• Commanded an EOD Detachment responsible for unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive device (IED) emergency response throughout Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, covering 12 installations and 64 ships.• Revolutionized procedures to disarm underwater mines by designing and fabricating a new tool suite for use with a common underwater EOD robot.• Ranked number one EOD Detachment OIC throughout Navy Region Mid-Atlantic.

• Led an eight-man bomb squad, which provided critical counter-IED capabilities to U.S. Special Forces, Navy Seals, and Canadian Special Forces during over 250 combat patrols; personally executed over 75, eliminating over 50 IEDs.• Managed the resources and employment of 17 additional EOD teams across three services throughout CJSOTF-A.• Delivered strategic and tactical recommendations to the highest ranking Special Forces officer in southern Afghanistan, ensuring his soldiers conducted safe operations in the most heavily IED saturated part of Afghanistan.• Analyzed data from hundreds of IED attacks throughout southern Afghanistan to develop and implement effective counter-IED tactics for a Special Forces team. The adoption of those tactics resulted in zero IED related casualties.• Developed and implemented a high altitude training plan, preparing EOD teams for operations in the mountains of Afghanistan. This framework has been used by all east coast Navy EOD Platoons heading to Afghanistan since.• Ranked number one Platoon Commander at EOD Mobile Unit SIX.

• Led an EOD platoon, directing emergency flight deck response during over 3500 sorties aboard the USS Eisenhower.• Analyzed timely intelligence and threat briefs to make recommendations to the Strike Group Admiral concerning antiterrorism and force protection procedures for ships pulling into foreign ports.• Supervised the execution of over 40 hours of high risk helicopter rope suspension technique operations enabling the embarked helicopter squadron pilots to maintain their special operations qualifications.• Led an advance team to search foreign piers prior to the Strike Group pulling into those ports.