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Longview, Tx, Us

Longview, Texas, United States

Longview, Texas, United States

Longview, Texas Area

Camp Taji Iraq

Serve as a key member of the maintenance support team. Perform preventative maintenance checks, service and repair on a fleet of 140 M1A1 SA tanks. Engage in troubleshooting, correcting malfunctions in power-pack engines and suspension. Perform maintenance steps to accomplish repairs, including disassembly, removing and replacing worn, damaged and defective parts, adjustments, reassembly and testing utilizing applicable technical documentation. Accurately complete maintenance forms and other required documentation. Provide expert input regarding program planning, scheduling and maintenance techniques. Serve as the team coordinator in the supervisor’s absence. Assist the team field service representative in performing maintenance on assigned vehicles. Actively support all team activities and missions, including cleaning, inventory control and accountability of assigned tools and equipment. Collaborate with team managers and supervisors to identify issues in technical areas. Consistently meet customer expectations. • Selected as one of the first two mechanics to move to Taji and establish maintenance operations. • Identified by the Iraqi Army mechanics as a subject matter expert on the Abrams. • Reported to Ohio to attend a six-week welding course, achieving multiple certifications.

Performed 10, 20 and 30-level maintenance as well as semi-annual and annual services on 32 M1A1 SA tanks for General Dynamics Land Systems LBE contract. Tasks included PMCS, troubleshooting and corrective maintenance to include repairing and replacing broken parts. Assisted Honeywell with splitting the M1 power pack to replace internal seals.

Performed maintenance welding repairs throughout various areas of a power plant during annual power plant shutdown outages.

Performed structural welding and fitting tasks in the fabrication and installation of pipe hangers and pipe supports for 2 to 36 inch pipe for the JL Stall gas power plant in Shreveport Louisiana.

Performed rigging, welding and pipe fitting tasks including, grinding, cutting and fabrication to remove and replace hot and cold air blast gates at several TXU power plants.

Performed rigging, welding and pipe fitting tasks to remove and replace heater baskets and to remove and replace expansion joints in the bypass ducts at a Texas Utilities Company (TXU) power plant.

Performed rigging, welding and pipe fitting tasks during the process of removing and installing water wall panels & installation and removal of trusses in the boiler to support scaffolding for the interior of the boiler at a TXU power plant.

Performed structural welding and pipe fitting tasks including, grinding, cutting and fabrication as part of power plant maintenance.

Performed rigging, welding and pipe fitting tasks including, grinding, cutting and fabrication for new platforms and grating on the unit and removal and replacement of the hot and cold air blast gates at several TXU power plants.

Fort Riley, Ks

Armament RepairerFebruary 2001 - February 2007: US Army, Fort Riley, KSB Co 125th FSB 1/13 MSTDiagnosed, repaired and maintained mechanical and hydraulic turrets, the manual gear boxes, the breach blocks and the cradle assemblies. Removed and replaced the gun tubes and the front and rear seals on the gun tubes, removed and replaced the elevation mechanism and servo component for the elevation of the gun tubes, replaced hydraulic and manual drive systems and brake systems and removed and replaced the race rings which required pulling the turret of the M1A1SA tanks. Isolated causes of malfunctions, determined necessary repairs and performed final tests and inspections on these systems. This assignment included two 12-month deployments to Iraq in support of contingency and stability operations.

Camp Casey, Korea

Armament RepairerFebruary 2000 - February 2001: US Army, Camp Casey, KoreaB Co 302 FSB 2nd Tank MSTDiagnosed, repaired and maintained mechanical and hydraulic turrets, the manual gear boxes, the breach blocks and the cradle assemblies, removal and replacement of the gun tubes, removed and replaced front and rear seals on the gun tubes, removed and replaced elevation mechanisms and servo components for the elevation of the gun tubes, replaced hydraulic and manual drive systems & brake systems and removed and replaced the race rings requiring pulling the turret of the M1A1SA tanks. Isolated causes of malfunctions, determined necessary repairs and performed final tests and inspections on these systems.

45K Armament Repair Course,

Master Welder Diploma

Education record