Available Talent 

CONUS: Linguist/Cultural Adviser/Interpreter/Analyst/Foreign Relations Facilitator

Clearance:

Active – TOP SECRET/SCI/NS/CI POLY (2022) / DoD – OPM.  

Availability:
June 25, 2017

Disability:
None

Language:
English – Speaking: Native, Reading: Native, Writing: Native
Arabic – Speaking: Native, Reading: Native, Writing: Native

Desired Location:
CONUS – Any

Highlight Write Up:
RELEVANT FIELDWORK AND PERFORMANCE

Special Combat Operations: Time Sensitive Interpretation (Sea – Air – Land) combat environments: Direct Assault missions; deconfliction operations between USSOF and Foreign Security Elements; take a leading position of Foreign Security Forces by passing tactical commands and movements in certain situations.

Intelligence Collection Platforms: Interpretation of (Live spoke, Physical, and Written) critical information; collection-analysis, and organic asset of USSOF collection teams structured to collect and disseminate information to facilitate the kill/capture of High-Value Targets (HVTs).

Key Leaders Engagement: Supported by USSOF key Leader Engagements by providing flawless cultural language skills; cultural advisory–liaison role to US Special Operations Force (SOF) commanding officers. Act as the conduit, holding critical sensitive relationships between USSOF leaders and foreign military commanders to include influential tribal sheiks, foreign security-political officials, and government policymakers.

SMEE Training – FID: Conducted field tactical interpretation to assist USSOF elements in combat training and security detailing of foreign partner force personnel.

Detention Interrogations and Interaction: Charged with identifying regional state dialects, voice tones, and attitude changes of detainees to provide a comprehensive interpretation of interrogation including Tactical Questioning (TQ) methods and sessions.

Geo Location:

Arabian Peninsula – Middle East. Duration: 13 Years

Position Write Up: DoD Contractor

UAE: USSOCCENT / SOCFRWD-Y                                   Dec 2016  – May 2017

 – Cultural Adviser

YEMEN: USSOCCENT                                             (July 2012 – Jan 2013 OEF)

UAE: USSOCCENT-CRE                                               (Dec 2013 – Dec 2016)

 – Combat Interpreter-Cultural Adviser

·       Building Partner Force Capability between USSOF operators and Iraqi, UAE, Omani, Kuwaiti, and Jordanian SOF, by providing tactical interpretation from command centers to maneuvering elements.

·       Real-time interpretation during SMEE-FID training evolutions for tactics, techniques, and procedures: combat patrols, clandestine insertion, securing targets, live fire range, weapons training, and Close Quarter Combat (CQC), tactical coordination and real-time interpretation through Key Leaders Engagements (KLEs).

YEMEN: USSOCCENT                                              July 2012 – Jan 2013 (OEF)

 – Combat Interpreter-Cultural Adviser

·       Provided tactical interpretation from command centers to maneuvering elements to Yemeni Counter Terrorism Unit partner force.

Guantanamo Bay – Cuba                                                  Mar 2012 – Aug 2012

 – Linguist

IRAQ: USSOCOM                                         May 06 – Dec 11 (OIF – OEF – OND)

 – Combat Interpreter-Cultural Adviser

·       Liaised in Building Partner Force Capability between USSOF operators and Iraqi Foreign Security Elements including; (a) Iraqi Special Ops Forces; (b) Iraqi SWAT; (c) Counter Terrorism-Units Task Force; (d) National Iraqi Intelligence Agency Task Force-Agents; (e) ISOF-CTS (ICTF – STU) by providing tactical interpretation from command centers to maneuver elements.

·       Real-time interpretation during SMEE-FID Training evolutions for tactics, techniques, and procedures: combat patrols, clandestine insertion, securing targets, fire range – weapons training and Close Quarter Combat (CQC).

·       Participated in over 1300 Direct Action missions (DAs) with USSOF elements as an on-site combat interpreter.

·       Lead Advanced Special Operations (ASO) interpreter conducted over 600 sensitive missions in support of organic collection operations supported by human and technical platform assets, that included; (a) Human assets management and craft training; (b) Human assets communications-tasking-collection-and follow up.

Skills Write Up:

Language & Regional Knowledge: Native fluency in Arabic – English +3/+3, Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) to include other Arabian Dialects. Can capture subtleties, nuance, and tone, reflecting a specific culture in order to analyze for further political/tribal/religious outcomes. Can translate a wide variety of complex texts containing difficult, religious, and scientific writing to include audio recording to produce a script of valuable Intelligence.

Facilitator & Cultural Adviser: Liaised between USSOF commanders and foreign security in order to execute successful mission planning, briefings, negotiations, problem-solving, decision making, rapport building, and personnel handling.

Reports Briefings & Visual Products: Charged with creating cultural knowledge products of foreign leaders & open source intelligence briefings, SITREPs, and AARs to USSOF Commanders.

Weapons Training: Qualified expert in USSOF rifle and pistol tactical drills.

Other: Base defense security, field medical care, special warfare water and airborne operations, as well as civilian free fall qualified.

Education Write Up:

American Military University/BA-Intelligence Studies – Collection (2018).