Camp Mongol, Camp Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Fallujah, Iraq.
Awards & Commendations
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^From left to right: Iraq Campaign Medal. Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal. Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. National Defense Service Medal.
Military Service History
August 2nd, 2005 - October 30th, 2005: Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California.
November 2005 - November 2005: Marine Combat Training, School of Infantry West, Camp Pendleton, California.
November 2005 - December 2005: Marine Corps Cannon Crewman Course, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
December 2005 - January 2005: Marine Recruiting Duty, Victorville, California.
January 2005 - February 2006: Marine Corps Cannon Crewman Course, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
February 2006 - March 2006: 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California.
March 2006 - April 2006: Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (W.T.I.), Yuma Proving Grounds, Yuma, Arizona.
April 2006 - August 2006: 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California.
August 2006 - September 2006: Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan
September 2006 - October 2006: Marine Corps Base Camp Fuji, Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
October 2006 - November 2006: Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan.
November 2006 - December 2006: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji, Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
December 2006 - February 3rd, 2007: Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan.
February 2007 - March 2008: 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California.
March 2008 - October 2008: Al Anbar Province, Camp Fallujah, Iraq.
October 2008 - June 2009: 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California.
June 2009 - August 1st, 2009: Terminal Leave.
August 1st, 2009 - November 2012: Individual Ready Reserve
November 2012 - Present: Honorable Discharge.
November 2005 - November 2005: Marine Combat Training, School of Infantry West, Camp Pendleton, California.
November 2005 - December 2005: Marine Corps Cannon Crewman Course, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
December 2005 - January 2005: Marine Recruiting Duty, Victorville, California.
January 2005 - February 2006: Marine Corps Cannon Crewman Course, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
February 2006 - March 2006: 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California.
March 2006 - April 2006: Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (W.T.I.), Yuma Proving Grounds, Yuma, Arizona.
April 2006 - August 2006: 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California.
August 2006 - September 2006: Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan
September 2006 - October 2006: Marine Corps Base Camp Fuji, Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
October 2006 - November 2006: Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan.
November 2006 - December 2006: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji, Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
December 2006 - February 3rd, 2007: Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan.
February 2007 - March 2008: 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California.
March 2008 - October 2008: Al Anbar Province, Camp Fallujah, Iraq.
October 2008 - June 2009: 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California.
June 2009 - August 1st, 2009: Terminal Leave.
August 1st, 2009 - November 2012: Individual Ready Reserve
November 2012 - Present: Honorable Discharge.
^Hanging out with Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermey (from the film Full Metal Jacket) at the Marine Corps Ball at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan.
Assignments and Duties
United States Marine Corps: 3rd Batallion, 11th Marines, Twentynine Palms, CA ~ (760) 830-8909
Field Artillery Cannoneer/Battery Administration Chief
Field Artillery Cannoneer/Battery Administration Chief
- While assigned to a Field Artillery Battalion, operated, maintained and fired M198 and M777 Howitzers in training and combat.
- As a member of an Artillery gun crew, prepared propellants, fuses and high explosive rounds for shooting, loaded high explosive rounds into guns, prepared battery positions for firing, recorded and operated two way radios for transmission of fire mission data, set deflections and quadrants of guns for safely targeting and fired rounds down range.
- Deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2008 to Al Anbar Province, Camp Fallujah, Iraq.
- While deployed to a combat zone, fired artillery shells in support of coalition units as requested.
- While deployed to a combat zone, assisted with battery administration tasks such as accountability rosters and flying flags over Camp Mongol, Camp Fallujah, Iraq and sending retired flags home to family of deployed Marines as requested.
- While deployed to a combat zone, served as a member of a Convoy Security Detachment Platoon, stationed as a gunner of a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle and escorting military and civilian personnel off base to various locations in and around the city of Fallujah, Iraq.
- Assigned to barracks duty, sometimes several times per month, which consisted of a 24 hour barracks security post, patrolling the barracks for safety/security issues, logging incidents and writing reports, logging in visitors and guests and solving problems as they occurred such as intoxicated military members not following barracks rules and regulations. When required or necessary, I have sought assistance from senior Marines, Staff Non-Commissioned officers or Officers to fully resolve barracks problems when they arose.
- Guarded on numerous occasions millions of dollars in military property (Firewatch Duty) such as government buildings, M777 and M198 Howitzers, military equipment, machine guns, rifles, supplies and sensitive electronic gear during training and combat situations.
- Manned a checkpoint into a secured Artillery Fire Base while deployed to Camp Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Fallujah, Iraq. Reporting and recording movement of personnel into the base.
- Safely controlled, fired and maintained a variety of Marine Corps weapons including the M16A2 Rifle, M16A4 Rifle, M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun, M240 Golf, M240 Bravo, among other weapons and systems.
- Additionally tasked as the unit Mail Clerk and Administration Chief when not training or deployed, assisting unit officers and staff non-commissioned officers in creating accountability worksheets and rosters using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word and handling classified data such as social security numbers, personal addresses and personal mail.
- Awarded a Greenbelt in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program in 2008.
- Served an additional 4 years after active duty in the Individual Ready Reserve.
- Received an Honorable Discharge from the United States Marine Corps on August 1st, 2009.
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Photo Gallery
My unit firing High Explosive rounds with the M777 Howitzer in Fallujah, Iraq. An example of my main job in the Marine Corps. (In this particular scene, I am off camera preparing rounds to be fired by mating fuses to rounds.).
