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ALON R. TAYLOR
(TAE)

LEAD INSTRUCTOR / ADVISOR
 

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

 

 

 

  • 16 years specialized experience as an instructor providing consultation and training in unconventional operations and counter terrorism to various US military, US State and local law enforcement and friendly foreign special operations units.

 

  • Master Sniper of a National Guard Special Operations enhanced reconnaissance-direct action element, responsible for training/leading the RECCE detachment in the conduct of specialized operations with emphasis on specialized urban combat. Planned the employment of assault elements in all phases of special operations in permissive, uncertain, denied, or politically sensitive areas throughout the CENTCOM AOR while conducting operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).  Specialized in Long Range Precision Engagements, Advanced Photography and Communications. Responsible for the training, performance and professional growth of 12 RECCE personnel.  

 

  • Four years as the Team Sergeant of a Special Operations Military Freefall Detachment with 19th SFG(A), responsible for training/leading eleven personnel in the conduct of special reconnaissance and  direct action operations with emphasis on specialized urban combat.  Military Freefall Jump Master.

 

  • Four years as the Senior Demolition’s Sergeant of a Special Operations Combat Diver Team with 19th SFG(A), responsible for all areas pertaining to demolitions, while working as a member of a special reconnaissance and direct action operations element. 

 

  • Sixteen years of experience in Tactical and street medicine as a Special Forces Medical Sergeant and civilian Paramedic. Trained and supervised US and friendly foreign law enforcement/military personnel in basic / advance combat trauma management skills. An instructor of Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS).  As well as a Special Forces Dive Medical Technician and hyperbaric chamber operator. 

  

 

  • Have held and worked the following Army/Special Forces military occupational specialties:

          Infantry (11B)
          Special Operations Medical Sergeant (18D)
          Special Operations Engineer Sergeant (18C)
          Special Operations Intelligence Sergeant (18F)
          Special Forces Detachment Operations Sergeant (18Z)

  • Current member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (LIFE/9190772), National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA), International Association of Correctional Training Personnel.

 

 

SIGNIFICANT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

 

  • Assisted in the development and implementation of an Advanced Urban Combat Training program within the 19th SFG(A) as part of a US Army Special Forces Command directed initiative to train and sustain specialized urban combat skills as an integral part of the global war on terrorism (GWOT).

 

  • Assisted in the development and implementation of an Enhanced Reconnaissance/Direct Action concept within 2/19 SFG(A) with personal responsibility for all Sniper Observer/RECCE training/operations (as the Master Sniper) which resulted in the stand-up and validation of a specialized 36 man element capable of executing all phases of special operations in permissive, uncertain, denied, or politically sensitive areas with emphasis upon counter-terrorism as an integral part of the global war on terrorism (GWOT).

 

  • Awarded numerous commendations for initiative and achievement which included actions during Operation Desert Storm (IRAQ) and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan).