Senior aviation, leadership, operations, plans, and training consultant with vast Department of Defense, Special Operations, and Interagency experience in Joint, Combined, Interagency and Multi National environments.

• Senior operations/interagency planner and independent consultant that prepares and supports senior executive actions with Special Operations Command (SOCOM) leadership, the Interagency, the Joint Staff, Services, Component Commands, Geographic Combatant Commands, Government CORs, Technical Representatives (TR) and other civilian/government organizations. Interfaces at the senior executive level with U.S. Government, corporate and international agencies leveraging extensive knowledge, experience and understanding of operational planning, aviation, civil affairs, combined, education, interagency, psychological, joint, training and special operations. Provides knowledge and understanding on key USSOCOM staff actions to include: Joint and SOF warfighting, Irregular Warfare, Professional Development; Training and Education; Interagency collaboration; Joint and SOF tactics, techniques and procedures to implement solutions and meet requirements.

Lead, manage and supervise the multi-dimensional Operations (G3) and Future Initiatives Group (FIG). Conducts current and future planning, prepares estimates, options and recommendations on Future Combat Systems (FCS). Engages stakeholders and relevant agencies; conducts integrated staff planning; maintains strategic awareness; provides substantive assessments, conceptual thinking in order to accelerate fielding of improved capabilities to current Army forces and the development of a Future Brigade Combat Team by 2017. Simultaneously, provides advice on challenges, modernization efforts, missions, public affairs, resources and strategic communication priorities to set the conditions for successful accomplishment of the long term Future Force Integration Directorate and Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) missions. Conducts daily coordination with ARCIC, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Department of the Army and other staffs.

Assisted, lead, managed, maintained and supervised the multi-service Policy Division. Analyzed, assessed, coordinated, reviewed and provided recommendations on Middle East Policy to ensure consistency with National Security Policy and Commander’s Regional Objectives. Reviewed National Security Policy, National Security Strategy, National Military Strategy, Strategic Planning Guidance, the Unified Command Plan, and International Agreements, in order to provide updates on critical policy issues affecting the Central Command (CENTCOM), Area of Responsibility (AOR; 27 Countries). Conducted daily coordination with CENTCOM staff, Service staffs, subordinate commands, component commands and supporting combatant commands.

Lead, managed, maintained and supervised the multi-service Iraq Division. Analyzed, assessed, coordinated, reviewed, synchronized and prepared estimates, papers, options, and recommendations on Iraq. Provided daily direction, guidance and supervision to all assigned personnel, working a plethora of critical Iraq missions, options and recommendations. Provided daily updates and briefings to the Director of Plans and Policy, on a multitude of critical issues affecting Iraq. Conducted daily coordination with CENTCOM staff, Service staffs, subordinate commands, component commands, supporting combatant commands, the Joint Staff, Department of Defense and government agencies. Provides meticulous and succinct input to Congressional inquires and President of the United States (POTUS) support items

Lead, managed, maintained and supervised the multi-service Joint Operations Center. Analyzed, coordinated, and synchronized command and control, crisis action, contingency and priority operations supporting strategic and operational objectives within the 27 countries assigned to the Area of Responsibility (AOR). Provided daily direction, guidance, and supervision to over 100 assigned joint duty personnel. Provided daily updates and briefings to the Commander, on a multitude of critical issues affecting operations within the AOR. Conducted daily coordination with CENTCOM staff, Service staffs, subordinate commands, component commands, supporting combatant commands, The Joint Staff, Department of Defense (DoD) and government agencies.

Lead the joint, multi-service and coalition operations plans branch. Coordinated and synchronized the development of US Central Commands crisis action and contingency planning efforts for joint and combined operations in support of US strategic and operational objectives. Provides daily guidance and direction to members to the Operations Plans Element, consisting of over 100 joint and combined planners from across the staff. Conducted daily coordination with CENTCOM staff, Service staffs, subordinate commands, component commands, supporting combatant commands, DoD, and government agencies.

Principle assistant to Task Force 134 Commander, coordinated, directed, supervised and trained the 53 member headquarters staff. Provided guidance and direction to conduct action and posture elements of 2 Military Police Brigades, the Joint Interrogation Debriefing Center, Task Force 115th Medical Hospital, Forward Operating Base (FOB) Abu Ghraib, Camp Bucca, and Camp Cropper. Integrated and synchronized the warfighting element of the task force to support the detention, interrogation and protection of over 10,000 security internees and protected persons to include Saddam Hussein. Directly supervised the main headquarters at Baghdad, to include communications, displacement, protection and security. Worked with Inter-agency groups, Interim Iraqi Government, MNF-I, CENTCOM, JCS, and OSD to support theater detainee operations.

