Ryan Lorentz Email & Phone Number

Fort Moore Ga

As a Senior Drill Sergeant, I am responsible for the training, welfare, morale, and human resource functions of a sixty-soldier platoon. I also am responsible for leading three junior drill sergeants whose primary focus is to train sixty civilians into competent soldiers. Over a twenty-two-week period, we execute more than 70 training exercises, drawing from hundreds of lesson plans, to facilitate our end goal of creating US Army Infantrymen. Every training event requires a lengthy planning and risk management process through an execution phase, during which my team operates as primary trainers and simultaneously runs a 24-hour supply line operation that involves moving personnel, food, water, shelters, and ammunition to a wide variety of training sites. Some of these training missions are located remotely and can last up to a week in all weather conditions. This demands creative problem-solving and flexibility to maintain tight time constraints. As a drill sergeant, I am also responsible for a fleet of eight vehicles, each having its own maintenance and fuel needs. I am also responsible for being the first line of human resource service for my sixty-soldier platoon. This responsibility involves de-escalating equal opportunity and sexual harassment violations, as well as addressing pay and vacation day concerns. The ultimate goal is building a better and more cohesive team from novices.

Fort Wainwright Ak

I operated as the chief indirect fires advisor to the 1-5 Infantry Battalion Commander. I was responsible for the morale, welfare, training, and deployment readiness, of a thirty-three soldier Platoon. Fourteen months of this assignment were spent overseas in Iraq and Kuwait where I had the additional duty of overseeing and inspecting all shipments to and from our area of operations (a narrow corridor of Iraq that spanned approximately 85 miles). These shipments included regulating and inspecting Department of Transportation Hazardous goods such as explosives, fuels, and acids. I was also a part of the team that handled the retrograde of several satellite bases around Iraq, moving US strategic equipment valued over $300M out of the area to a staging point to be shipped out of country. Our team contacted local shipping agencies and through them arranged for our equipment, plus the retrograded equipment, to be moved back to the United States and ultimately to dozens of strategic locations. During this fourteen month deployment, where I was heavily involved in the logistics managment of our battalion, the COVID-19 pandemic emergency developed, bringing global shipping to it's knees. The team that I worked with had to think quickly and creatively, utilizing unique means to ship our equipment. During this time, this sort of outside-of-the-DOD flexibility was necessary but not common. The team and I used problem-solving skills under pressure to maintain our tight timeline.

Fort Campbell North, Kentucky, United States

As a Section Leader at Fort Campbell, I was responsible for the well-being, training, and integration of indirect fire assets (small artillery) across my Company (approximately 110 soldiers). Within my Section, I managed nine soldiers and one subordinate leader. During this tenure, I was in charge of the maintenance of approximately $3M of equipment and two vehicles which we used for the tactical implementation of indirect fire weapon systems. During my second year at Fort Campbell, I was deployed for two months in Ghana, Africa for the purpose of training US Partner Forces. This was an eye-opening cultural experience and required my team to bridge a language barrier to train the Ghanaian soldiers we were assigned to. I also spent six months in Cameroon, Africa -- a situation which offered many of the same problems, however, the jobs we executed there were more tactical in nature. I am still bound by a non-disclosure agreement with regard to that mission. One of my additional duties during these deployments was to serve as Assistant Unit Movement Officer where I took part in the movement of strategic equipment both as a coordinator and as a physical laborer.

Fort Myer Va

As a Memorial and Ceremonial Affairs Specialist, I had a myriad of unique responsibilities. My main assignment was working with the Old Guard's Presidential Salute Battery to conduct ceremonies to honor US and foreign dignitaries in the national capital region. This assignment also included the honor of serving on the funeral teams of both active duty and retired US personnel from all branches of the military, speaking on behalf of the Battery during all planning processes and meetings, quality control, as well as performing on the ground with the Battery at Arlington National Cemetery. During my time with this unit, I met both formally and informally with many dignitaries including foreign royalty, ministers of defense, congressmen, and other military units. Through this experience, I learned professional comportment in a multicultural arena and developed my professional communication skills. Another responsibility involved serving on the security plan and detail for many high-profile events in the national capital region. This experience taught me to think and act strategically.