Team Leader: Managed 4-5 subordinates while coordinating operations with other team leaders and overhead under fast-paced and stressful combat operations. This position required quick thinking and an ability to execute creative solutions to complex problems in a dynamic environment.
Point Man / Lead Vehicle: My team was the lead in our platoon for both foot and vehicle patrols. As a team leader, I was required to have an acute sense of direction, to study maps of unknown areas, correct and append maps of known areas, as well as navigate my platoon along a designated route and choose a new route if the situation demanded it. Tools used included handheld GPS units and vehicle-mounted Blue Force Tracker GPS units.
Forward Observer: As a forward observer, I was trained to calculate enemy positions and coordinate indirect fire using mostly paper-map and compass methods. This position, although not directly related to computer GIS, required acute spatial cognition and an intimate knowledge of maps and geography.
