Earned Associate in Arts degree

*Patrol assigned areas, enforce laws and city ordinances, self-initiate activity for protection of people and property*Applied for and was accepted as a Police Training Officer. This entails mentoring and training newly-graduated officers in the day-to-day demands and expectations of police work, including reviewing their reports and paperwork, and evaluating the individual officer(s) to determine whether or not they are fit for duty as a police officer.*Was awarded the Greensboro Police Department Lifesaving Medal for saving the life of a person who attempted suicide by firearm, even though I was off-duty at the time. Without intervention and providing life-saving treatment the individual would have succumbed to their self-inflicted wound.

* wrote stories and take photographs highlighting the Marine Corps for worldwide dissemination via print, web and radio* Deployed numerous times to cover Marine Corps units in action, including deployments to Kosovo and Iraq* worked as the lead anchor of weekly television show "Focal Point"* conducted base tours to give the public a clearer idea of what the Marine Corps does* Worked as the media coordinator for the MCAS Miramar Air Show, 2002*Worked as the Press Chief for base newspaper "Flight Jacket"*Was awarded Marine Corps Journalist of the Year, 2002*earned multiple metals, including two Good Conduct medals