Military Service


2023 Military Intelligence Hall of Fame Inductee

Branch of Service:  United States Army

Date of Enlistment:  March 8, 1983

Date of Retirement: June 01, 2018 (35 years)

Occupational Specialties:  00Z (Nominative Sergeant Major) and 35Z (Electronic Warfare/Senior Signals Intelligence Sergeant – Czechoslovakian)

Leadership Assignments:

  • Command Sergeant Major, United States Cyber Command / National Security Agency / Central Security Service, Fort Meade, Maryland
  • G2 Sergeant Major, Headquarters Department of the Army, Deputy Chief of Staff G2, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
  • Command Sergeant Major, Combined Joint Interagency Task Force 435, Kabul, Afghanistan
  • Command Sergeant Major, Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
  • Command Sergeant Major, 66th Military Intelligence Group, Darmstadt, Germany
  • Command Sergeant Major, 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York
  • G2 Sergeant Major, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York
  • Operations Sergeant Major, 204th Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Reconnaissance), Fort Bliss, Texas
  • First Sergeant, HHC and D Companies, 101st Military Intelligence Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, Wurzburg, Germany
  • Modeling and Simulations NCOIC, Battle Command Battle Laboratory, Fort Huachuca Arizona
  • Operations NCOIC, Battle Technology Laboratory, Fort Huachuca, Arizona
  • Analysis and Control Element Systems Control Officer, V Corps, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Technical Control and Analysis Element NCOIC, 302nd Military Intelligence Battalion, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Division Officer, Naval Security Group Activity, Key West, Florida
  • Training NCO and Platoon Sergeant, 749th Military Intelligence Company, Key West, Florida
  • Tactical Control and Analysis Center NCO, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion, 1st Armored Division, Katterbach, Germany

Overseas Service:

  • Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (Afghanistan)
  • Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
  • Colombia
  • KFOR (Kosovo)
  • IFOR (Hungary)
  • Germany

Military Education:

  • Keystone Course
  • Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education Course
  • Command Sergeant Major Course
  • Sergeants Major Course
  • Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course
  • Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course
  • Primary Leadership and Development Course
  • Czech Basic Course

Awards and Decorations:

  • Distinguished Service Medal
  • Defense Superior Service Medal
  • Legion of Merit (two Oak Leaf Clusters)
  • Bronze Star
  • Meritorious Service Medal (six Oak Leaf Clusters)
  • Army Commendation Medal (two Oak Leaf Clusters)
  • Army Achievement Medal (one Oak Leaf Cluster)
  • Navy Achievement Medal
  • National Defense Service Medal (2nd Award)
  • Kosovo Campaign Medal
  • Afghanistan Campaign Medal
  • Iraq Campaign Medal
  • Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
  • Global War or Terrorism Service Medal
  • Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal (2nd Award)
  • Joint Meritorious Unit Award (two Oak Leaf Clusters)
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation
  • Army Superior Unit Award
  • Army Staff Badge
  • Military Intelligence Corps’ Knowlton Award
  • Infantry Corps’ Order of Saint Maurice – Centurion
  • Aviation Corps’ Order of Saint Michaels – Bronze