United States Marine CorpsPlatoon Commander + Operations Specialist
Dec. 2009 - Oct. 2012Twentynine Palms, California, United States•Platoon commander, 1st Tank Battalion, December 2009 to November 2010. Deployed to Afghanistan with 18 Marines and Sailors.
•Executive Officer, 1st Tank Battalion, December 2010 to May 2012. Deployed to Afghanistan with 96 Marines and Sailors. •Foreign Security Force Training Officer, Afghan National Army 2nd Kandak Route Clearance Company, August 2011 to May 2012. Advisor to 87 Afghan soldiers and liaison to joint training command.
•Company Commander, 1st Tank Battalion, June to September 2012. Re-deployed, trained, and supervised 98 Marines and Sailors.