SSG Charles Ruffner

SSG Charles Ruffner

Dates of Service: Oct 1986 - Oct 1994
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Military Experiences

Oct 1989 - Present
Survey Party Chief
Worked as Survey Crew Chief for both PADS and Conventional survey parties. Promoted to SSG after Board in Fall 1990
Jun 1986 - Oct 1989
PADS crew chief
After Airborne school was assigned to only Airborne M198 FA Battalion, HHB Survey Section. Originally assigned as E-2 then rose thru ranks to be Corporal, then SGT after PLDC Honor Grad.

Deployments

(1 year)
Aug 2012 - May 2013
Afghanistan ribbon
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan
Assigned to Zabul ADT4 with Mississippi NG soldiers from 31st ROC and 155th Infantry Regt. Served as DOD civilian assigned as Combat Hydrologist.
Jul 1988 - Aug 1988
Panama
18th FA BDE sent a group of surveyors from multiple units to emplace several high order survey control points (SCP) for Venezuelan military use. While there we deployed PADS to survey numerous military facilities recovering old British SCP and establish new artillery emplacements.

Military Credentials

Professional Development Schools
Individual & Special Skill Schools

May 1987 - Jun 1987

Dec 1986 - Apr 1987

Field Artillery Surveyor AIT (MOS 82C)

Security Clearance
Secret

Academic Degrees

Academic Degrees

1994 - 1995

Pennsylvania State University

Master's Degree, Forest Fire Ecology

1990 - 1995

Pennsylvania State University

Bachelor's Degree, Forest Science

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