
I was recently honorable discharged from the United States Navy after 8 years of faithful service. As the lead Military Working Dog Kennel Supervisor, I helped train and mentor new officers. Primary duties included responding to emergency calls for service on motor vehicle or on foot for the protection of life and property while adhering to state and federal laws, conducting checkpoints and roadblocks at various locations to reduce criminal activity, issuing citations for violations of the law on federal owned roads, conducting preliminary investigations regarding unusual situations and/or violations, inspecting packages/personal belongings when admitting personnel into controlled areas, and responding to criminal activities in progress and other disturbances. Additionally, I wrote and maintained accurate logs and reports, prepared documents for dissemination to other law enforcement officials, protected property, equipment, data, and materials, detained persons who were in violations of law, booked, processed, and transported inmates to military holding facilities, conducted searches for contraband, drugs, weapons and performed other related duties, including vehicle traffic enforcement patrol duties. I was also hand selected to perform 2 POTUS security details.
• Maintained over 2,000 administrative documents and successfully coordinated over 35 MWD missions, supporting high-profile individuals including POTUS, VPOTUS, and SECSTATE.
• Planned, briefed, executed, and debriefed 15 drills as the MWD blue force player, contributing to the command's impressive 95% score on the CNIS CART Assessment (the highest score in Navy History).
• Retrained animals to overcome bad habits, by utilizing positive reinforcement techniques, achieving improvement in behavior.
• Conditioned animals to respond to vocal and hand signal commands by focusing on consistent training methods, improving communication between MWDs and handlers by 100%.
• Developed and led training programs focused on maintaining desired behaviors for specific purposes.
• Recorded animals' health and progress for recordkeeping purposes.
• Assessed each animal to determine their level of trainability and performance strengths.
• Documented health, diet, and behavior of all animals in program.
• Hand selected on four separate occasions to provide support with the Department of State on Secret Service missions to Hungary, as well as three classified missions in hostile territories.
• Conditioned animals to respond to vocal and hand signal commands by focusing on consistent training methods, improving communication between MWDs and handlers by 100%.
• Rewarded animals for executing ideal target behaviors.
• Rehearsed animal movements and behaviors for performance purposes.
• Retrained animals to overcome bad habits, by utilizing positive reinforcement techniques, achieving improvement in behavior.
• Kept animals safe, secure, and well-fed always for optimal learning environment.
• Administered prescribed medications to treat short- and long-term conditions.
• Navy And Marine Corps Achievement Medal (four-time recipient)
• Sailor of the Year 2021
• Armed Forces Medal
• Navy And Marine Corps Overseas Service
Law Enforcement Specialist, Explosive Driver, Fleet Sentencing, FEMA National Incident Management System (NIMS), Incident Command System (100,200,300,400), NCIS REACT TEAM Tactics Course, First Aid Certified, CPR Certified.