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Shaw Air Force Base / Third Army Usarcent

Served as an Operations Sergeant responsible for assisting the Third United States Army/Army Central Command (USARCENT) Chief of Operations in planning, coordinating, and directing theater army operations and establishing liaison with Coalition and Joint Land Forces in the US Central Command (USCENTCOM) AOR; sustained deployment operations for the Assault Command Post (ACP) while executing coalition and humanitarian missions; directed the USARCENT Current Operations and Integration Cell (COIC)daily administrative and logistical requirements; responsible for the training, safety, and discipline of over 50 Soldiers and 24 DA Civilians and Contractors.

Fort Bliss, Texas

Senior Enlisted Manager and Adviser for 186 Officers, Noncommissioned Officers, and Soldiers. Responsible for the daily administrative operations, counseling, training, morale, health, welfare, discipline and safety of all members. Integrated over 148 Family members into the organizations support and readiness group. Responsible for developing, executing and sustaining Individual Training Programs (ITP). Supervised the accountability, maintenance and operational readiness of over $200,000,000 worth of equipment. Coordinated and supervised all garrison and combat logistical operations.Supervised, planned, coordinated, and directed the emplacement, operation, unit level maintenance and management of air defense artillery weapon systems in support of Air Defense Artillery (ADA) units at all levels.Supervised and provided technical guidance to subordinate Soldiers in the accomplishment of their duties. Oversaw training, evaluations and certification of Air Defense crews in Air Defense table training crew-drills. Monitored unit equipment readiness and prepared monthly readiness reports. Performed inspections on maintenance records and demand supported/diagnostics repair parts request procedures. Designed and implemented the unit maintenance programs. Coordinated all maintenance and logistical support activities. Performed organizational planning, operations and training.

Fort Bliss, Texas

Served as an Air Defense Master Evaluator for a PATRIOT Air and Missile Defense Battalion augmented with a maneuver Sentinel and Avenger composite battery. Responsible for providing digital scenario based training and maneuver guidance to Officers, NCO’s, and Soldiers of the battalion (400+ Soldiers) and to coordinated and conducted deployment certifications of six Sentinel Radar sections and Command and Control Nodes supporting 24 Avenger Fire Units. Additionally, applied knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of Maneuver Air and Missile Defense (MAMD) assets to enhance mission effectiveness and Soldier readiness.

Fort Bliss, Texas

Served as a Senior Instructor/Writer, ADAM (Air Defense Airspace Management) Cell Instructor, Sentinel Radar Instructor, and an Air Defense Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (ADC4I) Instructor. Responsible for the management, preparation, scheduling, and safe execution of 142 lesson plans to Advanced Individual Training classes, Basic Officer Leaders Course, captains Career Course, Warrant Officer Basic Course (WOBC), Military Occupational Specialty Trained (MOS-T), and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) students. Responsible for advising the commander of all facets of academic training, responsible for mentoring 18 Noncommissioned Officers (NCOs), enforcing training standards, and de-conflicting training issues. Supervised and assisted in the development of lessons plans for all relevant MOS 14J programs of instruction (POI).TRAINING SPECIFICATIONS: Sentinel Radar (AN/MPQ-64), Tactical Quiet Generators (TQGs), UNIX and Windows OS, Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Operations, Tactical Data Links (TADIL) and Joint Range Extension Application Protocol (JREAP), Air Defense Systems Integrator (ADSI), Tactical Airspace Integration System (TAIS), Tactical Planner Workstation (TPW), Air and Missile Defense Workstation (AMDWS), Forward Area Air Defense Engagement Operations (FAAD EO), Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS), FM Communications include Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINGARS) and Advance SIP (ASIP), PSC-5, Harris Radios. Enhanced Position Location Reporting System (EPLRS), Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver (PLGR), COMSEC Device Operations: ANCD, KYK13, Simple Key Loader (SKL).

Kitzingen, Germany

Responsible for a Sentinel Radar Platoon in an Air Defense Artillery Battalion in support of the 1st Infantry Division (M) forward deployed in Europe with USAREUR and contingency missions; responsible for the individual and collective training, discipline, morale, and quality of life for 39 soldiers and their families; Accountable for the operational readiness of eighteen M1097 HMMWVs, six AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel Radars, one M998 HMMWV, and all associated equipment valued in excess of $35,000,000.

Germany, Fort Drum, Fort Stewart, Fort Bliss

Operated, supervised and performed preventive and corrective maintenance on manual and digital early warning network sensor systems for operational and intelligence functions. Operated and performed preventive maintenance checks on early warning radars, generators, and team vehicles; detected, correlated, and broadcasted early warning information and identified aircrafts; operated over radio nets, tactical data links, satellite communications, and secure internet; used power generation equipment. Provided technical guidance to subordinates; inventoried and maintained classified materials; performed security functions. Provided technical guidance to subordinates; supervised operations and maintenance of the battalion's Air Battle Management Operations Center and the Sentinel Radar (AN/MPQ-64) section, team, or platoon; assisted and supervised operations and intelligence functions in air defense units; standardized procedures and demonstrated correct procedures and techniques; Overlooked operation of tactical communications. Prepared operation plans, orders, and standing operating procedures; identified support maintenance requirements.

Master Of Science In Information Management Technology (Ms-Imt), Information Management Technology

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Homeland Security

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Criminal Justice/Police Science