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Service Details
Current Service Status
USA Retired
Current/Last Rank
Command Sergeant Major
Current/Last Service Branch
Infantry
Current/Last Primary MOS
00Z-Command Sergeant Major IN
Current/Last MOS Group
Infantry
Primary Unit
2005-Present, 00Z, HQ, US Army Cadet Command
Previously Held MOS
11C10-Indirect Fire Infantryman
00G-Drill Sergeant Candidate
11Z50-Infantry Senior Sergeant
Service Years
1979 - 2010
Other Languages
Spanish
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Cold War Certificate
Order of the Spur
1996, Non Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA)
- Assoc. Page
2002, 25th Infantry Division Association
2004, National Infantry Association (NIA), General (Member)
2005, Combat Infantrymen's Association, Inc., N/A (Member)
- Chap. Page
2010, American Legion, Post - (Member) (Olympia, Washington)
- Chap. Page
What are you doing now:
Working for Engility as an Army Training Specialist 2 at the Mission Training Complex, Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA.
Other Comments:
Continue to enjoy the company of my beloved wife of 30 years, Robin Marie Mercado, formerly of Tacoma, Washington and our two children, Jazmin (25) and Manny (23).
1979-1980, 11C10, HHC, 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry
1979-1981, 11C10, 3rd Infantry Division
1980-1981, 11C10, HHC, 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry
1981-1984, 11C10, HHC, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry
1981-1984, 11C10, 9th Infantry Division
1985-1988, 11C10, HHT, 3rd Squadron, 12th Cavalry
1985-1988, 11C10, 3rd Armored Division
1988-1990, 11C10, HHC, 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry
1990-1991, 11C10, 199th Infantry Brigade (Motorized)
1991-1992, 11C10, Fort Lewis (Cadre) Henry L. Lind NCO Academy
1992-1994, 00G, HHC, 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry
1992-1995, 00G, HQ, US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
1995-1995, 11C10, HHC, 3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry
1995-1995, 11C10, 2nd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division
1995-1998, 11Z50, HHC, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry
1995-1998, 11Z50, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
1998-1999, 11Z50, Wightman NCO Academy (Cadre) 8th Army
1998-1999, 11Z50, 8th Army
1999-2000, 11Z50, HHC, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry
2001-2002, 11Z50, I Corps
2002-2005, 00Z, HHC, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry
2005-2010, HQ, US Army Cadet Command
2005-Present, 00Z, HQ, US Army Cadet Command
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