Gerald Patterson

GS-0901-10

Salary: $76,499 yearly

40 hours weekly

Weekends for Outreach

Supervisor: Phillip Wilson 254-299-9766

• In Public Contact GS-10, I have provided information and assistance to veterans and their families throughout the nation.
• Counseling them in the office, by telephone or while I’m out doing outreach events in the community informing them about the available benefits within the Department of Veterans Affairs as well as available benefits through other organizations and agencies throughout the state and the nation.
• Assist them with filling out documents as well as gathering evidence needed to support whatever benefits they are seeking.
• Perform duties as the Minority Veterans Program Coordinator, Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator (Male) and Rural Outreach Coordinator.
• I’ve conducted over thousands of interviews, taken thousands of claims, while performing hundreds of outreaches in the capacity as Minority Veterans Coordinator or Rural Outreach Coordinator as well as representing our Waco Regional Office at stake holder’s events, concerned veteran’s organizations throughout the state, town halls or wherever our services are requested and approved by our station.
• Serve as a resource for the veterans or any attendee inquiring about VA benefit information or available services.
• Advocate for the veterans and their families in dealing with other organizations and elements that may affect their benefits.
• Explain to the veterans and their families about any and all evidence needed to perfect their claim and benefits as well as the laws, rules and regulations involved in the process.
• Perform duties as well answering the Veterans Services Officer telephone line within our Waco Regional Office.
• I’ve answered over thousands of telephone calls and inquiries concerning our veterans and their families.
• Typed thousands of letters requested by the VSO’s, veterans and their families as well as assist and provide them with any information they may need on a daily basis.
• Honored to receive Employee of the month for March 2017.

GS-0996-7/9/10/11

Salary: $51,345.00 yearly

40 hours weekly

Weekends often

Supervisors: Dianna Mayr/Spurgeon Root/Dave Mojica 254-299-9212 Philip Wilson 254-299-9766

• GS-305-4
• Salary: 25, 338.00 yearly on a 40 hour weekly basis
• Supervisor: Evelyn Petter
• Collected and sorted incoming mail that was designated by name, division, or office symbol unless otherwise instructed.
• Opened, date stamped and read or examined contents of mail which was undesignated or uncertain as to destination to determine proper routing and/or sequence of priority handling.
• Collected and delivered records, documents, and other material on established routes to mail or folder drop-off points within the office in accordance with established schedules.
• Processed outgoing mail by collecting, sorting, checking, placing in envelopes, metering, batching, and pouching for delivery to the post office.

• Salary: $0.00 per year
• Supervisor: Lori Hall Performed Social Services Assessments, Mini Mental Status Examinations, Geriatric Depression Scale Assessments and Social Histories on residents assigned to my hall.
• Participated in Quality of Life Issues, Care Plans and any other issues of concern to residents.
• Interacted on a daily basis observing their behaviors and annotated any unusual behaviors.
• Placed completed Assessments in residents charts.
• Interacted with resident’s families and addressed their concerns.
• Organized group activities and performed them with the residents and staff members as well.

• Salary: $252.00 per month
• Rita Holtz
• Provided administrative support such as filing, mail handling and copying materials in the Primary Care providers administrative section, while attending the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor on a full time basis.

• Salary: $3,000.00 per month
• Supervisor: 1LT Johnson
• Supervisor of a drivers academy in support of a Transportation Battalion.
• Supervised three soldiers, ensuring that they are teaching students the proper information needed to operate and perform proper maintenance for the battalion’s vehicles, ordering and following up with maintenance support for requested parts.
• Responsible for ensuring that the academy was well stocked with needed supplies within the budget allocated to the academy.

• Salary: $3,000.00 per month
• Supervisor: 1LT Johnson Supervisor in a medium transportation company in support of I Corps and Ft Lewis, WA.
• Responsible for the training, welfare and discipline and combat readiness of 26 soldiers.
• Managed equipment such as 20 – 5 ton tractors – 20 – 5,000 gallon fuel tankers valued at over $3 million dollars.
• Responsible for the readiness of all equipment under my control to ensure services where done on time and parts where ordered and available.

• Salary: $2,200.00 per month
• Supervisor: General Kehoe
• Transported 3 & 4 Star General Officers on a daily basis (including weekends when needed) from domicile to duty and to official functions throughout Europe in an amored sedan, providing security at all times.
• Conducted trip planning and route safety often coordinating with the host nation in providing support for high visibility ministerial meetings at NATO HQ’s in Brussels, Belgium.

• Salary: $1,700.00 per month
• Supervisor: SSG Nowell
• Operated and supervised others in driving 10 ton vehicles in all conditions of weather and terrain, for a field artillery company, with the mission of worldwide no notice deployment.
• Received ammunition request from subordinate units and processed it with the ammunition supply point.
• Insured proper loading of vehicles with ammunition, proper delivery of ammunition and safe operations of loaded vehicles throughout Ft Bragg.
• Also performed duties as reenlistment NCO, and administered drug and alcohol urinalysis test to soldiers.

• Salary: $1, 200.00 per month Supervisor: SSG Mitchell Supervised and trained 10 personnel in driver maintenance, correct loading techniques, safe driving practices, and maintenance of equipment, in a Light Medium Truck Transportation Company.
• Maintained records of availability of personnel and equipment under my control.

• Salary: $1,000.00 per month
• Supervisor: SSG Truelove
• Operated a 22 ½ Ton vehicle with trailer in a Supply and Transportation Battalion, in various locations throughout Ft Hood, Texas.
• Performed vehicle recovery missions with winching operations on equipment that could not move.

• Salary: $750.00 per month
• Supervisor: SSG Pineda Provided administrative support to include typing, filing, mail handling and ordering publications for an Aviation Battalion.