Thomas Talley Email & Phone Number

San Antonio, Texas Area

Seoul, Republic Of Korea

Multiple Locations; Lived Overseas In Germany, Italy, South Korea

Served tours in Hawaii, North Carolina, Germany, Italy; multiple deployments in Africa, Asia, Central and South America; two combat tours in Iraq, one combat tour in Afghanistan.Highlights: * Selected as a military commander on four occasions; successfully led units in two of the most challenging environments: war (Iraq, 2003, 2007) and a complex humanitarian emergency (Indian Ocean tsunami, 2005)* Hand-picked to serve as Project Manager for activation of the 95th Civil Affairs… Show more Served tours in Hawaii, North Carolina, Germany, Italy; multiple deployments in Africa, Asia, Central and South America; two combat tours in Iraq, one combat tour in Afghanistan.Highlights: * Selected as a military commander on four occasions; successfully led units in two of the most challenging environments: war (Iraq, 2003, 2007) and a complex humanitarian emergency (Indian Ocean tsunami, 2005)* Hand-picked to serve as Project Manager for activation of the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, the U.S. Army’s first active duty Civil Affairs brigade; successfully managed a $4.4 Million budget, designed the plan and personally oversaw every task through to completion * Led the initial effort to design U.S. Africa Command’s Theater Posture; demonstrated strategic understanding of geo-political environment and U.S. interests in Africa; led extensive coordination with interagency players; ensured U.S. Africa Command gained access to critical locations, enabling more responsive and sustained support to U.S. military and interagency operations and activities across Africa * Selected to lead the development of U.S. Africa Command’s initial Comprehensive Joint Assessment; effectively led a diverse team of military, civilian, and interagency participants to articulate U.S. Africa Command’s assessment of the near-, mid-, and far-term challenges and opportunities it faced; devised a new template for depicting the answers into a single, cohesive, holistic picture – template adopted by the Joint Staff and shared across the entire Department of Defense enterprise * Selected as Special Operations Command, Central representative to the Humanitarian Operations Center, Kuwait (2003); increased ability of U.S. and allied special operations task forces to respond to humanitarian emergency in Iraq; directly oversaw the delivery via air of over 50,000 tons of humanitarian assistance supplies to multiple task forces operating in and around Iraq Show less

Master Of Science, International Relations And Affairs

Master'S Degree, Military Operational Art And Science/Studies

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, International/Global Studies