Matthew Bracken

Military Service:

• Rank: Sergeant First Class

  Branch/Position: Army

  Period: November 1990 - present

  Occupation: Special Forces Engineer Sergeant

  Security Clearance: Secret Clearance

  Duties Description:
  The joint fire support specialist is primarily responsible for the intelligence activities of the Army’s field artillery team; Set up and operate communications systems; Encode and decode messages; Assist in the preparation of fire support plans, coordinates and targets; Operate laser range finders and target devices; Determine target location using computers or manual calculations.

• Rank: Sergeant First Class

  Branch/Position: Army

  Period: May 1996 - October 1999

  Occupation: 18C - Special Forces Engineer Sergeant

  Security Clearance: Secret Clearance

  Duties Description:
  Employs conventional and unconventional warfare tactics and techniques unilateral, combined, coalition, joint, interagency and multinational operations. Performs combat in combat engineer role and maintains detachment engineer equipment and supplies.

• Rank: Sergeant First Class

  Branch/Position: Army

  Period: April 2005 - March 2022

  Occupation: 18C - Special Forces Engineer Sergeant

  Security Clearance: Secret Clearance

  Duties Description:
  Employs conventional and unconventional warfare tactics and techniques unilateral, combined, coalition, joint, interagency and multinational operations. Performs combat in combat engineer role and maintains detachment engineer equipment and supplies.

Work history:

• Job Title: Police Officer

  Company: City of Chicago

  Period: December 2006 - present