Previously Held NEC AW-0000-Aviation Warfare Systems Operator
AS-7618-Afloat Support Equipment Technician
AS-9502-Instructor
AS-0000-Aviation Support Equipment Technician
HM-8404-Medical Field Service Technician/FMF Combat Corpsman
HM-8432-Preventive Medicine Technician
Currently working in Shelby County Schools (Memphis) as a Shelby County School Administrator. I have enjoyed my eighteen years in the Shelby County School system, which is the largest school district in the state of Tennessee (2003 - 2021), and look forward to my next assignment. I became State Certified in Tennessee's Leadership in Supervision and Curriculum 2006 while receiving my Master's Degree in Education and then my second Master's in Theology in 2007. I received my Ed. S. in Turnaround School Leadership in 2015 and graduated in July 2017 with my Doctorate in Education (School Leadership and Supervision).
Upon graduation, I became employed as an adjunct professor at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, where I will continue to facilitate the doctorate program for school leaders in their pursuit of Ed. D.
I still enjoy four-wheeling, theater, playing music, and any day at the beach or lake. I look forward to hearing from friends throughout the Navy and Marine Corps and anyone interested in a Veteran's Motorcycle rally throughout the United States.
Other Comments:
As some of you may know, I am a single father, and unfortunately, my former spouse and I have split after 30-years of marriage. NO harm, no foul. We just grew apart, especially after the loss of her parents. I still wish her the best and we will always be the best of friends. As they say, "Life is too short to wonder what might have been!" I have two great young men who are now ages 23 and 21: Cody Steven and Colton David.
We call Memphis our home but I still love to travel. Cody received a full academic scholarship to the University of Memphis whereupon he igraduated this year. Colton is growing and still finding out what he wishes to do with his life. He strides to the beat of his own drum. Still waiting for him to quit growing. He is 6' 2" and 285lbs. I just wished he liked sports.
Take care and stay safe.
Tim
Gulf War/Defense of Saudi Arabia /Operation Desert Shield
From Month/Year
August / 1990
To Month/Year
January / 1991
Description
In 1990, fellow Arab Gulf states refused to endorse Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's plan to cut production and raise the price of oil, leaving him frustrated and paranoid. Iraq had incurred a mountain of debt during its war with Iran that had lasted for most of the previous decade, and the Iraqi President felt that his Arab brothers were conspiring against him by refusing to raise oil prices. Therefore, after weeks of massing troops along the Iraq-Kuwait border and accusing Kuwait of various crimes, Hussein sent seven divisions of the Iraqi Army into Kuwait in the early morning hours of 2 August 1990. The invasion force of 120,000 troops and 2,000 tanks quickly overwhelmed Iraq's neighbor to the south, allowing Hussein to declare, in less than a week, that Kuwait was his nation's nineteenth province. The United Nations responded quickly, passing a series of resolutions that condemned the invasion, called for an immediate withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait, imposed a financial and trade embargo on Iraq, and declared the annexation void.
Regarding Iraq's actions as a threat to a vital interest of the US, namely the oil production capability of the Persian Gulf region, President George Bush ordered warplanes and ground forces to Saudi Arabia after obtaining King Fahd's approval. Iraqi troops had begun to mass along the Saudi border, breaching it at some points, and indicating the possibility that Hussein's forces would continue south into Saudi Arabia's oil fields. Operation DESERT SHIELD, the US military deployment to first defend Saudi Arabia grew rapidly to become the largest American deployment since the Southeast Asia Conflict. The Gulf region was within US Central Command's (CENTCOM) area of responsibility. Eventually, 30 nations joined the military coalition arrayed against Iraq, with a further 18 countries supplying economic, humanitarian, or other type of assistance.
Carriers in the Gulf of Oman and the Red Sea responded, US Air Force interceptors deployed from bases in the United States, and airlift transports carried US Army airborne troopers to Saudi Arabia. Navy prepositioning ships rushed equipment and supplies for an entire marine brigade from Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to the gulf. During the next six months the United States and its allies built up a powerful force in the Arabian peninsula. The navy also began maritime intercept operations in support of a US-led blockade and United Nations sanctions against Iraq.
Coalition forces, specifically XVIII Airborne Corps and VII Corps, used deception cells to create the impression that they were going to attack near the Kuwaiti boot heel, as opposed to the "left hook" strategy actually implemented. XVIII Airborne Corps set up "Forward Operating Base Weasel" near the boot heel, consisting of a phony network of camps manned by several dozen soldiers. Using portable radio equipment, cued by computers, phony radio messages were passed between fictitious headquarters. In addition, smoke generators and loudspeakers playing tape-recorded tank and truck noises were used, as were inflatable Humvees and helicopters.
On 17 January 1991, when it became clear that Saddam would not withdraw, Desert Shield became Desert Storm.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
August / 1990
To Month/Year
January / 1991
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
People You Remember HM2 Adams HM3 Riveria HM3 Golden HMC West HM2 Barrera
Memories Provided Medical Support throughout several BAS
