Belleville, Illinois
Enlisted - 1989
Service-Disabled Veteran
Military Occupation Specialties
- 11B Infantryman
- 35S Signals Collector/Analyst
- 92G Food Service Specialist
- J1 Telemetry Collection Operations Qualification
- P Parachutist Qualification
- V Ranger Parachutist Qualification
Training
- Air Assault Course, Fort Benning, GA, 1990
- Airborne Basic School, Fort Benning, GA, 1992
- Pre-Ranger Course, Fort Benning, GA, 1993
- Ranger School, Fort Benning, GA, 1993
- Military Police School, Fort Leonard Wood, MO, 2000
- Food Service Specialist School, Fort Lee, VA, 2001
Military Service
Post-Cold War Era (1991-2000)
- Persian Gulf War (1991)
- Operation Desert Shield
- Operation Desert Storm
- Operation Northern Watch
War on Terrorism (2001-Present)
- War in Iraq (2003-2011)
- Battle of Baghdad
- OIF-I Liberation of Iraq
- OiF-II Transition of Iraq
- Battle of Fallujah
- OIF-III Iraqi Governance