Jared Thompson

Experience

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  1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) - US Army

  Apr 2005 - Aug 2009

  Special Forces Detachment Commander, Executive Officer, Planner

  • Planned, trained for, and executed 5 overseas deployments to Southeastern Asia and the Middle East while in command of high-impact cross-functional teams.• Trained hundreds of foreign military personnel on tactical, operational, and leadership skills; resulting in a marked increase of host nation’s ability to plan and conduct unilateral security operations

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  1st Special Warfare Training Group (Airborne)

  Sept 2009 - May 2013

  Special Forces Training Instructor and Company Commander

  • Personally taught, coached, trained and mentored more than 500 Soldiers as an instructor during the culmination phase of the Special Forces Qualification Course; • Developed and successfully implemented a plan to increase the throughput of students through high-risk Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) training by 33% while maintaining course certification from the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency.

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  3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) - US Army

  May 2013 - Sept 2015

  Special Forces Company Commander, Executive Officer

  • Developed and implemented a transition plan for 87 Soldiers and their families as part of an organizational restructuring process involving personnel redistribution, property reallocation, assessment and selection for unique skillsets, and specialized individual and collective training plans for accelerated employment within a given area of operation.• Mentored and led a joint staff in the coordination, tracking, and staffing of over 50 Concepts of Operation and technical coordination reports; contributing to the successful execution of each mission and the production of 65 timely and valuable Intelligence Information Reports. Show less

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  1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) - US Army

  Sept 2015 - Nov 2019

  • Provided training oversight to a specialized assessment, selection, and certification pipeline comprised of 6 separate courses run across 4 states; increased successful throughput by 31%. • Managed multiple contracts and an internal budget of over $14 million; successfully meeting all objectives on time and within budget. • Fostered relationships and sought out collaboration opportunities with a myriad of interagency partners, gaining efficiencies within the community and reducing 3 duplicative training efforts. Show less • Developed and implemented procedures to reflect up to date operational reach, capability, and capacity; increasing leader visibility and reducing decision making time for mission proposals by an average of 50%. • Reorganized 22 person section in order to provide depth and redundancy for each critical function and geographic region; decreasing average support request response time 25% while providing a more predictable and flexible work environment. • Led the planning efforts for 2 theater contingency plans; ultimately providing the commander with 4 immediately executable options of varying risk; a three-fold increase. Show less

  • Director Of Training

    Aug 2018 - Nov 2019

  • Operations Officer

    Sept 2015 - Aug 2018
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  Town of Bedford, Virginia

  Feb 2023 - now

  Project Administrator