Donovan Ramirez Email & Phone Number

Coronado, Ca, Us

Worldwide

FAA Part 133 B HEC and FAA Part 133 D instructor. Instructs Flight Mechanic Coast Guard “C” School for MH-60T and H-65 Dolphine helicopters. Aerial Gunnery and SAR Instructor for US Air Force Nuclear asset convoy escort helicopter crews. Instructs helicopter Human External Cargo power and transmission line aerial placement and rescue for the Department of Energy and associated agencies. Trains civilian helicopter fire and rescue agencies in SAR, hoisting, short haul, emergencies, Bambi bucket aerial firefighting, and ground safety operations. As a qualified instructor, I am constantly operating in the following arenas: classroom, Virtual Reality simulators, live flight day and night, training towers, and static environments worldwide. Additionally, I am able to operate as a hoist operator or rescue swimmer as a contractor for Priority 1 Air Rescue, manning helicopter SAR alert for gas and oil platforms around the world.

Coronado, California, United States

Master Training Specialist. Instructs Naval Aircrewmen in the safe application of flight duties for Search and Rescue operations, logistics, tactics, weapons employment, intelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance, airborne mine countermeasures, mine detection and LIDAR operation, mine destruction and unmanned underwater vehicle operating, advanced first aid, and helicopter systems emergency procedures.Instructs and evaluates the operation of rotary wing unmanned air vehicle systems, to include radar and multispectral targeting system operating.Performs front end analyses in order to identify task objectives, enabling objectives, equipment required, hardware and software required, budgeting, travel, and types of learning sites required.

As a qualified rescue swimmer and rescue crewchief, I maintain currency and proficiency in all overwater and overland rescue tactics, techniques, and procedures. Additionally, I maintain currency and proficiency in advanced first aid and CPR. Throughout my career, I have rated as a command SAR Instructor, CPR site administrator, deployed as the SOCOM personnel recovery asset, and created doctrine for joint operations with the 353rd special operations group.

San Diego, California, United States

Over 20 years of continuous experience of managing, operating, instructing, and evaluation of over 3000 personnel in 12 organizations based around the world.Operationally managed 36 highly specialized personnel, multimillion dollar budgets, and equally valuable equipment throughout austere and urban locations in East Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, and across the United States to perform operations such as, but not limited to: planning and briefing, intelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance, logistical insertion/extraction of highly trained personnel into overland and overwater environments, overland/overwater personnel recovery, search and rescue, weapons employment, and logistics; all in contested and volatile locations.As a Navy education school administrator and Master Training Specialist, I managed 68 instructors and over 300 students in a demanding aeronautical syllabus. Additionally, I managed the curriculum, development, and standardization for three syllabi.As a quality assurance evaluator, I ensured quality control for safety and standardization of rotary wing aircrews across 11 squadrons around the world.Instructs and operates multispectral targeting systems and surface search radar for unmanned aircraft, as well as sonar, near-surface LIDAR search and localization system, and optical systems for unmanned underwater vehicles. Aerial gunnery instructor, SAR swimmer instructor, small arms marksmanship instructor and range safety officer.

Coronado, California, United States

HH-60H and MH-60S helicopter crewchief. Led the training, operation, and deployment highly specialized and trained aircrews to austere and hostile locations around the world in support of SOF forces. Subject matter expert and operator of all SOF rotary wing support for overland and overwater operations to include, but not limited to: site security, aerial gunnery, personnel recovery, direct action, maritime interdiction operations, intelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance, logistics, indigenous networking to acquire fuel and supplies, budgeting, travel, land navigation, close air support, weaponeering, convoy escort, night operations, and general SOF expeditionary force employment.

Coronado, California, United States

Naval helicopter instructor and Master Training Specialist. For description, see previous description as instructor. This is the second of three tours as an instructor at HSC-3.

Coronado, California, United States

1st of 2 tours at this expeditionary squadron, See description and skills above.

Coronado, California, United States

1st of 3 tours at HSC-3. See above description.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Helicopter Crewchief and turboshaft engine mechanic. Specialized in logistics and executive transport for Flag Officers and government officials. Maintained and crewed H-3 helicopters operating along the eastern seaboard of the US, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, and Italy.As a mechanic, I worked on the repair and removal/replacement of helicopter engines, rotor systems, transmission and drive systems, and fuel systems.

Architecture

While studying architecture, I concurrently studied 3 years of Russian, German, and French languages.

Rotary Wing Tactics

Developed weapons and tactics procedures for helicopter tactical mission sets, and develops the Seahawk Weapons and Tactics Instructor.

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