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LIEUTENANT COLONEL
JOHN STRANDBERG
Assistant Professor of Military Science/
MSII Instructor

Civilian Education: BA in Political Science from University of Oregon; MBA from City University, Bellevue, WA

Military Education:
Armor Crewman Basic, Ft. Knox, Kentucky; Infantry Officer Basic Course, Ft. Benning, Georgia; Airborne; Infantry Officer Advanced Course, Ft. Benning, Georgia; Combined Arms and Services Staff School (CAS3); Civil Affairs Officer Advanced Course, Ft. Bragg, NC; Command and General Staff College; Defense Language Institute – Thai; The Army Instructor Training Course, Naval War College

Military Assignments: Anti-Armor Platoon Leader C/1/249th Inf., ORARNG; AIT Committee Chief D/1/104th Div (IT), USAR; Company Command, C/1/104th Div (IT), USAR; Asst. S3 (Mob) 104th Div (IT), USAR; S3 (Plans) 364th CA Bde., USAR; Civil Information Officer, 364th CA Bde., USAR; Economic Development Liaison Officer, GST/1 CD, Baghdad, Iraq.

strandbe@email.arizona.edu

   
   


MAJOR RICHARD GARN
Executive Officer



rgarn@email.arizona.edu

   
   
 

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MAJOR JOHN B. CRUMP
Commandant of Cadets/
MSIII Instructor

Major John B. Crump enlisted in the Army in May 1980. He served most of his career in Special Forces units as an enlisted soldier, NCO and commissioned officer.

After completing Basic Training, Advanced Individual Training (05B), and Jump School he completed the Special Forces Qualification Course at Ft. Bragg, NC. Assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group, Ft. Devens, MA in May 2001, he served as an SF Communicator in the Group Signal Company and on Operational Detachment A (ODA) 315, a team specializing in mountain operations. After completing the Basic Russian Language Course at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA, he was again assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group at Ft. Devens, MA. Again on a Mountain Team, ODA 075, he served as the Senior Communications NCO then as NCO-in-Charge of the Battalion Communications Section.

MAJ Crump graduated from Officer Candidate School and was commissioned into Military Intelligence in October 1987. After completing the MI Officers’ Basic Course at Ft. Huachuca, AZ he served as Commander of the Special Security Detachment at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. From there he returned to Special Forces serving initially as the Deputy Director of Intelligence for the 7th Special Operations Support Command in Bad Tolz, Germany. While assigned there he deployed to Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM supporting Combat Search and Rescue missions and other Special Operations. Following the Gulf War, he redeployed to the Mid East to support Operation PROVIDE COMFORT, the largest humanitarian assistance operation ever conducted, in Northern Iraq and Turkey. Next serving as the Battalion S2 of 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group and Commander of the battalion’s Military Intelligence Detachment, he served as the senior intelligence officer on the ground during Operation SILVER ANVIL the Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation in Sierra Leone Africa in May and June of 1992. During his tour in Germany he also led a detachment in Joint Combined Training Exercise in Belgium with the Belgian ParaCommandos and served as a liaison with the 75th Ranger Regiment and the Joint Special Operations Command.

MAJ Crump returned to the US to complete the MI Officers’ Advanced Course at Ft. Huachuca, AZ and his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of Phoenix. He then served until August 1987 as a Doctrine Writer at the Intelligence Center and was the primary author of FM 34-80-1, Intelligence Support to the Digitized Brigade. Until his retirement in May 2000 he served as an instructor of Military Operations Other Than War in all of the Intelligence Officer courses at Ft. Huachuca. During that time he also served as a visiting instructor at the Command and General Staff College and deployed in support of the Stabilization Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina, a Mobile Training Team in Zadar, Croatia, and the Intelligence Exchange Program with the Israeli Defense Forces.

At the University of Arizona MAJ Crump has served as the Executive Officer, MSI Instructor, MSII Instructor and currently as the Commandant of Cadets and MSIII Instructor.

crumpj@email.arizona.edu
   
   

 

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CAPTAIN KERI PASQUINI
PCC Instructor

 

She was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army upon Graduation from Gannon University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Science. She attended the Signal Officer Basic Course in February 1999.

Upon completion of the Basic Course, CPT Pasquini’s first duty assignment was at Camp Hialeah, Pusan, Korea, where she served as the Executive Officer and Operations Officer for the 74th Signal Company, 36th Signal Battalion, 1st Signal Brigade from June 1999 to May 2000.

Once departing Korea, she was assigned as Platoon Leader and Executive Officer for HQ & A Company, 442d Signal Battalion at Fort Gordon, Georgia from May 2000 to July 2002. She then attended the Signal Captain Career Course and the S6 Course at Ft. Gordon, Georgia.

