Dennis John Woods
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Dennis John Woods

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CSM Woods BIO CSM Woods combat tours include; Operation Urgent Fury, Grenada, 1 – 319th AFAR 82d Airborne Division. Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm, Saudi Arabia – Iraq, 2-319th AFAR 82d Airborne Division. Operation Desert Fox 1998, Qatar, 3-319th AFAR attached to 5th Group Special Forces. OEF 2 Afghanistan, HHB 319th DIVARTY 82d Airborne Division. OIF 1 Iraq, 2-3 FA, First Armored Division. OIF 6 Iraq, 2-3 FA, First Armored Division. OEF X Afghanistan, 4-319th AFAR, 173D Airborne Brigade Combat Team. OEF XIII Afghanistan, 191st Infantry Brigade, 1st Army, Division West, America’s most popular SFAT team. CSM Woods assignments include four tours with the 82d Airborne Division, one tour with 3rd Infantry Division, one tour with the 1st Armored Division, one tour with the 173D Airborne Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) One tour with the 1st Army Division West, Drill Sergeant, and US Army Recruiter duty. One tour as the Command Sergeant Major for the Center for Initial Military Training (IMT), TRADOC. CSM Woods civilian education includes a Masters of Education, (training & leadership) from North Central University, Prescott AZ, and a Bachelors of Science from Excelsior, Albany, New York. CSM Woods Military education includes all NCOES courses to include the United States Sergeants Majors Academy class # 58, Army force Management course, Jump Master, Drill Sergeant, US Army Recruiter, Infantry Small Arms Master Gunner, Artillery Master Gunner, Amphibious Warfare leaders course (USMC), Anti-Armor Leaders course, Machine Gun Leaders course, Artillery Mechanics repair course, Small Arms repair course, Nuclear Biological Chemical defense, and all levels of air load planning and hazmat certification USAF. CSM Woods awards include; one LOM, 5 BSM, 5 MSM, 4 ARCOM, 4 AAM, 1 Humanitarian service medal, 2 Armed Forces Expeditionary medals, NCOES # 4, PUCCA, JUMA unit awards, SWA, KLM, ASR, Afghanistan and Iraq service medals. German Jump Master Wings, Qatar Jump wings as part of 5th Group, Netherlands Jumpmaster wings. Other awards include; Department of Defense suggestion program “Inventor of the year” (2003) with 45 separate inventions. CSM Woods saved the United States Government over one Billion Dollars through cost avoidance. He is also the first recipient of the GRUBER award for an outstanding field artillery professional. CSM Woods is credited by the US Army Smart Ideas program as the inventor of; • The 105mm Howitzer night direct fire sight system M913 GELON. • The 155mm towed Howitzer night sight system. • The dual use day/ night direct fire sight reticule. • The Dual optic MILES Laser trainer. • The Urban Assault kit (PALADIN) improved crew protection, 155mm system. On his most recent tour to Afghanistan, CSM Woods pioneered the first use of artillery training rounds in combat as a form of scalable fire support designed to limit civilian death and collateral damage. He is the author of, Black Flag Journals, and numerous magazine, newspaper articles, including training pamphlets concerning Artillery, night vision, and combat operations.
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