Shane Covert, US Army, MAJ, MBA

Experience

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  82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army

  Sept 2010 - Aug 2013

  Served as Detachment Commander of the 647th Quartermaster Detachment, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM; responsible for all conventional Aerial Delivery Operations in Afghanistan. Responsible for the training, welfare, discipline, professional development, combat readiness, force protection, and quality of life for 37 Paratroopers. Principle adviser to the Battalion Commander on Aerial Delivery Operations. Responsible for managing, maintaining, storing, and retrograde of theater airdrop supplies in excess of $37M. Responsible for the workflow, established production goals, and ensuring that all doctrinal procedures of airdrop training, rigging, inspection, and out-loads for aerial delivery operations are followed. Ensures that there is appropriate supervision of airdrop rigging activities. Show less Served as the Executive Officer of a Quartermaster Airdrop Equipment Support Company in support of a multi-functional Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB). Responsible for all administrative, maintenance, sustainment, support, and supply operations for a company comprised of 174 Soldiers and $35 million worth of organizational equipment. Serves as the motor officer by overseeing the planning, maintenance, serviceability, and readiness of 40 wheeled vehicles and 34 pieces of non-standard equipment. Performs the duty of Headquarters Platoon Leader; responsible for the training, welfare, discipline, professional development, combat readiness, and quality of life for 68 Soldiers. Serves as the company commander in the commander's absence and charged to make necessary command decisions as required. Show less Served as the Platoon Leader for the Heavy Drop Platoon of the 647th Quartermaster Company (Rigger), assigned to a multi-functional Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB) that supports 20 XVIII Airborne Corps non-divisional units. Assists the commander with the training, welfare, discipline, professional development, combat readiness and quality of life for 56 Soldiers and a Warrant Officer. Responsible for all administrative actions and external support for the platoon. Responsible for the planning, forecasting and managing of platoon assets valued in excess of $15 million. Supervises the preparation, rigging, inspection of aerial delivery operations in support of XVIII Airborne Corps, the 82nd Airborne Division and FORSCOM. Show less

  • Detachment Commander: 82nd ABN DIV SBDE, 647th Rigger DET (Airborne) - OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

    Nov 2012 - Aug 2013

  • Executive Officer: 82nd ABN DIV SBDE, 647th Rigger Company (Airborne)

    Sept 2011 - Nov 2012

  • Platoon Leader: 82nd ABN DIV SBDE, 647th Rigger Company, Heavy Drop Platoon (Airborne)

    Sept 2010 - Sept 2011
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  173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team

  Apr 2014 - Aug 2017

  Served as the S-3 Officer in Charge for the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion (BSB) (Airborne) with the mission of 18 hour notification to deploy. Responsible for the planning, resourcing and execution of all battalion operations and training exercises, including events involving allies and partner nations throughout Europe. Supervises the orders production process to include; operations orders, briefs, rehearsals and after action reviews. Responsible for the coordination and execution of the battalion's Army Contingency Reaction Force (ACRF) tasks. Responsible for managing and synchronizing all calendars and executing the Battalion Training Meetings. Performs the duty of Battalion Executive Officer; 2nd in succession of command ultimately responsible for the supervision and synchronization of personnel administration, command supply discipline, communications support, intelligence, and tactical operations. Supervises and directs the battalion staff in planning, training, safety, and overall combat readiness for the battalion to deploy and conduct sustainment operations. Show less Served as Company Commander in a Forward Support Company that supports an 849 personnel Airborne Engineer Battalion capable of deploying anywhere within the EUCOM area of responsibility; ultimately responsible for the ability of the company to fight and win while providing the battalion maintenance, distribution, vehicle recovery, and field feeding during combat. Responsible for maintaining the battalion's fleet comprised of 450 items of rolling stock and 30 pacing items. Responsible for the planning and execution of individual training for the Soldiers and collective training for the company towards full mission readiness in support of the battalion's engineer and combat service support missions for an Airborne Brigade Combat Team. Responsible for the discipline, operations, mentorship, health, morale, welfare, and safety of a 112 Soldier Company. Serves as the Battalion Commander's senior logistician and assists the Battalion S-4 with logistics planning. Responsible for the accountability, management, and usage of MTOE property valued in excess of $22 million. Show less Served as the S-4 (Logistics) Officer in Charge for the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne) consisting of four companies comprising of over 400 Paratroopers. Serves as the lead battalion sustainment planner coordinating the operational deployment of the battalion and movements through controlled routes (international borders in Europe), supply functions, determines priority of sustainment for publication in OPLAN/OPORDs, and coordinates the requisition, acquisition, and storage of supplies and equipment. Maintains unit equipment lists and assists in developing unit movement plans for the battalion. Internally monitors field feeding, property book activities, maintenance operations, unit basic loads, operational status of equipment, and the status of equipment and supply requisitions. Manages the BSB budget, internal battalion logistics status reporting, Battalion Command Supply Discipline Program, Financial Liability Investigations of Property Loss, host nation support, container management, transportation movement requests, and host nation customs and clearances. Show less

  • Battalion Operations Officer (S3): (173rd Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne)

    Apr 2017 - Aug 2017

  • Company Commander: 173rd IBCT (Airborne), 54th Engineer Battalion, 'E' Forward Support Company (FSC)

    Jun 2015 - Apr 2017

  • Battalion Logistics Officer (S4): 173rd Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne)

    Apr 2014 - Jun 2015
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  Boston University

  Jun 2019 - Sept 2020

  Assistant Professor Of Military Science
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  25th Infantry Division

  Jul 2022 - now

  • Support Operations Officer (SPO) - 3IBCT

    Jun 2023 - now

  • G35 SAMS Planner

    Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
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  8th Theater Sustainment Command

  Jul 2024 - now

  XO to the Commanding General