Advocate for infantry issues. Focus is on three key areas:1) Providing manpower solutions2) Providing training solutions3) Providing equipment solutions

My job was to be the liaison between the end user military servicemember and the Trijicon Engineering design team. Trijicon would provide the expertise to design, develop, build and test while I would provide the expertise of operational experience to ensure the final product met the operational requirements.

and subject matter expert on all infantry related matters for the CMC and the Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies & Operations (PP&O) at Headquarters, Marine Corps (HQMC). Duties include briefing Army/Marine Corps Board, Ground Combat Element Conferences, and Operational Advisory Groups on all infantry related issues with recommendations for way ahead. Asked by a member of the J8 in the JROC to provide subject matter expertise input on the SITE ICD to help explain the capability gaps in layman terms. Representative from HQMC during the development of Expeditionary Force Development System (EFDS) based requirements documents. Experienced in Joint Capabilties Integration Development System (JCIDS), Analysis of Alternatives and Capabilies Based Assessment.Director of Training; Served as the Training and Education Command representative to D/C PP&O for all matters involving requirement development and acquisition processes. Responsible for the design, development and implementation of four military occupational specialty producing weapons focused instructor development courses. Managed the annual budget for expendables, supervised the design, development and conduct of 300 training days per year of live weapons training, and accounted for over 4000 reportable end items valuing in excess of $2 million dollars.

Served as the advisor to the Commander of an 8500 man organization during 21 months of wartime in Al Asad Iraq. Responsible for developing policies to clarify performance expectations, development of corrective action training programs involving tactics, techniques and procedures of infantry combat issues. Participated in Operational Planning Teams (OPT) during the development of courses of action in response to mission requirements.

Served as the advisor to the Commander of an 8500 man organization during 21 months of wartime in Al Asad Iraq. Responsible for developing policies to clarify performance expectations, development of corrective action training programs involving tactics, techniques and procedures of infantry combat issues. Participated in Operational Planning Teams (OPT) during the development of courses of action in response to mission requirements.

Responsible for the proper employment of 25 weapons and 31 optics within an 800 man infantry battalion. Developed training programs, trained the cadre of instructors and supervised the conduct of the training for every weapon and associated optic during introductory level training and in combined arms live fires.

Responsible for the proper employment of 25 weapons and 31 optics within an 800 man infantry battalion. Developed training programs, trained the cadre of instructors and supervised the conduct of the training for every weapon and associated optic during introductory level training and in combined arms live fires.

Seventeen years of enlisted service, constantly increasing in responsibility and leadership positions from private through Gunnery Sergeant. Achieved meritorious (early) promotions for the first six of seven pay grades. In 1999, selected to be one of 48 Infantry Weapons Officers in the Marine Corps and became a Marine Gunner. This specialty Warrant Officer field is held to a higher standard than the typical Warrant Officer, requiring 16 years of experience instead of 8, and requiring the rank of E-7 instead of E-5 as a pre-requisite. Selectees are commissioned directly to Chief Warrant Officer-2 and by-pass the normal grade of Warrant Officer-1. Authorized to bear the title of Marine Gunner and to serve as an advisor to Commanding Officers at all levels of command through General Officer, relying heavily upon experiences with weapons and infantry life as the basis of knowledge.

Seventeen years of enlisted service, constantly increasing in responsibility and leadership positions from private through Gunnery Sergeant. Achieved meritorious (early) promotions for the first six of seven pay grades. In 1999, selected to be one of 48 Infantry Weapons Officers in the Marine Corps and became a Marine Gunner. This specialty Warrant Officer field is held to a higher standard than the typical Warrant Officer, requiring 16 years of experience instead of 8, and requiring the rank of E-7 instead of E-5 as a pre-requisite. Selectees are commissioned directly to Chief Warrant Officer-2 and by-pass the normal grade of Warrant Officer-1. Authorized to bear the title of Marine Gunner and to serve as an advisor to Commanding Officers at all levels of command through General Officer, relying heavily upon experiences with weapons and infantry life as the basis of knowledge.

Acquisitions: Considered the subject matter expert on all things infantry related, was sought out by peers and seniors, to include General Officer's, during the requirements development stages of acquisition programs and during the course of action development stage for training solutions. Experienced in all stages of the acquisitions process. As an PP&O advocate, experienced in identifying the problem and articulating that problem as a capability gap. As a subject matter expert, experienced in identifying threshold and objective tradespaces for insertion into the Joint Capabilities Integration Development System (JCIDS) at all three levels (Initial Capabilities, Capabilities Development and Capability Production/ICD, CDD, CPD documents). Participated in three separate Capabilities Based Assessments (CBAs) as part of the JCIDS process, assisting with the development of the Functional Area Analysis (FAA), Functional Needs Analysis (FNA) and Functional Solutions Analysis (FSA) for "SITE", "Scout Snipers" and "Infantry Company".