Some of the additional training I've recieved not mentioned on my resume includes:
-Royal Caribean Reservations Certification Course- This course offered instruction on customer relations, how to take orders, work with operating systems, and how to be curdious to the customer. Mike, the boss and a good buddy of mine, is a real great guy. I suggest if you are ever to take a cruise, do it with them.
-Voice Stream Wireless Communications Help Desk Certification Course- This course was a great experience for me. The hands on technical training in the course was far above my expectations. I took the course mainly to learn more about telecommunications in the work invironment, not only did I recieve that, I also learned several good techniques on customer relations. I suggest this as your choice of wireless service, that is if you ever have need for a cellular phone.
-Various Military Schools include:
-US ARMY INFANTRY BASIC TRAINING-This was where I got my first taste of the Army. Harder then all other basic training units in the military. This course taught me how to have the disipline it takes for a successful person to achieve thier goals.
-US ARMY INFANTRY ADVANCED INDIVIDUAL TRAINING-This course was the follow on to Infantry Basic Training. I learned to further my skills in warfare training, as all Infantrymen do.
-US ARMY AIRBORNE SCHOOL-Yes, I jumped out of perfectly good airplanes, as my mother puts it. Airborne School was a crash course on how to properly land in what is known as a PLF. Then you get to jump five times to be qualified.
-RIP- A prelude to what life is like in Ranger Battallion. I had a lot of fun staying afloat. There is nothing like jumping off a diving board blindfolded.
-BRITISH AIRBORNE SCHOOL- The British Paras have a much more relaxed approach to the way they conduct this school. They put the parachutes on you, ask if your HAPPY, then let you jump. I am 1 of 100 US soldiers to currently have this distinction.
-AIR ASSAULT SCHOOL-This school taught me how to slide down a rope out of a helicopter. The term is referred to as fast roping. Not a hard school, but it was a really fun couple of weeks.
-MILITARY DRIVERS SCHOOL- You name a vehicle and I've probably been behind the wheel of it. This course provided training and qualification on five or so different military vehicals. Standard PMI inspections, driving, and HAZMAT. I even had chance to drive what's known as a SUS-V.
-COMBAT LIFESAVERS SCHOOL- This was a military school designed mainly to save peoples lives. I really enjoyed the course. They taught me how to perform CPR, look for signs of shock and how to treat the victim. Also more combat related injuries and how to help.
-ARCTIC SURVIVAL SCHOOL- This was the mother of all schools. Spend two weeks in desolate FT. Greely, after jumping in, hiking 30 miles, perform operation, after operation, cross-country ski 20 miles, downhill ski, build igloos, sleep in neg. 60 degree weather- I personally thought it was easy, but then again I am ARCTIC AIRBONE!
-RANGER SCHOOL- This school was long. Ask anyone who went and they will tell you the same thing. I learned a lot from this school. Mainly leadership in hostile situations, and further developement of my Infantry skills. Of course how to make RANGER PUDDING and how to live on 1 MRE a day, and if I was lucky 2-3 hours of sleep in a night.
-PRIMARY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPEMENT SCHOOL- This course was designed to teach leadership, really it was a requirement for promotion! I did learn good techniques for maintaining my level of professionalism.
My awards go beyond what I actually discuss however some include:
THE EXPERT INFANTRYMANS BADGE, THE PHYSICAL FITNESS BADGE, THE EXPERT RIFLE METAL, AND FOR THOSE WHO KNOW, I HAVE THREE ROWS.
Deployments, will not be discussed, nor any other schools attended. Just know that those who did, don't BRAG?! I just so happen to have done this within a matter of one enlistment, I recieved my honerable discharge and got out to persue college. But, I will always be proud to say that I served this country in the most elite unit in the entire world, and I truely am all I can be.
DELTA DOGS IS WHO WE ARE, BEST BY TEST BOTH NEAR AND FAR, LEAN AND MEAN AND RIGHT ON COURSE, WE TRAIN TO KILL WITHOUT REMORSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kansas National Guard
After leaving the Army in 1998 I decided I to join the National Guard as a way to stay in touch with my military background. At first I was a bit hessitant to go to a unit that was Infantry. Reason being I suppose is that though most people serving in the military are good, honest, HARD WORKING people, I have a certain perception of what the Infantry is, and that is not Guard. It could not be. One weekend a month is not sufficient training for the soldiers who fight the war. Be it the physical training, or the tactical proficiency. So in keeping with that belief I chose to be a Suppy and Inventory Specialist. When asked buy fellow troops what I did in the Army to achieve so many metals and ribbons, I simply said I earned them.
Kansas Air National Guard
Upon completing my service in the National Guard I decided to join the Air National Guard. The switch I like to refer to as using my brain instead of my muscles. This is absolutly 100 % the choice I suggest for anybody who wants to enjoy the best of both worlds. My first deployment with the unit yeilded a two week vacation to San Juan, Pueto Rico. Yes, we did stay in a four star hotel, working, if you can call it that, only about half the time. The Air Force in general, is truely a day and night comparison to the Army. Although I am both in my heart and always will be. You never know before it's all done, I might even try a few other services?
In the Air Guard I am currently a Broadcast Engineer, as well as an Intrusions and Detection Systems Tech. Also cross-training into Computer Switching and Networking Tech.
I HOPE I'VE MADE MY FAMILY PROUD :)