Directed, coordinated, integrated, synchronized and trained Joint Task Force (JTF), Guantanamo (2,500 + service members, DoD civilians, contractors, Federal Law Enforcement and Intelligence agency personnel) its personnel and units. Directly lead, mentored, supervised and cared for 45 assigned multi-service and civilian personnel. Primary leader, manager, organizer and conductor of Detainee Movement Operations and Joint Operations Center operations. Conducted long range, destructive weather, migrant operations, integrated defense, communications, concept, contingency and operational planning. Planned, coordinated and executed live fire exercises in support of the JTF integrated defense plan. Developed and implemented the Commander Joint Task Force (CJTF’s) training guidance.

Joint duty assigned Headquarters Commandant and Army Element Commander of the 1200 member USSOCOM unified headquarters. Responsible for the care and management of 21 separate facilities while directly maintaining moral, esprit-de-corps and discipline within the command. Provides direct supervision for all Airborne (parachute) operations, parachute rigging, physical fitness testing, joint orderly room activities and Army / Air Force military training programs. Manages the $1.5 million Headquarters budget, conducts Army Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) activities and executes action for the 3 year, $21 million Headquarters facility renovation project. Provides oversight and support of the Army Military Occupational Skills (MOS) library, Command Parachute Team and Joint Service Color Guard. Represents the command at host-tenant meetings among MacDill key leaders. Disaster Preparedness (Hurricane) Officer.

Multi-National, Multi-Service Aviation Task Force Commander, responsible for the training, caring and leading of 524 soldiers / sailors / airmen and their families. Responsible for the formation, development, deployment, integration, employment and warfighting operational readiness of 11 unique units, equipped with 100 (+) wheeled vehicles and 44 aircraft of 5 different types (AH-64, CH-47, MI-8 Hip, OH-58D, and UH-60). Responsible for the welfare and professional development of 51 commissioned officers, 68 warrant officers and 110 non-commissioned officers (NCOs). Tasked to specifically train, maintain, deploy and collectively employ all personnel for Pease Support Operations in Kosovo supporting Operation Joint Guardian. Responsible for the welfare, morale, discipline and safety of all assigned. Maintains and improves good relationships with United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ukrainian allies.

Commander, responsible for the training, caring and leading of 311 soldiers and their families. Responsible for the warfighting and operational readiness of 5 unique companies, equipped with 78 wheeled vehicles, 24 UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters and 3 specially modified EH-60 helicopters. Responsible for the welfare and professional development of 28 commissioned officers, 51 warrant officers and 99 non-commissioned officers (NCOs). Tasked to specifically train, equip and maintain all personnel and equipment to a high level of readiness capable of deploying collectively or individually throughout the US Army Europe (USAEUR) theater. Responsible for the general welfare, morale, discipline and safety of all assigned. Maintains and improves good relationships with German partnership unit, the local community and host nation.

Commander, responsible for providing trained combat aircrews and support personnel to the Army’s only Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). Responsible to develop, coordinate and execute training programs for the qualification of 80 officers and 240 enlisted service members yearly into special operations missions utilizing uniquely modified aircraft and equipment. Maximize utilization of a 9,000 hour flight program and five million dollar training budget. Responsible to rapidly transition 100 officers and 400 enlisted into the Army’s most complex aircraft, the MH-47E and MH-60K. Responsible for accountability, maintenance, and operation of 7 aircraft types (AH-6J, MH-6C, MH-6J, MH-47D, MH-47E, MH-60K and MH-60L) totaling 25 aircraft. Lead, mentor and manage 90 soldiers and 128 civilians conducting up to 12 simultaneous training and qualification programs.

Regimental Plans Officer, responsible to plan, coordinate and execute Special Operations Aviation missions in support of the National Command Authority. Synchronize and track the training and mission support of three battalions and three separate companies with over 1,535 soldiers, 150 civilians and 133 aircraft. Coordinate unit mission training and validate combat crews in the most advanced helicopters in the world; MH-60K and the MH-47E. Plan, develop, and implement CONPLANS, OPLANS and JCS exercises in support of Warfighting CINCs. Responsible for all military and civilian personnel assigned to Regimental S3 Plans and force development. Focal point for Combat Search and Rescue, Foreign Internal Defense and Theater Missile Defense emerging doctrine.

