LTC US Army
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, out of Bethesda, MD
He died in Kabul province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. He was a licensed clinical social worker and Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). He graduated from Sam Houston High School in 1988, and earned his undergraduate degree in psychology in 1992 from Texas A&M University in College Station. He earned a Master of Science degree in Social Work from the University of Texas, Arlington, and in 2006, he completed his PhD in Social Work at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, DC. He joined the US Army in January 1996 as a Medical Service Corps officer. After his initial training, he was immediately deployed in support of Operation Joint Endeavor/Joint Guard (Hungary, Croatia and Bosnia). He spent more than 15 years on active duty, with assignments in Wurzburg and Heidelberg, Germany; Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC; and twice at Fort Lewis, WA, where his latter assignment was as the Brigade Behavioral Health Officer for the 3/2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, managing the behavioral health and combat operational stress programs for more than 4,500 soldiers in six battalions and five separate companies. In June 2006, he was deployed with the 3/2 Stryker Brigade to northern Iraq for 5 months. In February, 2010, he joined the faculty of USU in Bethesda, MD, the nation's only federal health sciences university, as the Director of Social Work. He held an appointment as Assistant Professor in the USU Department of Family Medicine, where he saw patients, taught third- and fourth-year military medical students, conducted research in the fields of resilience, PTSD and post-traumatic growth, and avidly participated in a number of university field training exercises and activities. He deployed to Afghanistan on September 30. Just less than one month in-theater, he was killed in action as a result of a suicide bomb attack on the NATO convoy with which he was riding.
He was survived by his father and step-mother; his wife; his three sons; his daughter; his four sisters; his eight brothers; his mother-in-law; his father-in-law; and sister-in-law.
Interment on June 19, 2012.
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, out of Bethesda, MD
He died in Kabul province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. He was a licensed clinical social worker and Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). He graduated from Sam Houston High School in 1988, and earned his undergraduate degree in psychology in 1992 from Texas A&M University in College Station. He earned a Master of Science degree in Social Work from the University of Texas, Arlington, and in 2006, he completed his PhD in Social Work at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, DC. He joined the US Army in January 1996 as a Medical Service Corps officer. After his initial training, he was immediately deployed in support of Operation Joint Endeavor/Joint Guard (Hungary, Croatia and Bosnia). He spent more than 15 years on active duty, with assignments in Wurzburg and Heidelberg, Germany; Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC; and twice at Fort Lewis, WA, where his latter assignment was as the Brigade Behavioral Health Officer for the 3/2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, managing the behavioral health and combat operational stress programs for more than 4,500 soldiers in six battalions and five separate companies. In June 2006, he was deployed with the 3/2 Stryker Brigade to northern Iraq for 5 months. In February, 2010, he joined the faculty of USU in Bethesda, MD, the nation's only federal health sciences university, as the Director of Social Work. He held an appointment as Assistant Professor in the USU Department of Family Medicine, where he saw patients, taught third- and fourth-year military medical students, conducted research in the fields of resilience, PTSD and post-traumatic growth, and avidly participated in a number of university field training exercises and activities. He deployed to Afghanistan on September 30. Just less than one month in-theater, he was killed in action as a result of a suicide bomb attack on the NATO convoy with which he was riding.
He was survived by his father and step-mother; his wife; his three sons; his daughter; his four sisters; his eight brothers; his mother-in-law; his father-in-law; and sister-in-law.
Interment on June 19, 2012.
LTC US Army
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, out of Bethesda, MD
He died in Kabul province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. He was a licensed clinical social worker and Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). He graduated from Sam Houston High School in 1988, and earned his undergraduate degree in psychology in 1992 from Texas A&M University in College Station. He earned a Master of Science degree in Social Work from the University of Texas, Arlington, and in 2006, he completed his PhD in Social Work at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, DC. He joined the US Army in January 1996 as a Medical Service Corps officer. After his initial training, he was immediately deployed in support of Operation Joint Endeavor/Joint Guard (Hungary, Croatia and Bosnia). He spent more than 15 years on active duty, with assignments in Wurzburg and Heidelberg, Germany; Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC; and twice at Fort Lewis, WA, where his latter assignment was as the Brigade Behavioral Health Officer for the 3/2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, managing the behavioral health and combat operational stress programs for more than 4,500 soldiers in six battalions and five separate companies. In June 2006, he was deployed with the 3/2 Stryker Brigade to northern Iraq for 5 months. In February, 2010, he joined the faculty of USU in Bethesda, MD, the nation's only federal health sciences university, as the Director of Social Work. He held an appointment as Assistant Professor in the USU Department of Family Medicine, where he saw patients, taught third- and fourth-year military medical students, conducted research in the fields of resilience, PTSD and post-traumatic growth, and avidly participated in a number of university field training exercises and activities. He deployed to Afghanistan on September 30. Just less than one month in-theater, he was killed in action as a result of a suicide bomb attack on the NATO convoy with which he was riding.
He was survived by his father and step-mother; his wife; his three sons; his daughter; his four sisters; his eight brothers; his mother-in-law; his father-in-law; and sister-in-law.
Interment on June 19, 2012.
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, out of Bethesda, MD
He died in Kabul province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. He was a licensed clinical social worker and Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). He graduated from Sam Houston High School in 1988, and earned his undergraduate degree in psychology in 1992 from Texas A&M University in College Station. He earned a Master of Science degree in Social Work from the University of Texas, Arlington, and in 2006, he completed his PhD in Social Work at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, DC. He joined the US Army in January 1996 as a Medical Service Corps officer. After his initial training, he was immediately deployed in support of Operation Joint Endeavor/Joint Guard (Hungary, Croatia and Bosnia). He spent more than 15 years on active duty, with assignments in Wurzburg and Heidelberg, Germany; Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC; and twice at Fort Lewis, WA, where his latter assignment was as the Brigade Behavioral Health Officer for the 3/2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, managing the behavioral health and combat operational stress programs for more than 4,500 soldiers in six battalions and five separate companies. In June 2006, he was deployed with the 3/2 Stryker Brigade to northern Iraq for 5 months. In February, 2010, he joined the faculty of USU in Bethesda, MD, the nation's only federal health sciences university, as the Director of Social Work. He held an appointment as Assistant Professor in the USU Department of Family Medicine, where he saw patients, taught third- and fourth-year military medical students, conducted research in the fields of resilience, PTSD and post-traumatic growth, and avidly participated in a number of university field training exercises and activities. He deployed to Afghanistan on September 30. Just less than one month in-theater, he was killed in action as a result of a suicide bomb attack on the NATO convoy with which he was riding.
He was survived by his father and step-mother; his wife; his three sons; his daughter; his four sisters; his eight brothers; his mother-in-law; his father-in-law; and sister-in-law.
Interment on June 19, 2012.
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