UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVES
E1 - February 10, 1983 SQUAD LEADER
E2 - March 12, 1983 PLATOON GUIDE
E3 - May 2, 1983 STUDENT PLATOON SERGEANT
E4 - October 21, 1983 STUDENT FIRST SERGEANT
E5 – August 17, 1984
WO1 - May 15, 1987
Honorable Discharge and Civilian Contract December 20, 1988
Army Service Medall/Ribbon (Basic/AIT)
Marksmanship Badge: Expert Rifle, Granade, Pistol, Machine Gun
United Nations Interium Force in Lebanon Medall/Ribbon (Multinational Force Lebanese Civil War)
Armed Forces Expeditonry Medall/Ribbon (Operation Urgent Fury Granada)
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medall/Ribbon (Reserve Componant Award for achievement)
Army Reserve Components Oversears Training Medall/Ribbon (Assignment Lebanon and Granada)
Armed Forces Reserve Medall/Ribbon (Reserve Service)
Army NCO Professional Development Medall/Ribbon (E5 Award)
3397th US Army Reserve Garrison Support Unit, Chattanooga, TN
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (1-507th PIR), Ft. Benning
A Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort. Benning
501st Signal Battalion (HHC) Spartans, Ft. Campbell, KY
Long-Range Surveillance Detachment (LRSD), 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) (2-17 CAV), Ft. Campbell, KY
9982nd Signal Company (HHC), 1st CCT, 1st Platoon, COMCAM (Combat Camera) (Airborne), 359th Theater Tactical Signal Brigade (TTSB), Ft. McPherson, East Point, GA
Basic Training, Ft. Leonard Wood, MO 1/21/1983-4/1/1983
Leave 4/2/1983-4/23/1983
AIT, Combat Photographer School COMCAM, Lowery AFB, Denver CO 4/24/1983-10/21/1983
Air Assault School, Ft. Campbell, KY 10/24/1983– 11/4/1983
Pre-Ranger Course, Ft. Campbell, KY 11/7/1983 – 11/18/1983
Infantry School, Ft. Benning, GA 11/21/1983 – 1/13/1984
Airborne School, Ft. Benning, GA 1/16/1984 – 2/3/1984
Ranger School (4 Part), FT. Benning, GA 2/6/1984 – 4/6/1984
Pathfinder School, Ft. Benning, GA 4/9/1984 – 4/27/1984
Calvary Scout School (2nd Phase), Ft. Benning, GA 4/30/1984-7/20/1984Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Course PLDC (PNCOC/PLC) E4/E5, Signal Corp School Primary, Fort Gordon, GA 7/23/1984 – 8/17/1984
Leave 8/18/1984-9/16/1984
Armed Scout Helicopter (ASH) Course, Ft., Rucker, AL 9/17/1984-12/21/1984)
Christmas/New Years Holidays 12/22/1984-1/6/1985
OH-58 Aircrew Training Course, Ft., Rucker, AL 1/7/1985-4/12/1985
Army Helicopter Improvement Program (AHIP) Course, Ft., Rucker, AL 4/15/1985-6/14/1985
Leave 6/15/1985-7/14/1985
Mountain Warfare School Summer BMMC/AMMC, Camp Ethan Allen, Jericho, Vermont 7/15/1985 – 8/9/1985
USAF Basic Search and Rescue (SAR), Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR), Indoctranation Pararescue (PJ) Combined Course, Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, Scott AFB, IL 8/19/1985-9/13/1985
Leave 9/14/1985-10/6/1985
Recondo School, Ft. Bragg, NC 10/7/1985–10/25/1985
Pre-Scuba Course, Ft. Bragg, NC 10/28/1985 – 11/8/1985
Combat Diver Qualification Course (CDQC), Flemming Key, Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida 11/11/1985 – 12/6/1985
Scout Helicopter OH-58 (ASH) to Advanced Scout Helicopter OH-58D (AHIP) Transition Course for (IKPT) Personel, Ft., Worth, TX 12/9/1985-1/10/1986
