St. Cloud, Mn, Us

Rolling Meadows, Il, Us

I help growth-minded organizations manage and mitigate their risk.

Rolling Meadows, Illinois, Us

I design and build risk management and group benefits plans for growth oriented organizations and individuals. I help my Clients identify, mitigate and manage their risk, reducing uncertainty so they are able to capitalize on their opportunities. My responsibility is to help my Clients become less dependent on insurance through exceptional risk management, thereby reducing their total cost of risk. Our Agency’s mission is to protect our Clients' People, Property, Prosperity, and Peace of Mind.

I served as the senior human resource manager for a brigade combat team consisting of over 3,500 Soldiers. I was directly responsible for an 18-Soldier section. My responsibilities included tracking and oversight of all awards, personnel and financial actions, evaluations, and officer and enlisted strength management within the brigade. While deployed I was responsible for casualty tracking and notification procedures. I prepared the brigade commander's correspondence as directed and served as a liaison between the brigade commander and his subordinate battalion commanders for all administrative actions.• Screened and processed over 6,000 awards and decorations• Prepared responses for 20 Congressional Inquiries• Managed all personnel strength matters, to include mid-tour leave schedules for over 4,000 Soldiers• Planned and oversaw all personnel movement for redeployment operations from Iraq to Fort Stewart, GA

While in stateside garrison my primary responsibility was to plan, resource, and monitor training for a brigade combat team that consisted of over 3,500 Soldiers separated in six subordinate battalions. These battalions consisted of mechanized infantry, armor, field artillery, combat engineer, military police, and logistical units. While deployed I served as the officer-in-charge of the brigade's tactical operations center. I was responsible for tracking and coordinating all current operations within the brigade's area of operations. This meant directing and briefing reinforcements in response to enemy action, coordinating between ground forces and attack aviation elements, coordinating support from unmanned aerial vehicles, and scrambling medical evacuation helicopters and ground medical staff. I directed the actions of over 40 individuals assigned within the operations center. I served as the link between the brigade's operations and our higher headquarters and I was responsible for briefing the brigade commander and the division staff on all ongoing operations.• Conducted pre-deployment reconnaissance in Kuwait and planned all aspects of pre-deployment training • Performed battle-tracking duties for 180 consecutive days in combat• Selected for advancement to a primary staff position

Fort Drum, New York, Us

I served as the Aide-de-Camp for the Assistant Division Commander for Operations (ADC-O). An aide-de-camp is an executive assistant to a general officer. My primary duties included coordinating all aspects of the ADC-O's schedule, to include managing his calendar, preparing his briefing materials, relaying his instructions to senior commanders and staff officers, and coordinating his air and ground transportation. Additionally I prepared his written correspondence as directed and helped senior commanders interpret the general's guidance and orders. I traveled with the general on all official trips and arraigned all travel, lodging, and protocol requirements. This position required me to interact with very high levels of military and civilian leadership within the Department of Defense. • Provided all coordination for oversight of two month-long brigade-level training rotations at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, LA• Performed wartime mission during an arctic-conditions division-level readiness exercise at Fort Drum, NY• Provided all coordination for oversight of a week-long advanced aviation readiness exercise at Cherry Point Naval Air Station, Cherry Point, NC

I served as the second in command of a Light Infantry Rifle Company. The company was deployed to Camp Doha, Kuwait in order to provide force protection and convoy security throughout Kuwait. I was responsible for all logistical support and maintenance, to include all individual and crew-served weapons and the company’s fleet of 27 vehicles. I was responsible for all training resources, including coordinating range time, distributing and accounting for all ammunition and pyrotechnics, and ordering and distributing food, fuel and water. During combat I oversaw the company’s 60mm Mortar Section, coordinated for aerial resupply operations, and organized the company’s medical detachment into a mobile forward aid station. I was responsible for all company administrative actions, to include awards, evaluations, and reports. I was responsible for coordinating all deployment and redeployment operations, to include manifesting personnel and equipment, building and loading equipment pallets, coordinating customs inspections, and tracking all departures and arrivals. I was directly responsible for the company’s weapons, logistics, administration, Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Section, and 60mm Mortar Section.• Coordinated a no-notice deployment from Kuwait to Afghanistan in 24 hours• Served as second in command during three combat missions in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan• Coordinated redeployment operations from Bagram, Afghanistan to Fort Drum, NY

I served as the Platoon Leader for the battalion’s 81mm Mortar Platoon. I was responsible for 27 Soldiers and over $500,000 of equipment, including four 81mm Mortar systems and six vehicles. I was responsible for providing the battalion with timely and accurate indirect fires. I planned, resourced, and conducted all battalion mortar training. I provided additional supervision and guidance for three company-level 60mm mortar sections within the battalion. I deployed with my platoon to Camp Doha, Kuwait in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks and provided force protection and convoy security throughout Kuwait. In Kuwait I was responsible for all platoon mission planning and execution, including reconnaissance, coordination with adjacent units, and rehearsals. • Led over 40 combat security patrols throughout Kuwait• Conducted four mortar live fire exercises• Prepared and deployed my platoon within 96-hours of initial notification• Led my platoon to a battalion-high physical fitness average

As a platoon leader I was directly responsible for 34 Soldiers. I was charged with planning and leading all platoon training to ensure that my platoon was prepared to deploy anywhere in the world within 96 hours. I was also responsible for the care, maintenance, and accountability of over $150,000 worth of equipment. • Led my platoon during a month-long rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, LA• Planned and resourced a platoon-level trench live fire exercise for all nine platoons in the battalion• Selected for a specialty platoon leader position

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