Captain James Ford
Captain Ford began his military career in Dec 1994 at Dallas Texas Military Entrance Processing Center. Upon graduating 12 weeks of "US Army Basic Training", he was directly assigned to Fort Carson. While assigned at Fort Carson he took on duty as the Sergeant of the Guard for a 500+ bed Combat Support Hospital. After two and a half years he then attended Advanced Infantry School at Fort Benning Georgia along with various other special training courses for a total of seven months. After training he was then reassigned to Ft Riley Kansas 1 1/16th Infantry. There he was a small team leader in. This is where his transition from the Army to Air Force would take place. Capt Ford desired to become an officer and at the same time seized the opportunity to transfer to the Air Force. After two years of ROTC he was commissioned as a 2Lt Transportation Officer at Pope AFB NC. There he worked air and ground transportation. He was selected to stand up the first ground Transportation (convoy) in Iraq. His career field merged into what is now known as the LRO. This opened the way for his assignment to NATO. While in NATO (Geilenkirchen Germany, Capt Ford was the Supply Mgt & Systems Branch Chief. His duties included frequent TDYs to various countries to perform inspections. While in Germany he was selected to deploy into Israel where he was embedded with the Israeli forces. After his duties there he then applied and was accepted for his current position here at Kansas State.
EDUCATION:
1993: Associate Applied Science Respiratory Therapist Temple Jr
2001: MGT BS Manhattan Christian/Kansas State University AFROTC
2002: Supply Exportable Course
2003: Contingency Wartime Planning Course
2003: Fuels Exportable Course
2004: Logistics Plans Exportable Course
2008: Academic Instructor Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. 1994 - 1995: Basic Training OSUT
2. 1996 - 1997: Advanced Infantry Training, Fort Benning, Georgia
3. 1997 - 1999: Fort Riley, Kansas
4. 2000 - 2001: USAF ROTC, Kansas State University
5. 2001 - 2004: Vehicle Mgt Flight Commander Pope AFP, North Carolina.
6. 2004 - 2007: Mgt & Systems Branch Chief Geilenkirchen, Germany
7. 2007 - Present: Air Force ROTC Instructor, Kansas State University
AWARDS, DECORATIONS, BADGES:
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
Army Good Conduct Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
NCO Development
Overseas Long Ribbon
Air Force Longevity Service
Air Force Training Ribbon
Iraq Campaign Medal
Pistol, Rifle, Machine Gun, Expert Badge
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Private: 11 Jan 1994
Sgt: April 1995
SSG: Feb 1999
Second Lieutenant: 30 May 2001
First Lieutenant: 30 May 2003
Captain: 30 May 2005
ADDITIONAL TRAINING:
UZI Carbine
M-9 GERMAN MIL
M-4
M-16 A2
M-203 Grenade Launcher
M-9 9mm Beretta Pistol
M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon
M-60 E3 Medium Machine Gun
M-240B Medium Machine
MK-19 Automatic Grenade Launcher, 40mm HEDP mount/tripod
M-2 .50 Caliber Heavy Machine Gun Vehicle mount/tripod
AT-4, Disposable Rocket Launcher
Respiratory Therapist
Combat Lifesaver Instructor
USAF Instructor
ACLS, NALS, BCLS