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Bristol, Ct, Us

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Provides analysis, integration, and synchronization of force protection operations in support of CT National Guard (CTNG) domestic operations and serves as the senior functional staff NCO responsible for advising the Deputy Chief of Staff Operations and the G-3 on matters pertaining to force protection, security, antiterrorism, intelligence and law enforcement operations. Provides personal staff support for law enforcement issues involving CTNG and civilian personnel. Supervises the G-3 Protection Branch consisting of the Antiterrorism/Force Protection Cell as well as the G2 Intelligence Cell. Coordinates the statewide military intelligence sustainment training program. Reviews and enforces matters pertaining to force protection, physical security, antiterrorism and operations security to all matters pertaining to CTNG personnel, families, facilities and operations.

Hartford, Connecticut

Serve as the senior functional staff NCO responsible for advising The Adjutant General on matters relating to law enforcement operations; supervised the state's Force Protection and Antiterrorism Cell. Serves as the CTNG Liaison Officer in the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC); coordinates requests for assistance and proposed assets in support of state emergency response operations.

Afghanistan

Supervised 120 Soldier Military Police Company conducting police mentorship training with the Afghan National Police; coordinated logistics, security and supervised day to day operations of remote combat outpost in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Ghazni Afghanistan.

West Hartford, Ct

Responsible for daily operations and tracking of 170 Soldier Military Police Company. Oversaw the company Tactical Operations Center and disseminated fragmentary and operation orders received from Battalion. Developed subordinate unit tasking based on unit capabilities and assets. Developed a written Tactical Standard Operating Procedure for all company operations and capabilities.

Connecticut

Conducts hunting, fishing, commercial fishing, trapping, boating and recreational vehicle enforcement statewide. Duties also include public outreach and education, wildlife management, statewide search and rescue and homeland security operations. Currently serve as a boating accident reconstructionist on the Boating Accident Reconstruction Unit and as a Field Training Officer.

Nationwide

Served as a physical security and antiterrorism specialist under the Department of Homeland Security's Critical Infrastructure Protection Program by conducting all hazards vulnerability assessments of national and international critical assets deemed vital to the United States.

Camp Niantic, Ct

Upon my return from Iraq, I was activated and sent to assist with hurricane relief operations following Hurricane Katrina. Our Soldiers conducted presence patrols, assisted local law enforcement, conducted commodities distribution, vital asset security, and responded to civil unrest and crowd control scenarios. Many of us even volunteered our off duty to assist with commodities distribution so as to better help the community. Upon completion of this mission many of us were activated and sent to assist with base wide law and order operations at Grafenwohr, Germany.Following this mission I was promoted to Staff Sergeant and transferred to the 223d Law and Order Detachment as the Evidence Custodian and later to the 3rd Battalion, 169th RTI as a Military Police Instructor. As an Instructor I completed numerous schools to include; Total Army Instructor Trainer Course, Small Group Instructor Course and DOD Interservice Non-Lethal Individual Weapons Instructors Course. As an instructor I specialized in antiterrorism, gang awareness, arrest and control techniques, defensive tactics, baton techniques, use of force, search of individual/vehicle and coordinated the baton and OC spray practical. During accreditation from the US Army Military Police School, I was identified as a 'National Role Model for Military Police Instruction' and assisted in the development of outdated Field Manuals regarding arrest and control and defensive tactics.

Bristol, Connecticut

Patrolled assigned area and investigated crimes which included larceny, burglary, robbery and family violence crimes. Investigated motor vehicle accidents and conducted motor vehicle enforcement. Served on Crime Suppression Unit conducting street level narcotics interdiction, firearms and gang investigations and executed arrest and search warrants. Served as a Field Training Officer as well as bike patrol, ATV Enforcement unit and Officer in Charge of Police Explorer program.

Baghdad, Iraq

In 2003 I was transferred back to the 143d MP Co and promoted to Sergeant. Upon completing mobilization station we flew to Camp Pennsylvania located in the Kuwaiti desert and waited as the initial push of Operation Iraqi Freedom began, Once our turn came our company pushed north crossing the berm and did not stop until we reached Baghdad. Once in Baghdad we fell under the 18th MP Brigade and conducted area patrols and area security on local jails and other potential critical sites. As the looting continued, our mission began to evolve as attempted to instill a sense of order with a now defunct government and social structure. Once the insurgency began we found ourselves attached to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Armored Division and performed the full spectrum of combat operations and mobility support missions. While assigned to the 'Iron Soldiers' of the 1st Armored Division we participated in countless mission such as Operation Desert Scorpion, and Operation Bulldog Mammoth, which was the largest cordon and search operation to date. It was during these missions that many black list individuals were captured my Soldiers. Eventually the company would return to the control of the 18th MP BDE, and with that our missions changed from combat to police mentorship. Our Soldiers conducted training, joint patrols, joint interrogations and established a system to logistically and operationally track all Iraqi Police and US forces that were working together. Eventually I was tasked with overseeing logistics and operations at a Iraqi Police Station in a volatile and tumultuous area of Baghdad known as Abu Gharib. It was during this time that I participated in Operation Strike I, Operation Strike II, and the Operation to take down the Abu Gharib Marketplace. Toward the end of my tour I was assigned to the 89th MP Brigade where I conducted convoy security and force protection operations.

Bosnia And Herzegovina

In 2000 I was transferred to B Company 1/102nd Infantry (Light), 29th Infantry Division and served as a rifleman, automatic rifleman and antiarmor section member. Later that year I completed the Infantry Basic Course held at the Mountain Warfare Center at Camp Ethan Allen, VT. Upon completion from training and immediately upon mobilization, I was selected to serve on a special security team. I was subsequently transferred to the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion located at Fort Bragg, NC. where I completed my additional training. Upon deployment I was assigned to a Tactical Human Intelligence Team which operated under 'Task Force Thunder' and subsequently stationed at a remote outpost base located near the war ravaged town of Srebrenica. While there my team worked tirelessly to develop sources and corroborate fragmented intelligence to track down two significant war criminals wanted by the Hague for genocide.

Hartford, Connecticut Area/ Dominican Republic

I enlisted in the US Army and completed Basic Combat Training and Military Police School at FT McClellan, AL. Upon completion I was assigned to the 143d Military Police Company, stationed at Brainard Airfield, Hartford, CT. In 1999 I was deployed to the Dominican Republic in support of Operation New Horizons, which had been devastated by Hurricane George. Our mission was to conduct law enforcement operations as well as maneuver and mobility support operations. Upon competition from that mission I was selected to serve on a special dignitary security detail protecting the Chinese Ministry Defense as they toured various facilities and venues throughout Connecticut.

Bachelor Of General Studies, Law And Society

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Criminal Justice