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Professional:
I don’t remember participating in a lot of school activities in high school. Except for one year of cross country, I pretty much stayed aloof due to my involvement with martial arts and tournament fighting. After graduating from BA High School, I stayed around and worked for about a year then I served a volunteer two year mission for my church in California. Upon returning I went off to college. I graduated from BYU-Idaho (then Ricks College) with an A.S. in Welding Engineering in 1994. During that time I joined the Army Reserves and ROTC. Later, I graduated from Utah State University in 1997 with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and a minor in Military Science as a Distinguished ROTC Military Graduate and received a Regular Army Commission in the Army Corps of Engineers. Furthermore, the Army sent me back to school to receive a Master’s (M.S.) in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Missouri-Rolla. Soon after being promoted to Major, the Army sent me to the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College. There, I competed a second Masters Degree in Military Art and Science. I’ve served in numerous counties to include Panama, Korea, Iraq, and soon Afghanistan. I commanded a company in Ar Ramadi, Iraq from 2004 to 2005 during the height of the insurgency. Furthermore, I’ve visited China, Japan, and several other areas as well. I have almost 19 years of military service with 13 years of active duty. I see myself staying in much longer. My future plans are to eventually command a battalion or a brigade and return to school to complete a Ph.D. in Military History and Paleontology.
