Sergeant First Class - Completed 29-year career with the U.S. Army. Gained upper-level management status. While serving in a combat zone, served as the Senior Liaison Officer to the Polish Special Operations team stationed at FOB Ghanzi Afghanistan.An active participant in the swift/forceful turnaround of the armed forces that led to the U.S. victory in Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Joint Guardian. Selected to train, develop, counsel, and ensure all team members were ready for deployment. Results included very low injury rate and successful deployment and return.Provided career counseling to soldiers. This included conducting interviews, determining eligibility, reviewing documents for accuracy and coordinating retention ceremonies. Provided leaders retention activity updates.Served as the Unit Prevention Leader. UPLs have the primary mission of assisting the commander in planning, implementing, and executing an outstanding unit level substance abuse program.Served as the unit’s EEOC representative. Conducted training in accordance with US Army regulation. Advisor to commanders, managers, supervisors and employees on EEO matters.Served as units Master Fitness Trainer advising leaders on physical readiness issues. The instruction included exercise science, training principles, prescription, leadership, physical fitness assessment and unit physical readiness programs aligned with current Army doctrine and regulations.

Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, As a member of the Army special operations community, the psychological operations specialist is primarily responsible for the analysis, development and distribution of intelligence used for information and psychological effect. 1996.Battle Staff Noncommissioned Officers Course (BSNCOC), Fort McCoy, Wisconsin BSNCOC utilizes the small group instruction (SGI) methodology and focuses on planning future operations and managing current operations of a battalion and brigade-level command post. Subject areas include: Mission Command, Staff Operations, Brigade Combat Team, Staff Journals, Stability Operations, Urban Operations, OPSEC, Military Briefings, Command Post of the Future, Contemporary Operational Environment, Graphics and Overlays, Military Decision Making Process, Plans, Orders and Attachments, Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield and Sustainment and Support Operations.