Squadron Medical Operations Officer; Troop Executive Officer (Deputy Commander)
Fort Hood, Tx And Europe
1st Squadron 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment "GARRYOWEN"; 1st ABCT, 1st CAV DIV"Garryowen" is a storied mounted reconnaissance unit with a legacy from Custer to Gen. Hal Moore’s Command in Vietnam, featured in the film “We Were Soldiers,” which maintains a distinct leadership ethos which is informed and transcends beyond past ethical dilemmas to ascribe the selfless, integrity-based model practiced in the unit today.• By-name select to lead the forward-most medical treatment team within the 19,000-strong 1st Cavalry Division, restructuring it to perform mobile split-operations in large-scale combat operations in Europe• Ranked No. 1 over all 24 peer-rated Officers within the Command for two consecutive years, resulting in being selected to serve dual-hatted as the second-in-command of the Headquarters Troop• Coordinated movement of 69 tanks, vehicles, and 184 Soldiers through rail, sea, port, and air for deployment to Europe at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to bolster NATO’s Russian deterrence and Allied-Country assurance initiatives• Established treatment, isolation, and evacuation protocols, including the stand-up of a clinic, to directly support over 1,400 Soldiers enduring the contraction of COVID-19 in Germany without fatality