06/2016
to
Current
Personal Security Specialist
International Development Solutions －
Kabul,
Afghanistan
Currently serve as a member of the US
Dept of States, Air Quick Reaction Force, ODIN, staged at Kabul International Airport. The mission
of our team is to be able to insert anywhere in the region via fixed
wing or rotary wing aircraft, in the event a US State Department compound, consulate or
embassy is attacked and state or foreign
personnel need to be evacuated.
08/2012
to
01/2015
PSS
IDS －
Mazar-i Sharif,
Afghanistan
I
served on our task orders Quick Reaction Force serving as the lead truck M-240B
gunner. The mission for the QRF is to
act as a counter assault team during PSD movements in town or on out of town
movements. Staging our vehicles in the
vicinity of the venue in the event of an attack. My responsibility as a gunner is to provide
accurate fire to suppress the threat/threats upon arrival and during the rescue
of US State Department /PSD personnel.
Prior
to becoming a member of the QRF, I served as a driver for the follow vehicle on
a PSD movement team in support of Chief of Mission personnel. My responsibility as driver was to make sure
the teams Shift Leader and team medic arrive safely on venue. Once on venue I was responsible for
maintaining radio contact with the tactical operations center or TOC via our
team's satellite communications.
11/2010
to
01/2012
PSS
Triple Canopy －
Baghdad,
Iraq
I
was assigned to a PSD team in support of the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. Our team was responsible for advancing the
venue/venues 45 minutes to an hour prior to the movement teams arrival with
Chief of Mission personnel.
While
on an advance team I served in various positions from driver, well gunner, and
vehicle commander.
09/2009
to
05/2010
Security Specialist I
EODTechnology －
Camp Striker/COP Cashe,
Iraq
Served
as vehicle commander for Camp Stryker's Rapid Response Team or RRT, with four
Ugandan security operators under my direct supervision. RRT was much like a QRF, responding to post
IDF attacks, patrolling the inner perimeter of the camps wall, helped the
military police during the event there were prison riots at Camp Cropper and
assisted in any VIP visits to the camp. When Victory Base was lost to SOC from EODT, I was relocated to COP Cashe, south of Baghdad. Once at COP Cashe I worked the night shift in the TOC, maintaining radio contact with the US forces performing presence patrols in the AO as well as contact with our Ugandan guard force in the towers, LP/OPs and entry control points.
05/2005
to
08/2006
PSD Team Leader
Falcon Group －
Abu Ghraib,
Iraq
I
served as a team leader on a primarily Kurdish PSD team for Falcon
Group in Baghdad/Abu Ghraib. Most of our missions
took place in the IZ or Green Zone as well as conducting airport runs dropping
off and picking up clients as well as company employees. Our teams were staged out at the PWC compound in the Abu Ghraib vicinity.
01/1999
to
12/1999
S1
US Army HHC 1/24 Inf , 1st Bde 25th ID －
Ft Lewis,
WA
Worked in the S1 shop my last year in the Army, waiting for my Medical Review Board.
02/1998
to
01/1999
Rifleman
C.co 2/75 Ranger －
Ft. Lewis ,
WA
Performed a variety of missions including direct action, airfield seizure, special reconnaissance, personnel recovery, clandestine insertion and site exploitation. I was 'Released for Medical' from 2/75 due to an injury.
