Craig Wilkes

• Protected citizens by preventing crime, enforcing laws, apprehending suspects, and monitoring traffic.
• Helped to prevent crime by explaining and enforcing applicable federal, state, and local laws and ordinances; teaching preventive, protective, and defensive tactics; mediating disputes; patrolling assigned area; responding to notices of disturbances; conducting searches; observing suspicious activities; and detaining suspects.
• Apprehends suspects by responding to complaints and calls for help, observing violations, and making arrests.
• Conducted criminal investigations by gathering evidence, interviewing victims and witnesses, and interrogating suspects.
• Wrote, obtained, and executed court orders, warrants, and commitments.
• Maintained safe traffic conditions by monitoring and directing traffic, enforcing North Carolina traffic laws and ordinances, investigated traffic accidents.
• Minimized personal injury by rescuing and reviving victims and radioing for medical assistance.
• Maintained professional and technical knowledge by studying applicable federal, state, and local laws and ordinances; attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; practicing skills; and participating in professional societies.
• Contributed to unit efforts by accomplishing related results as needed.

• Conducted thorough investigations into both violent and property crimes along with other criminal activities to help develop strong criminal cases.
• Gathered facts from interviews of suspects, witnesses and complainants.
• Followed constitutional standards to properly obtain and execute warrants for arrests and searches.
• Installed covert cameras and recording devices in compliance with legal statutes and department policies.
• Conducted multi-scope research into suspects to determine criminal activities and suspect operating environments.
• Guided, mentored and supervised subordinates to improve job performance and case clearing rates.
• Conducted personal, property and event surveillance.
• Appeared in court and testified under oath in both persons and property criminal cases.
• Worked undercover operations to uncover criminal activities and gather evidence for cases.
• Initiated and concluded investigations of crime organizations.
• Oversaw criminal cases, coordinated investigations and prepared evidence and investigators for court cases.

• Was non-commissioned officer in charge of ten man infantry unit embedded with units from the Afghanistan national army (ANA) and national police force (ANCOP), which mentored the ANA and ANCOP in leadership, staff support functions, planning, assessing, supporting, and the execution of combat operations.
• Carried out combat missions with the ANA and ANCOP and provided both with combat enablers such as close air support/fires, medical evacuation, and quick reaction forces.
• Coordinated infantry positioning and equipment locations to facilitate safety and efficiency.
• Analyzed fighting conditions and led attack and defense operations during ground missions.
• Awarded 2 Bronze Stars, one for combat valor, for combat actions in Operation Enduring Freedom.

• Responsible for providing both military and civilian homeland security officials with crucial and reliable information about national security threats and potential areas of conflict.
• Analyzed, assessed, processed,and distributed critical information identifying national threats and ensuring that critical information got to superiors and decision-makers
• Handled highly sensitive information and made decisions and recommendations used to determine combat, undercover, and other missions.

• Most of this time is considered classified
• Performed various duties incident to the planning, coordination, and execution of intelligence gathering in support of both civil and military operations in a combat theater.
• Coordinated with a wide variety of Iraqi civilian, military and other intelligence agencies to gather, analyze, and discriminate critical intelligence.
• Screened and interpreted all-source intelligence information.
• Produced multi-source intelligence reports and products for different agency customers.
• Collected information about enemy strengths, movements and activities.
• Supervised gathering, review and dissemination of intelligence information from human sources, electronic sources, and counter-intelligence.

• Supervised gathering, review and dissemination of intelligence information from human sources, electronic sources, and counter-intelligence for national level counter-narcotics operations in both South Carolina and North Carolina.

This work is classified

Collected advanced intelligence of national security threats which was relayed to decision makers of the US National Command Authority.

Various soldier positions and assignments both stateside and in Europe.