MSgt Hal Weeden, MBA

Air Force | Financial Management & Comptroller

Dates of Service: Dec 1983 - Mar 2014

RETIRED

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A career of just over 30 years in the Air Force Financial Management field. Experience in all three Air Force components. Retired with over 21 years of active duty. Extensive experience with deployed financial operations and as a deployment MAJCOM IG augmentee. Tennessee Basic Law Enforcement Academy, Blount County Sheriff's Office Training Academy.

Military Experiences

Feb 1998 - Mar 2014

Senior Accountant & Systems Manager

HQ 134 ARW, 134 ARW, Tennessee ANG, South Region | McGhee Tyson ANGB, TN

Career financial management technician (AGR) in the 134th Comptroller Flight serving at various points as Lead Accountant, Supervisory Financial Technician, Quality Assurance Manager, Systems Manager, and Senior Accountant. A specialist in accounting and fiscal year-end operations, contributed to this CPTF being in the top ten percent of Air National Guard FM offices for ten consecutive years. Inspected over 15 FM units from all AF components in deployed operations as an augmentee to the HQ AMC Inspector General team. Member of 2000 Air National Guard Top Dollar Championship Team 2005 Air National Guard Financial Management SNCO of the Year 2009 Air National Guard Financial Management & Comptroller Organization of the Year 2012 Air National Guard Financial Services Office of the Year

Oct 2010 - Dec 2010

Financial Management Technician

404 AEW, 17th AF, AF-AFRICOM | Bamako, Mali

Solo financial manager for expeditionary field operations, managing cash and working closely with a contracting officer and the local U.S. embassy financial staff.

Feb 2005 - Jun 2005

NCOIC, Comptroller

JASG-C(P), MNF-I, CENTCOM | U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq

NCOIC of accounting operations for the J8 office of the Joint Area Support Group - Central (Provisional), the "mayor" of the Green Zone. Responsible for $2.7 Billion of Seized Funds and Vested Funds in support of the Iraqi transitional government, briefing Ambassador Browning on a regular basis. Conducted an extensive audit of over 10,000 accounting lines dating to the beginning of the Coalition Provisional Authority. Made over $90 Million in contractual payments.

Nov 1996 - Feb 1998

Financial Management Technician

14 CPTS, HQ 14 FTW, 14 FTW, 19th AF | Columbus AFB, MS

USAFR IMA assigned to budget operations during annual training with the 14th Comptroller Flight. During 1997 annual training period located and freed up over $10,000 of invalid obligations, identified $16,000 in MILCON overpayments, and identified and corrected 72 underpaid travel vouchers. Attached to the 134th Air Refueling Wing Financial Management office, McGhee Tyson ANG Base, TN, for inactive duty training.

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