Commander, of the most deployable light combat assault helicopter company in the U.S. Army. Conducts Special Operation Aviation support for compartmented Department of Defense agencies and the direction of the National Command Authority. Maintains a unit readiness posture capable of immediate worldwide deployment that conducts sensitive missions having a direct impact on national prestige. Leads and supervises assigned personnel in the employment of 18 specially equipped and modified MH-6 aircraft, support equipment and classified mobility assets. Responsible for the combat readiness of the unit and development of personnel, that maintains and improves the tremendously demanding mission capabilities unique to the unit. Maintains the morale, welfare, health, discipline and professionalism of personnel while conducting the most demanding, efficient and safety conscious training in the Army.

Service School Instructor Pilot and Commander of an Aviation Platoon (Flight), consisting of commissioned officers, warrant officers, allied officers and Department of the Army civilian instructor pilots. Responsible for the training of Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) student helicopter pilots in performing emergency and nonstandard flight maneuvers during day, night, and night vision goggle operations. Administer continuous flight programs of instruction on helicopter training that properly prepares students and instructors in flight fundamentals. Perform duties as an instructor pilot. Coordinate, manage, and supervise the multitude of instructors, students, training assets and support for all flight training. Set the example in professionalism, knowledge, and expertise while conducting the most efficient and safety conscious training in the U.S. Army.

Service School Instructor and Section Leader, supervise, manage and lead an aviation section of commissioned officers, warrant officers, and Department of the Army civilian instructor pilots. Responsible for the training Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) student helicopter pilots in performing emergency and nonstandard flight maneuvers during day, night, and night vision goggle operations. Administer continuous flight programs of instruction on helicopter training that properly prepares students to become Army aviators. Monitor and counsel student pilots in flight training and perform duties as an instructor pilot. Coordinate, manage, and supervise the multitude of instructors, students, training assets and support for all flight training.

Completed the intense 61-day combat leadership course that is an oriented toward small-unit tactics. The United States Army Ranger School has been called the "toughest combat course in the world" and "is the most physically and mentally demanding leadership school the Army has to offer". The course is conducted in various locations. The Benning Phase occurs in and around Camp Rogers and Camp Darby at Fort Benning, Georgia. The Mountain Phase is conducted at Camp Merrill, in the remote mountains near Dahlonega, Georgia. The Desert Phase—conducted at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and Fort Bliss, Texas, was eliminated in 1995. The Florida Phase is conducted at various locations near Camp Rudder, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Curriculum included: (1) fundamentals of squad-level mission planning; (2) Ranger Assessment Phase (RAP); (3) Ranger Physical Fitness Test (RPFT) Squad Combat Operations; (4) 5 mile individual; (5) Combat Water Survival Test; (6) Combat Water Survival Assessment; (7) Combination Night/Day land navigation test; (8) 3-mile terrain run, followed by the Malvesti Field Obstacle Course; (9) Demolitions training and airborne refresher training; (10) Modern Army Combatives Program (MACP); (11) 12-mile forced, tactical ruck march with full gear; (12) Squad Combat Operations; (13) Troop leading procedures; (14) Principles of patrolling, demolitions, field craft, and basic battle drills focused towards squad ambush and reconnaissance missions; (15) Airborne/air assault operations, demolitions, environmental and "field craft" training (16) Fundamentals of combat operations , battle drills (React to Contact, Break Contact, React to Ambush, Platoon Raid); (17) Military mountaineering tasks, mobility training, platoon combat patrol operations in a mountainous environment; (18) Waterborne operations, small boat movements, and stream crossings; (19) Desert Warfare operations (20) Extended platoon level operations in a coastal swamp environment.

Completed the 9 month course of professional education for company grade military officers, and foreign military counterparts. Curriculum included: (1) Fundamentals of Infantry Combat Operations; (2) Company, Battalion and Brigade Combat Operations; (3) Logistics and Sustainment of Combat Power; (4) Resource Planning and Allocation; (5) Joint, Combined, and Special Operations. (6) Low Intensity Conflict; (7) Application of Joint and Combined Operations (8) Communicative Skills; (9) Training the Force; (10) Military Law; (11) Public Affairs; (12) Weapons Training; (13) Physical Fitness; (14) Chemical Operations