Sergio Castro-Pozo

Military Service:

• Rank: Sergeant

  Branch/Position: Army

  Period: February 2017 - present

  Occupation: 13B - Cannon Crewmember - 13B

  Security Clearance: None

  Duties Description:

  Supervises or serves as a member of field artillery cannon section or ammunition section; Maintain wire and radio communications; identify target locations; operate howitzers, participate in reconnaissance operations; use computer generated fire direction data.

Work history:

• Job Title: Server

  Company: Guastavino's

  Period: February 2015 - June 2017

  Role Description:

  Serves patrons with food and beverages in a positive and friendly manner.

  Provides information to help food and beverage selections.

  Presents ordered choices in a prompt and efficient manner.

  Maintains dining ambiance with an enthusiastic attitude.

  Prepares room for dining by clothing tables and setting decorations, condiments, candles, napkins, service plates, and utensils.

  Protects establishment and patrons by adhering to sanitation, safety, and alcohol beverage control policies.

  Helps patrons select food and beverages by suggesting courses, explaining the chef’s specialties, identifying appropriate beverage pairings, and answering food preparation questions.

  Transmits orders to bar and kitchen by recording patrons’ choices and identifying patrons’ special dietary needs and special requests.

  Keeps kitchen staff informed by noting timing of meal progression.

  Serves orders by picking up and delivering patrons’ choices from bar and kitchen and delivering accompaniments and condiments from service bars.

  Responds to additional patron requirements by inquiring of needs and observing dining process.

  Maintains table setting by removing courses as completed, replenishing utensils, refilling water glasses, and being alert to patron spills or other special needs.

  Concludes dining experience by acknowledging choice of establishment and inviting patrons to return.

• Job Title: Construction worker

  Company: New York Insulation

  Period: November 2017 - November 2019

  Role Description:

  Using hand or power tools, heavy machinery, and explosives to down old or unsound building structures.

  Directing cars away from demolition job sites.

  Signaling heavy equipment operators to ensure that heavy machinery and equipment are correctly positioned.

  Performing maintenance on all tools, machinery, and equipment to ensure that they are in good working order.

  Assessing building structures to identify their structural components and determine the most efficient methods to perform demolitions.

  Stripping building structures of any valuable or reusable materials, such as pipes, radiators, and steel beams.

  Removing debris, rubble, and hazardous materials from job sites.

• Job Title: Army National Guardsmen

  Company: C BTRY 1 Batallion 258 Field Artillery

  Period: February 2017 - present

  Role Description:

  Integral member of a crew that operates high technology cannon artillery weapon systems; loads and fires howitzers; sets fuse and charge on a variety of munitions, including high explosive artillery rounds, laser guided projectiles, scatterable mines, and rocket assisted projectiles; uses computer generated fire direction data to set elevation of cannon tube for loading and firing; employs rifles, machine guns, and grenade and rocket launchers in offensive and defensive operations; drives and operates heavy and light wheeled trucks and tracked vehicles; transports and manages artillery ammunition; participates in reconnaissance operations to include security operations and position preparation; operates in reduced visibility environments with infrared and starlight enhancing night vision devices and other equipment; coordinates movement into position; camouflages position area; communicates using voice and digital wire and radio equipment; uses critical combat survival skills to operate in a hostile environment; maintains operational readiness of vehicles and equipment; supervises handling, transportation, accountability, and distribution of ammunition; assists section chief in supervision of howitzer operations.

• Job Title: Army National Guardsmen

  Company: State Active Duty Title 10/Title 32 USC

  Role Description:

  Operation Lake Ontario

  A State of Emergency was declared on May 20, 2019 for eight counties impacted by potential Lake Ontario flooding the Governor's order directs state agencies to protect State property and to assist local goverments and individuals in responding to and recovering from the flooding.

  Operation Covid 19 Response

  The pandemic became a national emergency, and every state stood up with Guard forces with federal funding.

  Between March 8, 2020, and July 1, 2022, 5,420 New York Army National Guard Soldiers participated in the COVID-19 mission,Guardsmen worked in call centers, distributed over 50 million meals in New York City, collected health care forms from travelers at airports, and assembled millions of COVID-19 test sets.

  New York National Guard Soldiers put up a field hospital in the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City and helped care for 1,094 COVID-19 patients. Then they turned the site into the largest vaccination clinic in the country and administered 647,973 shots.

  The New York National Guard provided 485 Army Guard medics and Air Guard medical technicians to work in nursing homes to solve a staffing shortage.

  Operation Asylum Seeker

  Joint Task Force Asylum Seeker Resource Support's purpose is to support New York State to mitigate human suffering for individuals and families seeking asylum status in the United States. This mission started in October 2022 and is currently the largest State Active-Duty mission in New York State

  Standard duties and responsibilities include administrative and logistical support, monitoring shelter locations to ensure a high quality of life, and additional supporting tasks.

Education:

• Apex Technical School

  Other – Welding Integration Technology

  Period: November 2012 - June 2013