After completing the Signal Captain Career Course, CPT Pasquini was assigned as the Signal Officer, 3rd Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th Mountain Division at Ft. Drum, New York. In August 2004 she took Command of the Command Post Support Detachment, Network Support Company, Division Special Troops Battalion, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York. In February 2006 her Detachment went to Afghanistan in support of OEF VII. Upon completion of Command, she was assigned as the Assistant Operations Officer (S3), Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Division Special Troops Battalion, 10th Mountain Division at Ft Drum, New York until March 2007.

CPT Pasquini’s awards and decorations include The Bronze Star Medal, The Army Meritorious Service Medal (w/1 Oak Leaf Cluster), The Army Achievement Medal (w/1 OLC), The National Defense Service Medal, The Afghanistan Campaign Medal, The Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, The Korean Defense Service Medal, The Army Service Ribbon, The Overseas Ribbon (w/numeral 2), The NATO ISAF Medal, and The Meritorius Unit Medal.

CPT Pasquini has one daughter named Alexis.


pasquini@email.arizona.edu

   
   

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CAPTAIN VERNAL FULTON
Enrollment Advisor

 

Civilian Education:

Military Education:

Military Assignments:

fultonv@email.arizona.edu

   
   


MASTER SERGEANT
MONTY K. TUTTLE
 Senior Military Instructor

MSG Monty K. Tuttle joined the Minnesota Army National Guard in 1981 and attended Basic training and Transport Operator training in Ft Dix, New Jersey. He completed his obligation to the Minnesota Army National Guard and enlisted in the active Army in 1985. MSG Tuttle’s first assignment was with Charlie Company, 709th MSB where he progressed to the rank of Sergeant and served as a Squad Leader.

After completing the Primary leadership Course, he attended the Special Forces Assessment and Selection course in 1989. He attended Basic Airborne school enroute to FT Bragg, North Carolina where he completed the Special Forces Communications Sergeant Qualification Course and the basic Polish Language course.

MSG Tuttle reported to Ft Devens, MA in 1991 and served as a Radio Operator in HSC 2-10 SFG (A) and a Special Forces Communicator on ODA-065 serving on a CSAR team supporting Operation PROVIDE PROMISE from Brindisi Italy, numerous JRTC rotations, ARTIC SABER I & II conducting long range snowmobile movements in the Canadian North West Territory, and Partnership for Peace in Poland. In 1994 MSG Tuttle moved with C/2-10SFG (A) to Ft Carson, Colorado. After completion of the Jump Master Course and ANCOC he was assigned as the NCOIC of Group Support Company Signal Detachment.

In 1996 MSG Tuttle completed his assignment as the NCOIC of Group Support Company Signal Detachment and attended the Inter-service Frequency Mangers School (IRFMS) at Keesler AFB, MS enroute to B/1-10th SFG (A) in Stuttgart, Germany where he was once again assigned as a Special Forces Communicator on ODA-024 in 1997. He deployed as the NCOIC of Special Operations Command Control Element Signal Detachment in Tuzla and Joint Commissioned Observer in the Brcko house for Operation JOINT FORGE; Operation AUGER EXSPRESS, initial assessment of Albanian and Kosovo borders; Operation NOBLE ANVIL and ALLIED FORCE for the air campaign in Kosovo; Task Force HAWK, establishment and subsequent R&S operation at Camp Bondsteel supporting Operation JOINT Guardian.

In 2001 MSG Tuttle was reassigned to 10th SFG (A) Group Signal Operations Sergeant where he supervised a 14-soldier staff element and oversaw the operations of a 50 soldier Special Forces Signal Detachment. Additional duties included the management of a $350,000 O&M budget and Force Modernization monies exceeding $100,000 as well as the management of 800 CONUS and OCONUS frequency requests and 590 line items of a Top Secret COMSEC account. As the Force modernization representative he was responsible for the planning, coordination, resourcing and training associated with the installation, operation, maintenance, and integration of Group’s newly fielded systems: AN/PSC-5; AN/PRC-148; AN/PSC-11; TSC-135 (V-1&2); JBS and ISOCA.

In 2003 MSG Tuttle was assigned as the Team Sergeant for ODA-094 in C/3-10 SFG (A). He deployed with his team in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. After a harrowing air infiltration during which our MC130 was engaged repeatedly by enemy fire, his team was instrumental in routing Ansar al Islam terrorists from strongholds in the Halabja region of Northern Iraq during Operation VIKING HAMMER. Subsequent to this operation, he took part in offensive operations against the Iraqi Republican Guard Nebuchadnezzar division, during which time he was wounded by enemy mortar fire. After the collapse of the Iraqi Army, he participated in negotiations with the Mujaheddin El Khalik that facilitated a cease-fire. In the period following the end of hostilities, his ODA took part in Advanced Special Operations, and High Value Target missions, as well as an assignment as political LNO’s to Kurdish Prime Minister Jalal Talabani.

In 2004 MSG Tuttle returned to1-10 SFG (A) where he served as the Head Quarters and Support Company First Sergeant where he completed an Undergraduate degree in Business Administration. After completing his duties as First Sergeant he was assigned as the Team Sergeant for ODA-012 in A/1-10 SFG(A).

MSG Tuttle’s awards and decorations include: the Bronze Star Medal (1OLC), Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal (w/3OLC), Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal (w/1Silver OLC), Good Conduct Medal (6th AWD), National Defense Service Medal (w/ 1 Bronze Star device), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal (w/ 2 Bronze Star devices (Air and Ground campaign credit)), Iraqi Campaign Medal (w/Arrowhead for Assault Landing Credit), Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Development Ribbon (w/Numeral 3), Army Service Ribbon, Over seas Ribbon (2nd Award), Nato Medal (2nd AWD), Special Forces Tab, Master Parachutist Badge, British and Polish Parachutist Badges, Combat Infantry Badge, Drivers Badges and the Joint Unit Meritorious Award.

MSG Tuttle and his wife Shana have two sons Mason and Kalen.

tuttlem@email.arizona.edu

   
   

 



SERGEANT FIRST CLASS
STUART WHITE
Operations and Training

 

Civilian Education: Graduate of Santa Rita High School in Tucson, Arizona; Bachelors from University of KY.

Military Education:
Infantry school (Ft Benning GA in 1982; Anti Armor School, Ft Campbell KY in 1982; Air Assault School, Ft Campbell KY in 1982; Northern Warfare Training Center, Ft Richardson AK in 1983; Marksmanship School, Ft Campbell KY in 1985; Motorcycle rider Safety Course, Ft Campbell KY in 1985; Amphibious Warfare Training, Norfolk VA in 1985; Infantry Light Leaders School, Ft Benning GA in 1985; Introduction to Demolition Course, Ft Campbell KY in 1986; Primary Leadership Development Course, Ft Campbell KY in 1986; Introduction to Mountain Rappelling, CHEJU-Do Korea in 1989; Jungle Warfare School, Ft Sherman Panama in 1990; Basic Non Commissioned officers course, Ft Campbell KY in 1991; Combat Life Savers School, Ft Campbell KY in 1992; Airborne School, Ft Benning GA in 1992; Army Recruiting School, Ft Benjamin Harrison IN in 1993; Advanced Non Commissioned officers course, South Carolina in 1999;

Military Assignments:OSUT, Ft Benning GA; Co B 2/502 INF, Ft Campbell KY; Co B 3/327 INF, Ft Campbell KY; Co A 4/327 INF, Ft Richardson AK; HHB 1st ADA TNG BDE, Ft Bliss TX; Co A 3/327 INF, Ft Campbell KY; Co C 2/503 INF, Camp Hovey Korea; Co A 1/187 INF, Ft Campbell KY; USAREC, Charleston SC; Co B 1/506 INF, Camp Greaves Korea; USAREC, Tucson AZ;

whitest@email.arizona.edu

   
   

 

 

SERGEANT FIRST CLASS
MARK TATUM
PCC Instructor

 

Civilian Education:

Military Education:


Military Assignments:

???@email.arizona.edu

   
   

TAMMARA K. FOSS
Human Resources Assistant

 

Military Experience: Served five years in the Army as a Personnel Services Specialist, Transition Center, Assistant Team Lead,  Ft. Huachuca Arizona.

Duty Description: Handles Cadet Management, and is the Personal Assistant to the Wildcat Battalion Commander.


fosst@email.arizona.edu
   
   

 

PAM DEWITT
Office Specialist; U-22
 

 

Job Description: Handles Administrative Affairs, Scholarships, Funds,
Commissioning Mission Sets.


dewittp@email.arizona.edu
   
   

 

 

 

JEFF "MAC" McCOLLUM
Supply

 

Duty Description- Handles all supply issues

Military Experience-
prior service for over twenty years as a Supply Sergeant.

supply@email.arizona.edu

   
   

 

 

 

KIMBERLY CLARK
Administrative Specialist (Recruitment)

 

Duty Description- Helps Enrollment Advisors with tasks needed to contract/recruit students.
Maintains Computer and Network functions.
Maintains and updates website.

Computer Experience-
Microsoft Office, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Outlook, Networking, Virus Protection, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, Calendar Creator, SIS, FormFlow.

kimclark@email.arizona.edu