10th Mountain Division Infantry 2BDE Combat Team
SOT (Special Operations Troops)
Deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom 09/10
7 Medals Awarded
Fought in war, including hand-to-hand combat
Been under rocket fire, shot at, under heavy machine gun fire, and faced attempted kidnapping by real terrorists
Faced a misfired (thank God) IED booby-trap that would have blown me to pieces
During my tour, I sustained a near-crippling knee injury and two back injuries
Fought California's largest fire, even 36 days straight in a fire-filled forest
Fire Chief died being crushed by a tree during that campaign
Almost died three times: fire truck flipped over breaking my head open, had a heat stroke with pneumonia, and a tree branch fell
on my head, damaging my neck badly too
Quantum computing studies and quantum software development are my favorite side projects.
I enjoy spending time with my Wife & children, reading The Bible, raising organic chickens, and growing garden fruits &
vegetables.
