Marine Officer Instructor, Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill

The Marine Officer Instructor reported to Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego on 8 Oct 1991 at the age of 18. Upon graduation from Boot Camp in January and Marine Combat Training in March of 1992, he was sent to Fort Devens, Massachusetts for training in Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) 2621: Signals Intelligence. After 6 months of training at Fort Devens and a promotion, he continued his training in morse and non-morse-code intercept at Corry Field, Pensacola, Florida. Upon completion, he was selected to attend a secondary school in MOS 2631: Electronic Intelligence. In June of 1993, the Marine Officer Instructor reported to his first duty station at Company F, Marine Support Battalion, Rota, Spain. The Marine Officer Instructor was promoted to Corporal in June of 1993. He was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal in early 1995 for his quick actions which saved the life of another Marine during a training accident in January 1995. In March of 1995, the Marine Officer Instructor reported to the Signals Intelligence Basic Analysis and Reporting Course at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas earning him a third MOS, 2629: Basic Analyst. In May of 1995, the Marine Officer Instructor was selected for the highly competitive Marine Corps Enlisted Commissioning Education Program (MECEP). After being promoted in June of 1995, he reported to the University of Colorado at Boulder to attend college while on Active Duty. The Marine Officer Instructor attended Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia in June and July of 1996. In December of 1998, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Colorado and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant on December 19, 1998.

The Marine Officer Instructor reported to The Basic School (TBS) in Quantico Virginia in January of 1999. Upon completion, he reported to Norfolk, Virginia to begin training as an Air Intelligence Officer, 0207, at the Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center. After Graduation in April of 2000, he reported to 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Air Group (MAG) - 39 in San Diego, California. The Marine Officer Instructor was promoted to First Lieutenant in December of 2000. He began a two-year tour as the Squadron Intelligence Officer at Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) - 267. During this tour, he attended Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) School, the Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course in Yuma Arizona, and deployed to Okinawa, Japan for a six-month operational tour. He then assumed the duties as the Assistant Intelligence Officer for MAG-39 in September of 2002 and shortly after deployed to Kuwait and Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Upon completion of this combat tour and a promotion to Captain in June of 2003, the Marine Officer Instructor reported to the Joint Intelligence Center Pacific at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii where he was assigned as a North Korean political and military analyst. The Marine Officer Instructor volunteered for a second combat tour in July 2004 and was assigned to a Mobile Training Team which traveled extensively throughout the country in support of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense in order to train the new military intelligence staff of the reconstituted Iraqi Army.

Upon his return, he was selected to become a Marine Officer Instructor (MOI) for Duke University and the University of North Carolina. After finishing his Master of Science degree in Global Leadership from the University of San Diego in early 2006, he reported to the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit (NROTCU), North Carolina Piedmont Region, where he currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Naval Science for each respective university and is responsible for the mentoring and preparation of NROTC midshipmen for service as commissioned officers in the United States Marine Corps. In January of 2008, the Marine Officer Instructor was selected for promotion to Major.

The Marine Officer Instructor's awards include: Joint Services Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal with bronze star.