Charles Fontanoza

• Managed administrative duties such as tracking attendance records for drills, evaluations and other events.
• Organized logistics requirements such as transportation, ammunition supply, medical support and communications systems.
• Maintain the health, training, welfare and overall efficiency of 30 combat engineers and heavy equipment operators.
• Maintained unit discipline by enforcing standards of conduct and military regulations.
• Compiled monthly reports on personnel actions such as awards, promotions and disciplinary actions taken within the platoon.
• Organized, supervised and coordinated platoon training activities.
• Evaluated soldier performance during field exercises in order to identify strengths and weaknesses within the unit.
• Assisted in developing operational strategies for combat missions.
• Conducted performance counseling of subordinates in the platoon.
• Monitored the progress of individual soldiers in order to ensure that they are meeting their goals and objectives.

• Support DEA agents and analysts with gathering of intelligence on suspects and suspected DTOs
• Provide real time support to agents conducting operations with target identification of individuals, locations, vehicles, and other pertinent information
• Produce analyst products encompassing I2 charts, hot lists, PowerPoint presentations, and additional materials.
• Create refined analyst products for visual representation of the case to present in briefings.
• Gather, sort, store, analyze, and disseminate data and information received.
• Work alongside DEA agents/ analysts, HSI, US Border Patrol, Sheriffs, and a multitude of federal and state agencies.

• Utilized US Coast Guard, US Navy and multiple Law Enforcement cameras systems to aide in maritime criminal interdiction
• Worked along with US Border Patrol agents, US Coast Guardsman, US Customs Air and Marine agents.
• Using multiple communication devices, observe, detect, track, and convey location of maritime smuggling events at sea or in the area of operations.
• Through law enforcement and military communication systems; vector in multiple assets onto targets, suspects, and their vessels.
• Used a pool of assets to accomplish goals including, US Coast Guard, US Navy, AMO, CBP, Harbor Police, SD Sheriff's, State Parks and a few others.
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• Operation of various makes and models of loader,bulldozer,grader,water truck, dump truck,backhoe, excavator.
• Grade roads along the US Border fence and AOR to maximize Border Patrols ability to track and interdict suspects
• Load,harvest,dump, and spread various building materials
• Fence and culvert restoration operations
• Dredging
• Train new engineers how to operate equipment
• Supervise subordinates

• Remote Video Surveillance Systems Operator.
• From a remote U.S. Border Patrol facility, observed multiple cameras systems in day, or night with heat sensitive optics (FLIR) to spot subjects while they cross over, under, or around the border fence illegally.
• Utilized multiple Law Enforcement systems and communications to interdict groups of illegal immigrants or other subjects facilitating Transnational Criminal Organizations

12 month deployment to Iraq and Kuwait.

Facilitated security for tradesman when attempting to harvest used materials for re-use.

Headed the security detail when forward deployed. Sawgunner

• Trained and instructed subordinates and supported units on tactical and plumbing training.

Became the subject matter expert for plumbing for remote air base and even follow on missions in the rear. Kept water flowing in and out of base.

• Used technical expertise and sound military judgment to maintain base infrastructure

Utilized a scope truck & various U.S. Border Patrol equipment to observe, identify, report, and potentially assist in interdiction of illegal immigrants and drug trafficking facilitators.

Additionally moved to Remote Video Surveillance Systems Operations. From a remote U.S. Border Patrol facility I observed multiple cameras and utilized multiple Law Enforcement systems and communications to interdict the same groups.

Reported any incursions to agents in the field and vector them into the subjects for interdiction.

Operation of heavy equipment in support of U.S. Border Patrol. Trained operators, graded roads, cut V-ditch, harvested rock, crushed rock, transport material, create stockpiles, load dumps, quality assurance/quality control (QAQC) incoming units for AT rotations

Operated:

Various makes and models of: Loader, Dozer, Water Truck, Dump Truck, Grader, Excavator, Backhoe, ETC.