Jonn was nice enough let me post. Some of you guys maybe familiar as I post under the handle DirtyMick and if you read Captainsjournal.com I’ve been quoted on there numerous times on subjects involving COIN and Kunar province. I also went to\u00a0high school with Operator Dan so that’s another connection I have here.<\/p>\n
I’m going to go ahead and give y’all my background. I grew up the son of an Infantry officer. My dad was in Vietnam and was a company commander at 502nd Infantry. So it was kind of in my blood to be a grunt. When I enlisted at 19\u00a0January 2005\u00a0I did OSUT and\u00a0airborne school. Then when I arrived at the 101st Airborne Division I volunteered to\u00a0be part of\u00a0one of the Pathfinder Companies. I did a deployment with the company to Iraq from August 2005 to August 2006. I was in Tikrit for 3 months and then Mosul for 9 months. It was a good company to be part of because we\u00a0conducted\u00a0airborne ops, pathfinder ops, fast roping,\u00a0R\/S, Direct Action, and various light infantry tasks.\u00a0When I ETSd June 2008\u00a0I moved back\u00a0home to Phoenix and worked for USAA as a loan officer for about 13 months. Then during the\u00a0end of August 2009\u00a0I got a nice manila envelope from the Army saying I had been recalled to active duty to Afghanistan. After a couple a month train up at Ft. Benning and Camp Shelby myself and my other recall buddies went to Afghanistan December 2009. I was in Kunar Province from Dec 09 to September 2010. I was part of the SecFor for PRT Kunar. During that time I picked up E5 and my duties were TC, Convoy Commander, OP NCOIC\u00a0and Squad Leader\/Team Leader during Dismount patrols. When we got back stateside and I ETSd again I moved to Las Vegas and joined a Cav unit in the Nevada National Guard. I moved there because earlier in the deployment I was attached to NV Guard and I liked the guys I worked with and I’m pretty much in the same platoon I was in when I was in Kunar. It’s also therapeutic for me to put the uniform on once a month.\u00a0I’m currently a Bradley Gunner (for you mech guys I have done a gunnery) and a team leader. So my infantry background is very diverse and I’m jack of trades pretty much. I also go to UNLV full time and I’m a\u00a0finance major. Lastly I like long walks on the beach and I listen to Slayer<\/p>\n
I’m going to primarily blog about being in the infantry, COIN, Afghanistan and as usual stolen valor asshats. I hope you guys enjoy my posts and I’m happy to be able to blog on this site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"