1. Eric S. Smith
Eric.s.smith75@gmail.com
(951)252-4999
Citizenship:Yes
Special Hiring Authority: 10-point Veteran Preference
Federal Experience: United States Marine Corps
Clearance:Secret (expires 14 October, 2020)
SKILLS SUMMARY:
I am a goal oriented and highly adaptable operations and management professional, with 20
years of military experience in instructing, leading, monitoring members of diverse job crews
and assisting numerous professional staffs.
As an instructor I trained 3,000+ service members in subjects ranging from ethics and conflict
resolution to advanced combat tactics. This instruction and mentorship lead to a 98% passing
rate. The 2% that did not pass were failed due to physical impairments.
As a leader I have been directly responsible for groups ranging from 3 to 140+ personnel. In my
first 3 years of service, I was meritoriously promoted to a supervisor more than a year in
advance of my peers. Since then I have continued my upward movement by assuming more
and more responsibilities.
As the senior member of a small team, I coordinated and maintained a budget for fund raising
events and volunteer support for local community service events allowing my team to raise
more than $20,000 to offset costs of our company’s annual anniversary celebration.
As the senior assistant to a professional staff I provided 100+ classified and sensitive multi-
media presentations to executives within an organization of more than 19,000 service members.
This increased the senior executive officer’s knowledge and awareness of operational
commitments and personnel allocations.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Academy Sports and Outdoors
TeamSports Associate
1-year experience
As a Team Sports Sales Associate, I provide prompt, friendly customer service, zone
merchandise according to detailed planograms, conduct price changes, set and maintain
weekly ad signage, and perform SKU/price lookups.
Additional duties include operating a cash register and answering the telephone.

2. United States Marine Corps (Retired)
GunnerySergeant, Infantry Unit Leader
$52,000 and 20 years’ experience
As Assistant Current Operations Chief I assisted a professional staff in managing the daily
operations of a 25,000-person organization conducting combat operations in
Afghanistan, Theater Security Cooperation events in over 14 countries throughout Latin
America, the Middle East and the Pacific region and provided combat trained units to
four Marine Expeditionary Units embarked aboard naval vessels in support of the Global
War on Terrorism.
I also made administrative recommendations to the Division Current Operations Officer
and the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations when appropriate.
I supervised and conducted coordination between senior executive offices to ensure that
the executive staff and its subordinate supervisors were synchronized.
I maintained and accounted for controlled classified material and equipment valued at
more than $60K in accordance with federal regulations.
On a weekly basis I presented classified operational data to the 1st Marine Division
Commanding General and his staff.
Daily, I coached, mentored and provided leadership to 5+ employees in my office.
As the Afghanistan National Security Forces Logistics Chief I maintained situational awareness
on the supply readiness of Afghanistan National Security Force (ANSF) units and
assisted advisor teams to update the ANSF Logistics Officer on all deficiencies, gains
and losses from Afghanistan National Army (ANA) and Afghanistan National Police
(ANP) units.
I maintained a comprehensive knowledge of Afghanistan Ministry of Defense (MOD) and
Ministry of Interior (MOI) logistics processes and support functions required to develop
ANSF capabilities throughout the Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
I also coordinated logistics support to ANSF through partnered multinational coalition
forces and coordinated sustainment and maintenance support for partnered ANSF
forces.
I maintained liaison with the subordinate logistics chiefs and the logistics advisors on
ANSF logistics development and sustainment requirements on a weekly basis.
I processed and tracked ANSF Operational Funds requests and bulk fund requests
valued at more than $1.7M.
My responsibilities also included receiving, maintaining inventory and issuing equipment
and materials delivered to Camp Leatherneck Afghanistan, valued at over $1M, in
support of ANSF logistics and facilities development, as well as coordinating efforts
between various Department of Defense organizations to facilitate, coordinate and
execute service contracts throughout Southwest Afghanistan in support of base

3. operations and sustainment in excess of $3.2M per year and affecting more than 12,900
ANA soldiers.
As an Infantry Unit Leader I supervised all personnel in the remain behind element to include
service members leaving active service, new joins to the unit and those members
transiting to and from Afghanistan.
I coordinated the pre-deployment training for combat replacement service members in
preparation for deployment to Afghanistan. I also assisted in the development of a
training program designed to assess the capabilities of a specialized team in preparation
for their deployment to Afghanistan.
One of my most difficult duties was as the unit Casualty Assistance Calls Officer
(CACO). This required me to monitor the location and status of all wounded and killed
service members and their personal effects until final disposition was completed and
serve as the official representative of the Secretary of the Navy who provides information
about benefits and entitlements, resources and assistance to the surviving family
members.
I expediently processed highly detailed and sensitive legal documentation to terminate
the employment of 20+ personnel due to legal misconduct resulting in improved morale
and a more efficient working environment for the remaining employees.
As a Range Safety Officer I was responsible for coordinating, controlling and enforcing
regulations for the daily operation of 78 small to medium caliber weapon live fire ranges,
34 large caliber weapon positions, 8 mortar positions, and 4 special use restricted
airspace segments covering 98,000 acres and 11 nautical miles of coastline aboard a
major military installation.
I conducted face-to-face briefings for units preparing to conduct live fire exercises and
other scheduled events ensuring that safety guidelines and federal regulations were
clearly understood by all parties.
I also coordinated all aircraft operations in 200 square miles of restricted airspace
aboard a major military installation with two separate military air stations and the units
conducting operations and exercises aboard the base in accordance with Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations.
I maintained administrative logs and visible usage data for all training facilities, areas,
and ranges in order to render reports to justify improvement projects, budget variations,
manpower requirements and as archival information for future use.
I also conducted coordination with emergency medical personnel and law enforcement
to facilitate medical evacuation and emergency response management.
On a daily basis I monitored multiple channels of communications equipment, including
military and civilian emergency frequencies in order to direct emergency responders as
required.

4. As an Instructor I trained 3,000+ service members in subjects ranging from ethics and conflict
resolution to advanced combat tactics. This instruction and mentorship lead to a 98%
passing rate. The 2% that did not pass were failed due to physical impairments.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
In October 2014, I received a Navy Commendation Medal for my planning and leadership
abilities while serving as the Assistant Current Operations Chief. I was recognized for assisting
in the planning, coordinating, and tracking of over 750 domestic and foreign training events.
In July 2007, I received the Navy Commendation Medal for my performance while serving as
the Afghanistan National Security Forces Logistics Chief. I worked in a partnered environment,
coordinating across different services and nationalities and facilitated the distribution of $5.5M of
pay, operational funds, service contracts and construction materials to the Afghan National
Army and 11 districts of the Afghan National Police. My efforts supported 14,600 personnel.
COMPUTER SOFTWARE
I am an advanced user of the Microsoft Office Suite. I am fluent in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and
Outlook. I am an intermediate user of SharePoint and a novice using Access.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
I am a certified Continuous Process Improvement (Lean Six Sigma) Yellow Belt.
I have maintained annual certifications in the following:
Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
Equal Employment Opportunity and Discriminatory Practices in Hiring Department of the
Navy Records management
Department of Defense Information Assurance Awareness
Cyber Awareness Training
Joint Anti-Terrorism Training (Level 1)
EDUCATION
Associate of Arts in General Studies – GPA 3.2 - 08/2014
University of Maryland University College
3501 University Blvd East
Adelphi, Maryland 20783
Current Major - Agricultural Education - GPA 3.7
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
1 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
REFERENCES
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