Military Service

US Army Soldier

November 2001 - March 2027

Awards and Recognitions Include:

• Meritorious Service Medal (x3)

• Army Commendation Medal (x6)

• Army Achievement Medal (x8)

• Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal

• 2021 First Sergeant of the Year, 2nd Medical Recruiting Battalion

• Glenn E. Morrell Award

• Honor Graduate, Guidance Counselor and Operations Course

• Honor Graduate, Healthcare Recruiter Course

• US Army Recruiting Command Professional Writing Award

Overseas Service

• Kosovo, Task Force Medical Falcon, 2003

• Kuwait, Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2004-2005

Career Timeline

• November 8, 2001: Enlisted into US Army Reserve as MOS 71L, Administrative Specialist with 176th Medical Group in Garden Grove, CA

• June 2002: Attended Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Jackson, SC

• March - December, 2003: Activated for service in Kosovo as part of Task Force Medical Falcon

• August 2004 - November 2005: Activated for service in Kuwait as part of 483rd Transportation Battalion / 7th Transportation Brigade 

• March 2008: Promoted to Staff Sergeant (E-6)

• July 2008: August 2009: Served as Detachment Sergeant of Combat Replacement Company (CRC) Battalion, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment (HHD)    

• August 2009: Joined Active Guard & Reserve (AGR) program as a 79R Recruiter assigned to Beaverton Recruiting Station, Portland Recruiting Battalion

•  May 2011: Promoted to Sergeant First Class (E-7)

• July 2012: Assigned to Burlington Recruiting Station, Seattle Recruiting Battalion

• June 2015: Assigned as Station Commander to Alton Recruiting Station, Indianapolis Recruiting Battalion

• January 2018: Assigned as Station Commander to Albany Medical Recruting Station, 1st Medical Recruting Battalion

• November 2018: Promoted to Master Sergeant (E-8) and assigned as Operations NCO to Albany Recruiting Battalion

• April 2020: Laterally Promoted to First Sergeant (E-8) and assigned to Orlando Medical Recruting Company, 2nd Medical Recruiting Battalion

• August 2022: Assigned to Tampa Recruiting Battalion

• March 1, 2027: Officially retire after over 25 years of service