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5 yrs., Green Beret, Expert Foreign/Domestic Weapons Systems, Special Forces, Defensive Tactics, Unconventional Warfare Specialist, Mandarin Chinese, Secret, AA

Clearance:
Secret

Date of Clearance Adjudication:
June 04, 2006

Availability:
June 15, 2015 – June 15, 2025

Disability:
None

Current Passport:
Yes
Expiration Date – March 08, 2022

Language:
Mandarin Chinese – Speaking: Intermediate, Reading: Basic, Writing: Basic

Desired Location:
Stateside – Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Virgin Islands, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Overseas – Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea,North, Korea,South, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, VaticanCity, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Highlight Write Up:

  • Expert with all foreign and domestic weapons systems
  • Highly trained in defensive tactics
  • Highly experienced in training foreign forces in military and security operations
  • Experience collecting intelligence and conducting Military Source Operations
  • Unconventional Warfare specialist
  • Mandarin Chinese
  • Over two years experience on a Special Forces ODA specializing in Direct Action, Surveillance missions, and mountaineering operations.
  • Secret security clearance

Geo Location:
Afghanistan – Duration: 18 months total Combat Time
Nepal – Duration: 4-8 weeks
Thailand – Duration: 4-8 weeks

Position Write Up:
Number of months in position – 58
1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) August 2010 to Current
• Special Forces Weapons Sergeant

  • Employed conventional and unconventional warfare tactics and techniques in individual and small unit infantry operations.
  • Supervised and performed construction of hasty fortifications as well as permanent base security positions and procedures.
  • Controlled execution of tactical conventional and unconventional operational employment and functioning of all types of U.S. light weapons (up to and including 50 cal MG), U.S. heavy weapons (up to and including the 4.2in and 120mm mortar and 106mm RR), man-portable air defense weapons and U.S. anti-armor weapons (including anti-tank missile systems), to perform tactical operations.
  • Maintained proficiency with the employment and functions of all foreign high-density light and heavy weapons, man portable air defense and anti-armor weapons.
  • Evaluated terrain, selected weapons emplacements, sites, and assigned targets and areas of fire. Read, interpreted, and prepared combat orders.

Number of months in position – 31
Indirect Fire Infantryman

  • Employed in every position in both battalion and line company mortar sections, from Gunner to Section Sergeant.
  • As a Private First Class, was selected from peers for a Sergeant position as a Squad Leader.
  • As a Corporal, was selected ahead of peers for a Staff Sergeant position as a Section Sergeant.

Skills Write Up:

  • Special Forces Qualification Course
  • 18B Weapons Sergeant Course
  • SOLT Chinese-Mandarin
  • SERE Level C
  • Advanced Leaders Course
  • SOF Mountaineering Level 3
  • ASOT Level 2
  • PCASS Operator Course
  • Tactical Casualty Combat Care
  • SFAUC
  • Infantry Mortar Leaders Course
  • US Army Airborne (static line)
  • Combat Lifesaver Course

Education Write Up:

  • Fayetteville Technical Community College (2013-2014)
    • Associates Degree in General Studies