SAR
Hoist and human external cargo, shipboard operations, urban search and rescue, surf and cliff recovery. Hundreds of hours leading crews in the worst of it.
Type 1 fire captain, Air Operations Branch Director and flight examiner. Twenty-five years of Coast Guard rotary-wing operations, now delivering embedded flight instruction and training-program development internationally.
Hoist and human external cargo, shipboard operations, urban search and rescue, surf and cliff recovery. Hundreds of hours leading crews in the worst of it.
USFS carded, Type 1 initial attack. Water delivery, longline, crew transport and reconnaissance on federal and state contracts.
Offshore and international rescue, vessel and platform work, deck landings. Aircraft commander across open-ocean and coastal environments.
Authored the Coast Guard’s Mountain Flying Program and its power-management TTPs. Flight examiner and standardization lead for 500+ pilots.
Flight time · August 2026
Hurricane Harvey rescue operations, 25 August – 1 September 2017.
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19th honoree. The Coast Guard’s highest lifetime honor for officers.
Naval Helicopter Association.
Twenty-seven years in the aircraft, most of them setting the standard others fly to.
Casablanca, Morocco · training & standardization
2026 – present
McMinnville, OR · wildland fire & multi-mission
2024 – 2026
SAR · standardization · Air Operations Branch Director
1999 – 2024
Spring Hill College