| Duty
Position(s): Sentinel Assistant Relief Commander Relief: Brief Army History: Units: |
Personal gallery |
| Awards
/ Decorations: Legion of Merit Bronze Star Meritorious Service Medal (3 Oak Leaf Cluster) Tomb Guard Identification Badge Army Commendation Medal (3 Oak Leaf Cluster) Army Achievement Medal (3 Oak Leaf Cluster) Army Good Conduct Medal (6th Award) National Defense Service Medal (w/Bronze Star) Korean Defense Service Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Southwest Asia Service Medal (3 Bronze Stars) Kuwait Liberation Medal Overseas Service Ribbon (w/"2" numeral) Army Superior Unit Award (w/Oak Leaf) Meritorious Unit Award NCO Professional Development Ribbon (w/"3" numeral) Army Service Ribbon Expert Infantryman Badge Air Assault Badge Master Driver Badge German Schutzenshnir Badge (Bronze) Member of the Sgt Audie Murphy Club |
Campaigns: Southwest Asia Campaign |
Highest Rank:
First Sergeant (E-8) |
| Home
City / State: Moon Township, PA |
Date of Birth: |
After the Army:
Worked on a Counter-terrorism Project for the US Army for about one year.
Accepted a Government position with the US Office of Personnel Management, in
Boyers, PA. Life is great!!
Family Information:
Current
Occupation:
Degrees/Schooling:
PLDC, BNCOC, ANCOC, First Sergeants Course
PYSOPS Course Counterintelligence Special Agent Course
Working on that elusive civilian degree.
Most Memorable Moment at Tomb:
One day while on the mat early on a Summer morning in 1988, an elderly
gentleman stood on the South end of the Plaza, near the chains. Every time I
came to a stop and faced DC, he told me portions of a story, which still effects
me to this day. He started by telling me that as far as he was concerned, I (and
the other Sentinels) was guarding the majority of his family. His father had
been missing since WWII while serving in the Army in Italy. His Uncle served in
Korea, and never came home and his son served in Vietnam and was listed as
missing. He had no other brothers or sons. So as far as he was concerned, the
sentinels were watching over his loved ones. He told me bit by bit for my entire
one half hour tour, weeping the entire time. After the guard change I returned
to the plaza for a wreath laying ceremony, and the man was gone. I still think
about him to this day. It gave me the sense of meaning for the small sacrifice I
was making in guarding the Unknowns.
I am sure there are numerous people who are missing loved ones, who probably feel the same way. I know I can never feel or fully understand their pain, however, I can take solace in knowing I did a good and honorable thing for my country and its citizens.
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