SARFIREMARITIMESTANDARDS
Type 1 and 3 fire pilot, 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.
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.
FIRE
USFS carded, Type 1 initial attack. Water delivery, longline, crew transport and reconnaissance on federal and state contracts.
MARITIME
Offshore and international rescue, vessel and platform work, deck landings. Aircraft commander across open-ocean and coastal environments.
STANDARDS
Authored the Coast Guard’s Mountain Flying Program and its power-management TTPs. Flight examiner and standardization lead for 500+ pilots.
Type experience
- AS332Super Puma · type-rated
- AS350B3 / B3e / H125
- AS365C / D / E · examiner
- B412EPIPIC · instructor
Flight time · September 2026
- 3,265Total
- 2,819Turbine
- 2,585PIC
- 771Mountain
Record
Distinguished Flying Cross
Hurricane Harvey rescue operations, 25 August – 1 September 2017.
Read the citation
USCG Wall of Valor
19th honoree. The Coast Guard’s highest lifetime honor for officers.
NHA Aircrew of the Year
Naval Helicopter Association.
Selected coverage
- The Harvey rescuesEsquire
- Valor, Spring 2023Vertical
- Top military medal awardedAmerican Military News
Experience
Twenty-seven years in the aircraft, most of them setting the standard others fly to.
Instructor Pilot — Royal Moroccan Navy
Casablanca, Morocco · training & standardization
Begins – 2027
Captain, AS332 / AS350 — Precision LLC
McMinnville, OR · wildland fire & multi-mission
2024 – 2027
Aviator — United States Coast Guard
SAR · standardization · Air Operations Branch Director
1999 – 2024
MBA, Organizational Leadership
Spring Hill College