Andrew Melis

Diligent K9 Trainer with background in military working dog handling. Successfully trained and managed canine units for detection, patrol, and search operations. Demonstrated leadership and problem-solving skills in high-pressure environments.

Experienced handler with strong background in animal behavior and training techniques. Skilled in maintaining discipline, ensuring safety, and executing precise commands. Highly focused on team collaboration and achieving results, adaptable to changing needs, and reliable in high-pressure environments. Adept at fostering trust and effective communication with both canine partners and human team members.

Aided My section during a joint training day with Transportation Security Administration (TSA). He assisted 8 training lanes, providing 6 hrs of explosive decoy training for 4 explosive dog teams during detection based scenarios. His actions earned him a Letter of Appreciation for aiding in the certification of 4 TSA Oakland Teams.

Aided in Local Dog Attack, utilized Military Working Dog medical aid for 2 dogs and personal involved. transported to local vet clinic. Actions lead to recognition from CC and MSG Commander.

Lead Detection Team in Local explosive device threat for FBI, and local Departments. Provided explosive detection for 2 sites, & 2 acre. locating one Improvised Explosive Device. Ensuring the safety of 61K personal.

Hand selected to respond to a local explosive threat where he teamed up with FBI and Woodland PD. My K9 and I Vetted a 2k sq ft lot & 3 vehicles, locating an improvised explosive device down the street from a school in the shape of a flashlight. My efforts led to the arrest of 3 suspects, the safety of 61k personnel, & increased the county, State, & Federal agencies confidence in my Military Working Dog Teams capabilities.

Tactical esponse Force Assaulter

Flight Security Controller

Military Working Dog Handlers Course

Military Working Dog Trainers Course

Military Working Dog T3 Train The Trainers Course.

DAF- Operations Security Awareness Training

Supervisor Safety Course

DOD Combatting Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) General wareness course.

DOD Security Awareness training

Senior Airman Andrew N. Melis distinguished himself by outstanding achievement while assigned to the 3 79th

Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. 379th Expeditionary Mission Support Group, 379th Air Expeditionary

Wing, Al Udeid Air Base. Qatar. During this period, Airman Melis was vital to the success of the unprecedented.

seventeen-day, largest non-combatant evacuation operation airlift in United States history. His efforts ensured the

safe passage of over 57,000 evacuees fleeing tyranny and oppression while transiting the installation during the Allies

Refuge Mission. Additionally, as Response Force Member, Airman Melis supported joint force of588 personnel to

accept 327 aircraft landings responding to three hundred medical responses and fo11y-eight in-flight emergencies. His

actions provided security and life sustaining aid at fifteen impromptu locations and the flightline, at one point

sheltering over 18,000 people, while guaranteeing exact execution of the primary air tasking order mission across the

theater. Finally. Airman Melis guided efforts with three Qatari agencies, the United States Department of State,

Customs and Border Protection, and the Transpo11ation Security Administration. His efforts led to the identification

of seventy-eight known or suspected terrorists and overcame unrelenting processing and screening challenges to move

evacuees to the United States and other sites. The distinctive accomplishments of Airman Melis reflect credit upon

himself and the United States Air Force.