Wyatt P. Patrick
Sublimity,OR
Summary
Dedicated tactician with six years of special operations experience in airborne, light-infantry soldiering. Committed to developing cohesive and goal-proficient teams of between four and ten individuals. Skilled at maintaining standards and performance through equipment inspection and continuous training. Experience in leadership and followership gained over five deployments to three conflict areas and one crisis response environment.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Weapon Squad Leader (WSL)
3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
02.2022 - 02.2023
- Led a 10-man heavy weapons element in field exercises and live fire training operations.
- Interfaced with 60mm mortar teams, sniper observation teams, and forward observers to effectively employ M240L gun-teams and 84mm anti-tank (AT) teams in a coordinated combined-arms fire mission.
- Placed first in a battalion wide platoon competition for 'greatest support-by-fire element' as a junior WSL.
- Trained and mentored personnel in combat operations and multilateral combined-arms tactics.
- Serviced and maintained millions of dollars worth of military hardware in the form of crew-served weapon systems, Javelin missiles and their Command Launch Units (CLU's), and various other AT weaponry.
Fireteam Leader
3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
07.2020 - 02.2022
- Evaluated team performance and implemented strategies to close gaps in skills and knowledge, trained six men to graduate U.S. Army Ranger School.
- Field tested experimental imagining and navigational software.
- Responded to no-notice alert and emergency deployment to CENTCOM AO to conduct a mass refugee evacuation out of Afghanistan.
- Deployed to Syria in support of Operation Iraq Freedom (OIF) to conduct counter-insurgency operations.
- Provided close personal protection for Department of State (DoS) personnel in conflict zones.
- Planned and drove security routes as a small element leader.
- Assisted in the EW operations with the directional finding and tracking of High Value Targets.
- Attended and graduated Regimental Master Breacher course.
Anti-Tank Team Leader
3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
03.2019 - 07.2020
- Attended Regimental 'Advanced Ranger First Responder' (A-RFR) trauma course, graduated course as honor graduate.
- Deployed to Iraq in support of OIF to carry out counter-insurgency operations.
- Managed and led a Ranger heavy weapons squad in theater while the weapons squad leader was absent.
- Led and employed two machine gun teams in an overwatch element during a combat search and rescue operation. Assisted in body recovery and area suppression.
- While deployed, self-employed 84mm weapon system as a one-man AT element in calculated air-burst terrain denial fires.
Gun-Team Leader
3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
08.2018 - 03.2019
- Deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF).
- Provided training for local partner forces in the fields of rifle marksmanship, pistol marksmanship, and trauma care.
- Worked alongside other special operations forces in mission planning and coordination.
- Attended and graduated U.S. Army Jumpmaster School as an E-4 with CSM waiver for rank.
- Built a successful gun-team through constant training in crew-drills, support-by-fire procedures, and small unit tactics.
Rifleman
3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
02.2017 - 08.2018
- Graduated Airborne School and the following 'Ranger Assessment & Selection Program' to begin service as an Airborne Ranger assigned to the 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment.
- Passed all pre-requisite screening and background checks for 'secret' level security clearance.
- Trained constantly in close quarters combat, casualty care, patrolling, breaching, airborne operations, fast-roping, and the execution of special operations' direct action raids.
- Deployed to Syria in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
- Attended and graduated U.S. Army Ranger School, cleared for leadership progression within the 75th Ranger Regiment.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Strategic Studies And Defense Analysis
Norwich University
Northfield, VT 12.2024
High School Diploma -
Silverton High School
Silverton, OR06.2016
Skills
- Extensive training in trauma management
- Team management & leadership
- Personnel mentoring & coaching
- Hands-on experience with DJI 'Mavic' series drones
- Tactical operations
- Route planning
- Experience w/ Electronic Warfare (EW)
- Complex Problem-Solving
Timeline
Weapon Squad Leader (WSL)
3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
02.2022 - 02.2023
Fireteam Leader
3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
07.2020 - 02.2022
Anti-Tank Team Leader
3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
03.2019 - 07.2020
Gun-Team Leader
3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
08.2018 - 03.2019
Rifleman
3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
02.2017 - 08.2018
Bachelor of Science - Strategic Studies And Defense Analysis
Norwich University
High School Diploma -
Silverton High School
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