Samantha Dorminey

Experience

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  U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence

  Jun 2015 - Jun 2017

  Army Aviation School Student

  Graduated as a rated UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter pilot.

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  4th Combat Aviation Brigade

  Jun 2018 - May 2021

  Aviation Support Company Forward Officer in Charge responsible for scheduled maintenance of 33 helicopters and the deployment, management, and redeployment of 93 Soldiers and $3M of equipment during an 11-month combat deployment to Afghanistan. Flew over 300 combat hours across UH-60A/L, UH-60M, and HH-60M Blackhawk helicopter platforms. Aviation Maintenance Platoon Leader responsible for maintaining 5 helicopters and deployed, managed, and re-deployed 25 Soldiers during a 9 month deployment to Latvia, Bulgaria, and Romania.

  • Aviation Support Company Officer in Charge, Afghanistan

    Jul 2020 - May 2021

  • Aviation Support Company Maintenance Platoon Leader

    Mar 2019 - Jun 2020

  • Aviation Maintenance Platoon Leader, Latvia

    Jun 2018 - Feb 2019
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  U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence

  Sept 2021 - Mar 2022

  Aviation Captains Career Course Student

  Conducted in-depth coursework focused on wartime Rotary Army Aviation employment using the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP), a planning methodology used to make decisions in complex and uncertain environments.Graduated the Air Cavalry Leaders Course for in-depth correlation of intelligence requirements and aviation reconnaissance using MDMP.

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  3rd Combat Aviation Brigade

  Apr 2022 - Mar 2023

  Air Mission Request Manager

  Liaised between higher headquarters, actioning helicopter unit, and customer for the duration of approval and planning processes for Air Mission Requests from military and civilian organizations requesting helicopter mission support. Independently coordinated organizational-level process improvement projects and employed change management practices to support continuous improvement.

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  US Embassy Latvia

  Apr 2023 - Feb 2024

  Army Liaison Officer

  V Corps Liaison responsible for enabling military interoperability between US Regionally Aligned Forces, Latvian National Armed Forces, and NATO partners headquartered in Latvia.

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  Gulfstream Aerospace

  Aug 2024 - now

  Quality Assurance Engineer