Adam Kelton
Gulf Shores,AL
Summary
Experienced Weaponry expert versed in managing diverse firearms and ammunition under rapidly changing conditions. Knowledgeable about organizing supplies, leading patrols and operating support vehicles.
Hardworking well-qualified combat professional maintaining equipment, completing patrols and briefing leadership. Knowledgeable about risk, safety gear and terrain assessments.
Honestly I have not had it easy in all these years but I never let that take an inch from me. I always met it halfway and am still standing tall with deep seeded resiliency.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Rifleman/Machine Gunner
US Army
06.2007 - 12.2015
- Identified enemy targets using advanced surveillance techniques.
- Developed and implemented strategies to maximize squad efficiency.
- Helped restore war-torn areas by contributing to reconstruction operations.
- Established defensive positions during hostile engagements.
- Monitored and reported enemy activity to command center.
- Taught new team members how to operate and maintain weapons.
- Applied first aid to squad members at camps and on battlefield.
- Guided night patrols to search for enemy forces.
- Practiced clock and gun drills to maintain optimum skills.
- Oversaw maintenance and repair of weapons and equipment to preserve operational readiness.
- Utilized advanced combat tactics to maintain safety during engagements.
- Analyzed terrain to identify advantageous positions for operations.
- Directed reconnaissance missions to gather intelligence on enemy forces.
- Used modern communication systems to relay orders to squad members.
- Conducted safety briefings for squad members prior to missions.
- Learned and maintained proficiency in different shooting positions.
- Deployed countermeasures to repel enemy assaults.
- PSD Escort Team
- Detainee OPs
- Counter-IED Work
CoIST Team Operator
US Army
09.2009 - 05.2015
- Operated in support of higher level intelligence services by being the actual boots on ground utilizing the local population, open source gathering, collection of possible harmful propaganda etc as well as analytical input and solution rendering for the current mission.
- Maintained constant awareness up to date with all levels of the unit allowed to such data so as to keep them as situationally ready at all times.
- Provided support in for form of daily mission briefs concerning time sensitive and actionable intelligence or possible presence of misinformation.
Arms Room Operations
US Army
01.2009 - 05.2015
- Acquired, implicate, disseminated the necessary knowledge to train competent and confident use of all aspects of small arm weapons under my control.
- Sought after by my command and others to conduct training to their units as well as pre ranger school candidates.
- I rewrote the entire outdated physical security SOP which to this day is still in use in many other battalions within my brigade by order of brigade commander.
- Personally signed for and accountable to over 3.6 million dollars of government weapons, optics, TS computers and radio equipment, and many other items highly perifferable in nature with zero deficiencies at all and the highest scoring inspection scores of the unit.
Education
High School Diploma -
Gulf Shores High School
Gulf Shores, AL05.2003
Skills
- Report Writing
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Carrying Loads
- Combat Operations
- Direct Fire Expertise
- Intelligence Evaluation
- Ground Reconnaissance
- Emergency Preparedness
- Leading Patrols
- Conflict Resolution Techniques
- Critical Thinking and Analysis
- Vehicle Operations
- Emergency Procedures
- Data Analysis Skills
- Weapons Management
- Equipment Installation
- Infantry Positioning
- Supporting Combat Maneuvers
- Infantry Camouflage
- Defensive Operations
- Operational Efficiency
- Troop Discipline
- Infantry Missions
- Documentation Skills
- Navigation Planning
- Defensive Techniques
- Equipment Accountability
- Battlefield Awareness
- Patrolling Areas
- Manage Communications
- Managing Safety Gear
- Coordinating Training
- Coordinate Targeting
- Plan Live Fire
- Conducting Risk Assessments
Timeline
CoIST Team Operator
US Army
09.2009 - 05.2015
Arms Room Operations
US Army
01.2009 - 05.2015
Rifleman/Machine Gunner
US Army
06.2007 - 12.2015
High School Diploma -
Gulf Shores High School