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Deputy Commander for our nation’s most elite force composed of 36,000 Special Operators and Support personnel stationed across the United States and around the globe. Led Army Special Operations through a transformative period of history ending 20 years of combat in the Middle East and transitioning to new threats, new technologies, and new ways of war.

The Premier School for all Special Operations Forces. This is where candidates are assessed to become Special Operators, where Basic and Advanced Special Operations Training occurs, along with leader development. Responsible for revamping the entire portfolio of Army Special Operations training to maximize focus on a new environment centered on Strategic Competition as opposed to Counter Terrorism. This required radical changes including deleting courses, creating new courses such as… Show more The Premier School for all Special Operations Forces. This is where candidates are assessed to become Special Operators, where Basic and Advanced Special Operations Training occurs, along with leader development. Responsible for revamping the entire portfolio of Army Special Operations training to maximize focus on a new environment centered on Strategic Competition as opposed to Counter Terrorism. This required radical changes including deleting courses, creating new courses such as robots and UAS, and incorporating new technology into courses associated with cyber and space. Responsible for over twenty thousand students a year and more than six thousand cadre. Led and optimized this formation through the COVID pandemic with little to no degradation in quality or production. Show less

Commander for an organization specifically created to encompass all US and Coalition SOF Forces fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The command was specifically focused on the destruction of the ISIS Caliphate in Syria. This command encompassed more than ten thousand Iraqi Special Operations Forces and more than twenty thousand Syrian Resistance Fighters. Although this command was a continual challenged to keep these forces manned, equipped, and fighting - the result was the destruction of the… Show more Commander for an organization specifically created to encompass all US and Coalition SOF Forces fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The command was specifically focused on the destruction of the ISIS Caliphate in Syria. This command encompassed more than ten thousand Iraqi Special Operations Forces and more than twenty thousand Syrian Resistance Fighters. Although this command was a continual challenged to keep these forces manned, equipped, and fighting - the result was the destruction of the ISIS physical caliphate in 2019.A main effort of this command was to keep this SOF and Resistance Force Coalition together, there were numerous entities trying to pull it apart including ISIS, Russia and several other governments in the region. Against significant odds, the coalition held together.Managing tremendous quantities of weapons and logistics flowing to resistance forces was also a perpetual challenge. Show less

US Army Reserve Command is composed of nearly 200,000 Soldiers containing nearly half of the Army’s support and mobilization capability. I reported directly to the Commander of the US Army Reserve and was responsible for all operations, plans and exercises.Planned, and instituted a training and mobilization program focused on crisis in the Pacific theater. The training included more realistic combat scenarios with a focus on streamlining recall and mobilization to integrate Reserve… Show more US Army Reserve Command is composed of nearly 200,000 Soldiers containing nearly half of the Army’s support and mobilization capability. I reported directly to the Commander of the US Army Reserve and was responsible for all operations, plans and exercises.Planned, and instituted a training and mobilization program focused on crisis in the Pacific theater. The training included more realistic combat scenarios with a focus on streamlining recall and mobilization to integrate Reserve forces into combat faster. Conclusively decreased mobilization time by 20%. Show less

1st Special Forces Command is the largest component of US Army Special Operations Command. There are more than 20,000 members and it contains the vast majority of Special Forces Soldiers. At the time I assumed the Deputy Commanding General role 1st SFC was just being stood up and beginning incorporation of both Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Forces – a cultural, functional and organizational challenge which eventually optimized effectiveness for all… Show more 1st Special Forces Command is the largest component of US Army Special Operations Command. There are more than 20,000 members and it contains the vast majority of Special Forces Soldiers. At the time I assumed the Deputy Commanding General role 1st SFC was just being stood up and beginning incorporation of both Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Forces – a cultural, functional and organizational challenge which eventually optimized effectiveness for all formations.Simultaneously, 1st SFC was tasked to serve as the Special Operations Joint Task Force fighting ISIS. Under this construct I was responsible for the US SOF, Coalition SOF and Iraqi SOF counter ISIS fight in Iraq. These were six-to-eight-month rotations focused on building and fighting a new command. The focus was on retaking the city of Mosul from ISIS which was accomplished on July of 2017. Show less

Responsible for organizing and directing a 700 person staff with a budget of more than one billion dollars. Focused on restructuring all levels of the command while ramping up the fight against ISIS.

Focused on commanding the Combined Joint Special Operations Task in Afghanistan. This command comprised five separate SOF (US Special Forces, SEALs, Marine SOF) Battalions spread geographically across the country. This command was concentrated on training and fighting with Afghan Commandos and Special Forces along with building and maintaining the Afghan Village Stability Program.