Field Artillery Senior Sergeant
Field Artillery Senior Sergeant – 13F (Sgt First Class, E7) •Supervised and coordinated 20 to 50 personnel engaged in target acquisition and logistical operations.•Developed host nation targeting and intelligence processing that resulted in 221% improvement in Iraqi arrests of insurgents.•Received, collected processed and managed secret and top secret enemy intelligence.•Responsible for planning, coordination, employment, and execution of lethal and non-lethal fires•Integrated new equipment into training and operations limited to, but including, Enhanced Position and Location Reporting System, Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below, Handheld Terminal Unit and Pocket Sized Forward Entry Device.•Battalion subject matter expert on digital and voice communications equipment limited to, but including Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System, Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System family, Blue Force Tracker, Harris Tactical Radio and Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver •Planned with and utilized national assets classified secret and non-secret in order to achieve Commander’s battlefield effects.•Accountable for digital and analog operational security with a focus on digital transfer of intelligence and foreign disclosure.•Established and managed company targeting meetings. Resulting in a Brigade high, 70% detainee rate. Company executed a minimum of two target hits a week throughout the deployment, setting the standard in the Brigade. •Conducted classes on Information Operations, Close Air Support, targeting, civil affairs and enemy intelligence. Trained all company leadership on effects based operations resulting in 90% reduction of lethal attacks in Company area of operations.•Represented Battalion Commander to Division headquarters as Liaison Officer to facilitate mutual understanding and unity of purpose to facilitate voice and digital communications between GS battalion and Division Headquarters.•Security Clearance: Secret