United States Air ForceSecurity Specialist
Oct. 1988 - Jul. 1995United States Air Force Noncommissioned Officer. Led, managed, supervised, and performed force protection duties, including use of deadly force to protect personnel and resources. Protected nuclear and conventional weapons systems and other resources. Performed air base defense functions contributing to the force protection mission. Controlled and secured terrain inside and outside military installations. Defended personnel, equipment, and resources from hostile forces. Operated in various field environments, performed individual, and team patrol movements, both mounted and dismounted, tactical drills, battle procedures, convoys, military operations other than war, antiterrorism duties, and other special duties. Operates communications equipment, vehicles, intrusion detection equipment, crew-served weapons, and other special purpose equipment. Applied self-aid buddy care, life saving procedures, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as first responder to accident and disaster scenes. Essential job functions included providing armed response and controls entry; detecting and reporting presence of unauthorized personnel and activities; implementing security reporting and alerting system; and enforcing standards of conduct, discipline, and adherence to laws and directives. Additional duties included searches of persons and property; securing crime and incident scenes; collection, seizure, and preservation of evidence; conducting interviews of witnesses and suspects; responding to disaster and relief operations; and participating in contingencies.