Aaron Mitzlaff

Disciplined Platoon Sergeant with over 8 years of military experience. Conducts thorough mental and physical assessments as well as proper defense and weapons protocols. Frequently acknowledged for strong organization and task delegation skills. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Passionate Teacher experience in helping adult learners and minor students develop advanced abilities. Imparts deep love of subject area through well-planned lessons and hands-on activities. Consistently earns top marks from students for fun, engaging and in-depth classes. Adaptable Combat Instructor with in-depth knowledge and multifaceted abilities. Leads successful classes with richly diverse learners focused on personal development. Maintains current records according to class protocols and grades students fairly. Self-starting Custodian with team player mentality. Skilled at staying on task and meeting deadlines. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.

Navy and Marine Corps Achievement medal.

"HEROIC ACHEVEMENT IN THE SUPEROR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SEEVING AS SECOND SQUAD LEADER, FIRST PLATOON, COMPANY E, 2D BATTALION, 4T MARINES, REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM 8, 2D MARINE DIVISION (FORWARD), II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (FORWARD) FROM SEPTEMBER 2011 TO DECEMBER 2011 IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. ON 29 NOVEMBER, DURING A BATTALION OPERATION IN THE VILLAGE OF MAMA KAREZ, SERGEANT MITZLAFF’S SQUAD CAME UNDER EFFECTIVE SMALL ARMS FIRE FROM AN INSURGENT 30 METERS AWAY WHO WAS FIRING DOWN ON THEM FROM A ROOFTOP. THE PLUNGING FIRE FROM THE ENEMY SNIPER RESTRICTED HIS SQUAD'S ABILITY TO MANEUVER OR EFFECTIVELY RETURN FIRE. RECOGNIZING THE SERIOUS THREAT TO THE LIVES OF HIS MEN, SERGEANT MITZLAFF BOLDLY EXPOSED HIMSELF TO THE HAIL OF ENEMY FIRE IN ORDER TO EMPLOY AN M67 FRAGMENTATION GRENADE. HIS AUDACIOUS ACTION SHOCKED THE ENEMY AND SEIZED THE INITIATIVE, HALTING ALL ENEMY FIRE AGAINST HIS MARINES' POSITION WHICH ALLOWED HIS SQUAD TO MANEUVER AGAINST THE THREAT AND REPEL THE ATTACK. SERGEANT MITZLAFF'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE." -5th July 2012

Certificate of Commendation

"SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF DUTY WHILE SERVING AS COMMON SKILLS INSTRUCTOR, STAFF TRAINING TEAM, GEORGIA DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM - INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE FROM 04 OCTOBER 2010 TO 05 NOVEMBER 2010. DURING THIS PERIOD, SERGEANT MITZLAFF PERFORMED HIS ADVISOR DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DEVELOPING AND EXECUTING A THOROUGH FOUR WEEK PERIOD OF INSTRUCTION WITH MINIMAL INSIGHT OR SUPERVISION, SERGEANT MITZLAFF'S DILIGENT PLANNING, PROFESSIONAL EXAMPLE AND EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES WERE KEY TO THE CONTINUED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE 33RD GEORGIAN BATTALION. SERGEANT MITZLAFF EFFECTIVELY TRAINED GEORGIA SOLDIERS ON INFANTRY WEAPONS EMPLOYMENT, TACTICAL COMMUNICATION, ORDERS DEVELOPMENT, INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE MOVEMENT, OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE FUNDAMENTALS, COIN DOCTRINE AND THEORY, AND PREPARATION FOR COMBAT. SERGEANT MITZLAFF'S FOCUS ON NCO DEVELOPMENT WILL REPRESENT A LASTING CONTRIBUTION TO GEORGIAN MILITARY CAPACITY, AND WILL GUIDE THE GEORGIAN BATTALION'S FUTURE COMBAT EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN. BECAUSE THE 33RD BATTALION AREA OF OPERATIONS WILL BE ADJACENT TO MARINE BATTALIONS, HIS ENTHUSIASTIC PERFORMANCE OF DUTY WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT MARINES ENGAGED IN COMBAT OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ENEMY. SERGEANT MITZLAFF'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PROFESSIONALISM AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE." -15th April 2011

Navy and Marine Corps Achievement medal.

"PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS A MARINE COMBAT INSTRUCTOR WITH COMPANY K, MARINE COMBAT TRAINING BATTALION, SCHOOL OF INFANTRY, WEST, CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA FROM JUNE 2009 TO MARCH

2011. DURING THIS PERIOD, SERGEANT MITZLAFF CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. THROUGHOUT TWELVE RIGOROUS TRAINING CYCLES, HE SERVED AS A SQUAD INSTRUCTOR TRAINING AND CERTIFYING OVER 1,143 NON-INFANTRY MARINES IN BASIC INFANTRY SKILLS. HIS WORK ETHIC AND LEADERSHIP DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SAFE EXECUTION OF OVER 324 LIVE FIRE RANGES THAT VARIED FROM BZO RANGES TO COMPLEX FIRE AND MOVEMENT RANGES. AS A MENTOR AND A LEADER, SERGEANT MITZLAFF SET THE EXAMPLE FOR HIS STUDENTS AND COMBAT INSTRUCTORS TO FOLLOW. SERGEANT MITZLAFF'S NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE." -28th February 2011

Navy and Marine Corps Achievement medal.

"PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS COMBAT INSTRUCTOR COMPANY K, MARINE COMBAT TRAINING BATTALION, SCHOOL OF INFANTRY (WEST) FROM 22 MARCH 2008 TO 23 JUNE 2009. CORPORAL MITZLAFF PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN THE PREPARING AND STANDING UP OF COMPANY K. HIS INITIATIVE AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL ASSISTED IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE COMPANY OFFICES, STUDENT SQUAD BAYS, PLATOON SPACES, AND IN HANDLING OF GENERAL MAINTENANCE ISSUES. CONTINUING TO MAKE A FAVORABLE IMPACT ON THE COMPANY, CORPORAL MITZLAFF WAS VOTED 'MOST INFLUENTIAL INSTRUCTOR' BY THE STUDENTS FOR EIGHT OUT OF TEN CYCLES AND VOTED 'INSTRUCTOR OF THE CYCLE' BY HIS PEERS FOR TWO CYCLES. ADDITIONALLY, HE SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE GRADUATION OF FIVE HONOR MEN, FOUR ACADEMIC HIGHS, AND FOUR GUNG-HO MARINES. CORPORAL MITZLAFF'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, INITIATIVE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE." -26th June 2008

Navy and Marine Corps Achievement medal.

"MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS A FIRE TEAM LEADER AND SQUAD LEADER IN 3D PLATOON, COMPANY A, ANTI-TERRORISM BATTALION, 2D MARINE DIVISION, FROM 1 JULY 2006 TO 1 MARCH 2007 WHILE DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. DURING THIS PERIOD, CORPORAL MITZLAFF CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AN EXCELLENT LEADER AND TRAINER, HE SERVED FLAWLESSLY AS A FIRE TEAM LEADER. HIS STRONG POTENTIAL AS LEADER WAS NOTED AND HE WAS ASSIGNED TO TAKE OVER AS SQUAD LEADER WHEN THAT BILLET BECAME UNEXPECTEDLY VACANT. AS SQUAD LEADER, HE LED HIS MARINES THROUGH A DEMANDING TRAINING PLAN THAT TRANSFORMED THEM FROM A DISMOUNTED SQUAD INTO A WELL ORGANIZED AND RESOURCEFUL MOTORIZED SQUAD CAPABLE OF MEETING THE OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT EMERGED IN THEATER. THROUGHOUT, HE DEMONSTRATED A HIGH LEVEL OF MATURITY AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE THAT WAS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF THE PLATOON AND THE COMPANY AS A WHOLE. CORPORAL MITZLAFF’S INITIATIVE, PERSERVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE." -13th June 2007

First Aid Certificate - Current

Marine Corps Combat Instructor, Formal School Instructor, Basic Instructor Course. 8 weeks Oct. 2008

Naval Criminal Investigative Service Protective Service Operations Training. January 9-February 9, 2006