John Belsha

Experience

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  United States Marine Corps

  Sept 2007 - May 2020

  Executive officer, Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225 [VMFA(AW)-225] F/A-18 Instructor, VMFAT-101 -1st Battalion, 4th Marines: Battalion Commander's senior aviation advisor; leverage aviation expertise to facilitate fire support and assault support planning to achieve the commander's goals. Completed a 6-month deployment to Darwin, Australia as part of Marine Rotational Force-Darwin, conducting extensive integration with host nation forces. -Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225 [VMFA(AW)-225]: Served as Assistant Operations Officer, coordinating trans-oceanic movements over the course of two deployments, as well as multiple squadron detachments in support of multi-national exercises in the Middle East, providing Theater Security Cooperation and valuable training opportunities with allied nations. -Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11): Aviation Safety Officer for a Marine Aircraft Group containing 6 squadrons containing more than 3,000 personnel and 140 military aircraft; Commanding Officer’s direct representative in matters pertaining to aviation safety. -Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR-352): Volunteered to serve as one of the three original Harvest HAWK Fire Control Operators, flew more than 120 combat missions for over 1,000 flight hours in support of ground troops in Afghanistan, and helped to pioneer the use of tablets in combat operations in the Marine Corps for target correlation. -Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 121 [VMFA(AW)-121]: Served as squadron Adjutant and S-6 (Communications) officer in additional to flying duties, participated in a deployment to the Western Pacific.

  • Defense Language Institute Student

    Aug 2019 - May 2020

  • Executive Officer

    Jul 2017 - Jul 2019

  • F/A-18 Instructor

    Nov 2015 - Jul 2017

  • Air Officer / Forward Air Controller / JTAC(E)

    Sept 2014 - Nov 2015

  • F/A-18D Weapons Systems Officer

    May 2012 - Sept 2014

  • MAG-11 Aviation Safety Officer

    Sept 2011 - May 2012

  • Harvest HAWK Fire Control Operator

    Sept 2009 - Sept 2011

  • F/A-18D Weapons Systems Officer

    Sept 2007 - Sept 2009
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  United States Marine Corps

  Aug 2020 - now

  Alumno extranjero del Curso de Estado Mayor de las Fuerzas Armadas en Madrid, España.Foreign student in the Armed Forces Staff College in Madrid, Spain.

  • Marine Officer

    May 2004 - now

  • Operations Officer, Marine Aircraft Group 11

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Joint Force Headquarters Branch Chief, EUCOM J7/JTrEx

    Aug 2021 - Jun 2024

  • Foreign Exchange Student, Curso de Estado Mayor de las Fuerzas Armadas

    Aug 2020 - Jul 2021
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  U.S. European Command

  Aug 2021 - Jun 2024

  Joint Force Headquarters Branch Chief, EUCOM J7/JTrEx