Salvador Vega-Hand

sv7766ce@westpost.net
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS: Areas of expertise include: Special Opera
tions, Tactical Combat Casualty Care (T-CCC), Travel Medicine Instructor support
ing unconventional operations and platforms, Field Medical Operations and Planni
ng. Possess a strong counterintelligence (CI) background, Survival, Evasion, Re
sistance, Escape (SERE) training and Personnel Recovery/Combat Medical Care exp
erience.
TRAINING, EXPERIENCE AND AWARDS:
Over 20 years of US Army experience. Served 4 years as an Airborne Infantryman,
16 years as a Medical Non-commissioned Officer, including 8 years as a Special
Operations Combat Medical NCO.
* Performed small team medical support and planning for over 20 sensitive operat
ions in Colombia, Bosnia, Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq and other theaters.
* Experienced in Closed Quarters Battle (CQB) techniques and medical response /
expert qualifications and comfortable with handguns and long guns, transitions f
rom concealed and dynamic moving ranges / motorcade operations and defensive dri
ving / hand to hand fighting know-how.
* Maintained currency as an Advanced Tactical Practitioner (ATP) NCO, Emergency
Medical Technician EMT for the past 10 years.
* Master Planner. Devised the recruitment, assessment and selection process for
DOD Special Operation medical personnel for a large sensitive program by network
ing with field grade officers and senior non-commissioned officers within the gl
obal Special Operations enterprise.
* Special Mission Brigade Commander's Medical Advisor: Supported assessment and
selection courses of special operations personnel for sensitive programs conduc
ted in austere urban and rural environments with minimal logistic, CI and medica
l support. Trained, assessed and prepared personnel for medical preventative mea
sures and trauma readiness in over 100 platforms in 6 separate sensitive areas o
f operation.
Awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) fo
r providing a comprehensive medical evacuation plan for DOD personnel and other
government agencies.
Frequently requested by name to provide support and training to other government
al agencies in the OEF and OIF Theater of Operations. Served as combat medical c
onsultant for the Drug Enforcement Agency, Sensitive Investigative Unit and Ph
oenix Consulting Group, LLC
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Medical Consultant, MAG-Defense Services, LLC, Virginia 2010-present
Medical Consultant, Eyak Technology, LLC, Washington, DC 2008-2010
Special Operations Senior NCO, Washington, D.C. 2003-2007
Special Operations Medical Sergeant,
C. Company, 1th BN, 10th SFG (ABN), Stuttgart, Germany 2000 - 2003
Senior NCO, Orthopedic Department, DeWitt Army
Hospital, Fort Belvoir, VA 1997 - 1999
Field Army Recruiter, Philadelphia BN, North Jersey Company,
Edison Recruiting Station 1995 - 1997
Orthopedic Technician NCO, Ortho Department, DeWitt
Army Hospital, Fort Belvoir, VA 1992 - 1994
Section Leader NCO D. Company, 2/325 th Infantry, 82 nd Airborne 1990 - 1991
TOW Missile Gunner, E. Company, 1-36 th Infantry, Friedberg, Germany 1988 - 1990
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
Bellevue University, NB Leadership undergrad (245 Semester Hours) non-degree 06/
2005
Special Operations Combat Medic Course, Ft. Bragg, NC 09/2003
Other military non-standard training, SDR, Basic Course 11/2004
Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE C) 02/2002
Special Operations Advance Tactical Practitioner (ATP) exp date 08/2012
Advanced Cardiac Life Support exp date 02/2013
Basic Life Support exp date 02/2013
Pre Hospital Trauma Life Support exp date 08/2013
Pediatric Advance Life Support exp date 02/2013
Emergency Medical Technician exp date 03/2013
Orthopedic Technician Course 04/1992
Military Instructor Course 09/1999
Army Recruiter Course 4/1994
OTHER:
Top Secret-SCI Clearance (April 2013)
Native Spanish Speaker (Panama)