Josh Kopsie Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Atlanta, Georgia

Assistant Professor of Military Science for the Georgia Institute of Technology and four partnership universities consisting of 110 Cadets, seven Cadre members and three DA Civilians. Primary instructor for MSIII (college Juniors) cadets, ensuring they are prepared for advanced camp training and follow on commissioning as second lieutenants upon graduation. Additional responsibility as the Battalion Operations Officer; ensuring tasks are completed in accordance with higher headquarters established timelines, forecasting land, ammo, and available resources for program training events, coordinating outside color guard and JROTC events, and planning, synchronizing, and resourcing overall training for the Georgia Tech ROTC Battalion.

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Served as Battery Commander and Company Commander for over 25 months; responsible for the overall training, readiness, morale, welfare, discipline, and safety of over 335 Soldiers. Additionally responsible for the accountability, usage, and employment of over $51M of government equipment in US and International environments. • As Battery Commander, led the unit through a dynamic and challenging year culminating in the deployment to support combat operations as the sole artillery unit in Southern Afghanistan. Additionally served as the Chief Security Officer responsible for the safety of Kandahar Air Field’s perimeter spanning over 22 Miles of fence, three major entries, and leading a multinational defense force of US, Australian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Ugandan, and Afghan military and contract emergency services • Served as Primary Operations Advisor (Consultant) to the 205th Afghan National Army, analyzing and guiding the operational and strategic missions for all Afghan Military forces (18,000 Soldiers) in Southern Afghanistan• Evaluated #2/39 and #1/39 Company Commanders in the Brigade

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Responsible for staff planning of logistics support of the Battalion. Responsible for the fiscal budget allocation and commitments in excess of $1.1MIL; administering tactical expenditures ranging from food, fuel, maintenance to large capital equipment. Responsible for establishing logistics Standard Operating Procedures and enforcing the Command Supply Discipline Program through oversight of all supply actions and property accountability of over 4080 different items in excess of $173M. Responsible for the health, welfare and mentoring of 1 Officer and 2 Noncommissioned Officers.Key Achievements• Planned and executed the successful integration of an additional 250 personnel (60% organization growth) and over $100M in property (136%) growth in a 60 day timeframe• Evaluated as #1/8 Captains on Battalion Staff

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Served as the Squadron Commander's fire support expert and planned, coordinated, and executed fires to support the Commander's operational plans. Responsible for a 32 Soldier fire support section consisting of a Squadron Fires and Effects Coordination Cell, three Troop Fire Support Elements, and eight Forward Observer teams. Ensured the fire support section was proficient in all Mission Essential tasks. Trained Troop Fire Support Officers on the critical collective tasks in support of their Troop Missions. Responsible for the planning, resourcing, and execution of all fire support training in conjunction with Squadron operations. Also served as Plans and Assistant Operations Officer for the Squadron, coordinating new equipment fielding and training events.Key Achievements• Developed new targeting process that increased successful fire support activity by over 600% from the prior organization; increased productivity levels of Joint and National Assets by over 80%• Evaluated as #1/11 Captains on the Squadron Staff

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Served in five distinct positions over the course of Lieutenant career including Company Fire Support Officer, Platoon Leader, Brigade Assistant Operations Officer, and Battery/Company Executive Officer for multiple organizations. As the Company Fire Support Officer, served as principle advisor to the Commander of an 80 Soldier Company for all indirect fire and aviation operations (Evaluated #2/24 in the Battalion). As the Platoon Leader, responsible for the training, mentoring, welfare, discipline, and tactical employment of 54 soldiers (Evaluated #2/21 in Battalion). Responsibilities of the Assistant Operations Officer include developing plans and operational orders for a 3,411 Soldier Brigade, coordinating and synchronizing Air Operations across 23 Districts in Eastern Afghanistan (Evaluated top 5% of 360 in Brigade). As the Company Executive Officer, responsible for all logistical support of 120 Soldiers and property accountability valued in excess of $40M (Evaluated #1/3 in Battalion).Key Achievements• Developed and implemented logistics plan to move over 120 Soldiers and $23M of equipment through multi-modal transportation over 7,800 miles, resulting in zero loss property• Planned and executed over 70 Distinguished Visitor tours to a hostile combat theatre, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a Presidential Special Envoy, without incident

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Global Business

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), International Law And Legal Studies