I work full time at Brookline College in the admissions department and as an adjunct Professor for the University of Dubuque, Tempe Life Campus where I teach Business and Healthcare classes.
I also own Gunny's View Photography which provides a variety of Photography services (www.gunnysview.com). I have been a member of the with Arizona Professional Photographers Association since 2017 and I currently serve on the Board of Directors for the Association as Secretary/Treasurer (www.arizonappa.com)
I am also a member of the Phoenix Free Speakers Bureau (www.freespeakers.org), this gives me the opportunity to speak to a variety of groups and make a difference in my community.
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I am very involved with the Marine Corps League and have served as Detachment Commandant for Saguaro Detachment 554 in Mesa, AZ from 2002-2006. I moved to Casa Grande in 2020 and joined the Casa Grande Detachemtn 901 and served as Detachment Commandant from 2021-2023. I am currently the Department of Arizona Adjutant, Webmaster, and Young Marine Laison.
I am also involved with the VFW Post 1677 in Casa Grande and serve as Post Adjutant and webmaster and as VFW District 10 Adjutant and Webmaster.
I Served as the Commander of the East Valley AZ Young Marines from 2005 to 2019 and have been Adjutant from 2019 to present. I was elected as the Patriot BN Commander in 2026 and served from 2006 to 2009 and then was elected as the Commander for the Grand Canyon Regiment of the Young Marines and served in that position from 2009 to 2019. I also served as the Young Marine Division 6 Adjutant from 2016 to 2020.
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I was awarded the highest award for an adult volunteer at the Regiment (State) Division, and National level Young Marine Volunteer of the Year for 2008 and 2011 for the Grand Canyon Regiment (State of Arizona); Division 6 Young Marine Volunteer of the Year in 2010 and was named the NATIONAL Young Marine Volunteer of the Year in 2011.
I also received the Distinguished Citizenship Award Gold from the MCL National Commandant, 2022, Distinguished Citizenship Award Silver from MCL Southwest Division National Vice Commandant, 2021, and Distinguished Citizenship Award Bronze from Department of Arizona MCL several times, plus several other Marine Corps league awards over the last 10 years.
I was awarded the Saguaro Detachment’s Marine of the Year in 2011 and the Southwest Division’s Marine of the Year in 2022
I also earned the following Toastmasters awards: Advance Communicator Bronze and Silver and Advanced Leader Bronze awards.
Description Operation Bright Star is held every two years. It is a series of combined and joint training exercises led by United States and Egyptian forces in Egypt. These exercises began in 1980, rooted in the Camp David Accords. After its signing, the military forces of Egypt and the United States agreed to conduct coalition training in Egypt.
It is designed to strengthen ties between the Egyptian Armed Forces and the United States Central Command and demonstrate and enhance the ability of the Americans to reinforce their allies in the Middle East in the event of war. These deployments usually are centered at the large Cairo West Air Base. During the period following the liberation of Kuwait (Operation Desert Storm), these exercises have grown larger and have included as many as 11 countries and 70,000 personnel. Other allied nations joining Bright Star exercises in Egypt include the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, Jordan, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates.
The exercise begins with coalition interoperability training to teach nations how to operate with one another in a wartime environment, then continues with a Command Post Exercise designed to help standardize command and control procedures, and then a large-scale Field Training Exercise to practice everything together.