Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Fishing, Hunting, Diving
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Phillip Smith

Summary

  • Accomplished Psychological Operations Specialist with a proven track record at 1st POB and Special Operations Training Detachment, enhancing mission success through innovative strategies and cross-cultural understanding. Expert in organization and influencing, significantly increased operational readiness and contributed to the seizure of over 20 tons of narcotics. Skilled in marketing and survival techniques, demonstrating unparalleled adaptability and results.
  • Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Observer, Coach, Trainer

Special Operations Training Detachment
07.2023 - Current
  • Developed eight enduring Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Series and Scenarios for the National Training Center, providing recommendations for application and integration of Psychological Operations within the Battlespace.
  • Served as Mentor, Coach, and trainer to Rotational Training Units (RTU) to enhance knowledge and proficiency in conducting PSYOP prior teams deploying forward.
  • Served as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) to Advanced Operating Base (AOB) leadership in ensuring there was shared understanding on Commanders intent and the Lines Of Effort (LOE) that teams were striving to effect during training rotations to NTC.
  • Served as the Ammunition and Pyrotechnics manager for the Special Operations Training Detachment.
  • Developed training aids such as Dummy mine fields and land mine signs to assists PSYOP teams in conducting deception to shape the Battlespace.
  • Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities, staying current on industry advancements and emerging technologies related to observation techniques.

Psychological Operations Specialist

1st POB
03.2019 - 07.2023
  • Enhanced team effectiveness by developing and implementing psychological operations strategies.
  • Developed innovative approaches to information dissemination, maximizing message impact on targeted groups.
  • Successfully executed psychological operations missions, leading to increased mission success rates.
  • Reduced potential risks by thoroughly analyzing potential unintended consequences of planned actions before implementation.
  • Served product production manager for PSYOP products
  • Served at the U.S. Embassy as the Subject Matter Expert in conducting target audience analysis during to regional Deployments.
  • Served as Department of Defense Rewards Program manager, and assisted Homeland Security, Drug Enforcement Agency, and Host Nation intelligence agents in locating informants, sourcing actionable intelligence, and developing packets for potential targets.
  • Effectively briefed senior leadership regarding ongoing psyops initiatives and their results.
  • Created impactful messaging through skilled use of multimedia tools such as print media, radio broadcasts, social media platforms, and more.
  • Evaluated the effectiveness of psychological operations campaigns using various assessment methods to refine future efforts.
  • Managed resources effectively, maintaining optimal operational readiness for assigned missions.
  • Effectively utilized programs to assists in the arrest of 3 individuals that resulted in over 20 tons of narcotics being seized over a period of 6 months.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Organizational Leadership

American Military University
Online
07.2027

Associate of Applied Science - Aviation Maintenance Technologies

Community College of The Air Force
Montgomery, AL
08.2026

Skills

  • Organization
  • Cross-cultural understanding
  • Assertiveness
  • Influencing skills
  • Desert Survival
  • Wilderness Survival
  • Species identification
  • Understanding of meteorological patterns
  • Marketing
  • Language training/ Bilingual
  • Leadership
  • Human Resources Management

Fishing, Hunting, Diving

Currently 1 dive short of obtaining PADI certification. I began my love for diving while deployed and began diving overseas. Have spent more than the last decade fishing and have targeted mainly Bass, and Catfish. Typical time spent fishing ranged from 4 to 6 days a week, usually encompassing 6 to 8 hours each time that I went fishing. I have fished almost every type of way that you can, from hand lines, to rod and reel. Hunting was strictly to provide for family holidays such, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, hunting turkey.

Timeline

Observer, Coach, Trainer

Special Operations Training Detachment
07.2023 - Current

Psychological Operations Specialist

1st POB
03.2019 - 07.2023

Bachelor of Arts - Organizational Leadership

American Military University

Associate of Applied Science - Aviation Maintenance Technologies

Community College of The Air Force
Phillip Smith