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Provide weather support in support of US military, joint coalition forces, and contractor aircraft to ensure safety of personnel and property on the airfield and installation.Offers support in the form of local area forecasts, mission execution forecasts, manual and augmented observations, and flight weather briefs.Extremely comfortable with forecasting from macro to microscale, with experience in stratospheric and space weather forecasting.

- Coordinated weather support between squadrons to compile and disseminate accurate and real-time data to pilots in support of ISR operations in various locations.

Oversee and manage upgrade training for the 15th Attack Squadron. Responsible for compliance and adherence to training policy in regards to ancillary training. Conduct quarterly reviews with individual shops in the squadron to ensure compliance to particular careers’ Master Training Plan. Provide the squadron commander with weekly and monthly updates on the Status of Training. Ensure arriving and departing members are in-processed and out-processed expeditiously into and out of the squadron. Conduct mock unit inspections to ensure compliance with training policies. Schedule active duty members for temporary duty assignments and supplemental training.

Working in conjunction with the SPAWAR Office of Polar Operations, committed to provided outstanding meteorological support for the National Science Foundation and their international counterparts. Provide flight weather briefs for fixed and rotary wing aircraft, terminal aerodrome forecasts (TAFs) for McMurdo Station airfields and South Pole while providing weather support for various locations and camps in continent. Provide notifications of rapidly changing conditions for safety of personnel and property on station. Study synoptic, mesoscale, and surface weather patterns to incorporate into local, regional, continental, and intercontinental forecasts.

- Provided operational weather support for fighter squadrons, transient aircraft and interservice personnel in tandem with host nation counterparts, to include expeditionary fighter support in a deployed environment.- Performed and managed the collection, analysis, and forecast of atmospheric weather and space environmental conditions to enable decision superiority and timely application of land, air, space and cyberspace power across the full spectrum of military operations.

-Collect, analyze, and integrate atmospheric and space environmental information into military decision-making processes. -Observe, record, and transmit surface, upper air, and space environment observations.-Operate atmospheric and space-sensing instruments and computer workstations to interrogate data from weather radars, meteorological satellites, and products provided by military, national and international weather agencies.-Use a detailed understanding of the atmosphere and space environment to translate raw data into decision-quality environmental information.-Issue advisories, watches and warnings to alert users of dangerous, inclement, or operationally significant terrestrial and space weather events.-Understand war fighter tactics, techniques, and procedures to maximize air, space, and cyberspace combat power. Utilize weather tactics, techniques, and procedures to integrate weather information into the decision-making process at all levels to mitigate and exploit weather impact on operations.-Manage weather operations, ensure quality, and adapt resources to meet mission requirements.

-Managed and oversaw Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) production for Southwest Asia and CENTCOM.-Issuance of warnings, watches, and advisories to alert personnel of inclement or impending weather, and to aid in resource protection.-Joint Environment Toolkit (JET) Site Administrator, responsible for tracking and updating upgrade training. Wrote and maintained schedule for 40+ personnel.-Trained, mentored, and supervised the next generation of Airmen.-Created accurate upper air and surface charts for CENTCOM and Southwest Asia to provide forecasters with a quality overall synoptic outlook (using LEADS: Leading Environmental Analysis and Display System).-Produced timely, accurate DD-175-1s (flight weather briefs) for transient aircrews.-Responsible for the creation of Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAF) for CENTCOM and Southwest Asia.

Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA- Full immersion training in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) language and culture. Completed in Nov '10.Keesler AFB, MS- Completed Basic Weather Skills Course July '11 (Distinguished Graduate)