Professional Air Force Public Affairs Officer with nearly 19 years of Air Force experience within the aircraft maintenance and public affairs career fields. Has proven methods in devising successful media strategies and meticulous in identifying and arranging engagements for Air Force commanders and leaders at various levels. Effective at coordinating for media presence, composing written documents and reserving event venues to effectively strategize communication efforts for Air Force organizations. Highly adept in authoring speeches, press releases and marketing materials.
• Instructed over 3600 hours of F-16 advanced maintenance training in systems theory of operation and troubleshooting.
• Supported ACC, PACAF en route, Air National Guard and Air Reserve Component students for intermediate to advance training courses.
• Executed training plan for five F-16 crew chief courses resolving training deficiencies within the 20 Fighter Wing.
• Processed equipment inventories and training simulator maintenance requests and updates to improve user experiences and provide quality training resources to broaden training tactics.
Earned the Air Education and Training Command Master Instructor Certification in 2017 through the Community College of the Air Force, after completing of over 3,600 hours of F-16 technical training and instruction.
The military and technical training requirements required for award includes exemplary subject-matter expertise and teaching ability from the instructor, developed through experience and supplementary education.
The criteria for achieving master instructor includes an academic degree, teaching experience, continuing education, instructor evaluations, and professional projects.
Family first, always. My wife Tammy and I have been married since 2010 and we have three beautiful children, Kade, Bella and Lilah. Our children are everything to us, as they should be. Our oldest, Kade, is from a previous marriage when I was young. But Tammy has always been like a mother to him and I'm grateful for the relationship they've formed over the years.
We are a dual-military couple and have overcome some significant challenges in our life together, making our relationship that much more special. By chance back in 2008 and while in the early stages of dating, we both deployed to the same location in Iraq together at the same time. An incredible and proud moment in our lives and careers that we experienced together and memories we will have forever. While we were not assigned to the same unit we were able to see each other at least once a week and share our experiences of the deployment, getting us through the months away from home. This is truly unique story that many dual-couples do not get the opportunity to say they've shared together.
Music is my escape and something truly special to me. Coming from a family full of musicians, it comes natural to me since I was exposed to playing music and singing as far back as I can remember. Singing is what I enjoy most and for the past two years I've been in a band as lead singer, covering and recording tracks and music videos for songs from the 1980's, 90's and early 2000's.