Mountain Warfare School Winter BMMC/AMMC, Camp Ethan Allen, Jericho, Vermont 1/13/1986 – 2/7/1986
Combat Camera Leadership Course (CCLC), Defense Information School (DINFOS), Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN, 2/10/1986-2/21/1986
Basic Journalist Course (BJC), Defense Information School (DINFOS), Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN 2/24/1986 – 5/2/1986
Leave 5/3/1986-6/1/1986
Air Cavalry Leaders Course (ACLC), Ft. Campbell, KY 8/25/1986-9/5/1986
Warrant Officer Candidate School (WOCS), Ft., Rucker, AL, 3/4/1987-5/15/1987 (Major General William B. Raines, Jr. and Major General Burton D. Patrick personally came to my graduation before General Patrick left the 101st)
Warrent Officer Basic Course (WOBC), Ft., Rucker, AL, 5/18/1987-7/10/1987
Initial Entry Rotary Wing Course (IERW), Ft., Rucker, AL, 7/13/1987-1/29/1988
AH-1 Cobra Qualification/Transition Course (CQC), Ft., Rucker, AL, 2/1/1988-4/22/1988
AH-64A Apache Qualification/Transition Course (AQC), Ft., Rucker, AL, 4/25/1988-7/15/1988
Aviation Master Gunner Course (AMC)(AH-1Cobra & AH-64A), Ft., Rucker, AL, 7/18/1988-8/12/1988
Target Aquisition and Designation Sight/Pilot Night Sensory Course (TADS/PNVS), Ft., Rucker, AL, 8/15/1988-9/9/1988
Target Aquisition and Designation Sight/Pilot Day Sensory Telescope Course (TADS/AN/ASQ-170), (Electro-Optic Camera (DSLR)/DTV)(DVO)(Arrowhead Upgrade), Ft., Rucker, AL 9/12/1988-10/7/1988
COMCAM Specilized Recon/CSAR AH-1 Cobra, Ft. Rucker, AL 10/10/1988-11/4/1988
COMCAM Specilized Recon/CSAR AH-64A Apache, Ft. Rucker, AL 11/7/1988-12/2/1988
Honorable Discharge 12/20/1988
Beirut, Lebanon October 20-24, 1983, Multinational Force (MNF)
St. George, Granada October 25-30, 1983, Operation Urgent Fury,
Brunswick, GA Hurricane Diana September 8-22, 1984, 982nd Signal Company COMCAM, Aerial Reconnaissance and CSAR Photographer, attached to 2nd Squadron, 9th Air Cavalry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, Ft. Stewart, Ga, AH-1 Cobra
New Orleans, LA Hurricane Elena September, 1-10, 1985 (largest peacetime evacuation in U.S. history up to that time. Was on vacation in New Orleans and was recalled to assist in Reconnaissance and CSAR), COMCAM attached to Company D, (Aviation) of the 256th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized), Louisana National Guard at the Army Aviation Support Facility New Orleans Lakefront Airport, OH-58 KIOWA
Requested by Major General Burton D. Patrick to Gander, Newfoundland to photograph Arrow Air Flight 1285 plane crash December 12, 1985-December 14, 1985
Head Photographer for the memorial service for the 248 soldiers killed in a Gander, Newfoundland with President Ronald Regan in attendance., Ft. Campbell, KY, December 16, 1985Northwest Georgia Winter Storm January 7-12, 1988, 982nd Signal Company COMCAM, attached to 78th Aviation Troop Command (GA ARNG), 48th Infantry Brigade, Georgia Army National Guard, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Marietta, Ga, RECON/CSAR, OH-58 KIOWA
Martindale Army Airfield, San Antonio, TX Hurricane Gilbert September 15-18, 1988, 982nd Signal Company COMCAM, attached to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment, 49th Armored Division,Texas Army National Guard, RECON/CSAR, AH-1 Cobra