LTC George W. Davis was born in St. Joseph, MO and enlisted in the U.S. Army as an Armor crewman. Upon completion of Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training at Ft. Knox, KY he then served as an M1A1 tank crewman with 3-69 Armor during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He graduated from Missouri Western State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice. Upon his graduation in May 1996, he was commissioned as a U.S. Army Aviation Second Lieutenant.

His military education includes Aviation Officer’s Basic Course, Initial Entry Rotary Wing training, OH-58D Kiowa Warrior Qualification Course, Aviation Captain’s Career Course, AH-64D Longbow Apache Qualification Course, Combined Arms Services Staff School, and the Australian Command and Staff College.

LTC Davis has held a wide variety of command and staff assignments. His previous assignments include service with the 4th Squadron, 2nd ACR Ft. Polk, LA where he served as a Platoon Leader and Assistant Squadron Operations Officer. In January 2002, he reported to Ft. Campbell, KY and served as the Assistant Battalion Operations Officer and commander of A Company, 2-101st Aviation Brigade. He deployed with the Apache Longbow Company in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) 1 in 2003. While deployed in support of OIF 1, he assumed command of HHC, 2-101 Aviation Brigade. In 2004, he assumed the position of battalion operations officer for 1st Battalion, 337th Aviation Regiment at Ft. Knox, KY. While at Ft. Knox, he also served as the Force XXI, Battle Command, Brigade and Below (FBCB2) and Blue Force Tracker (BFT) Division Chief for the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.

LTC Davis then attended the Australian Command and Staff College in Canberra, Australia. Upon completion of the Australian Command and Staff College, LTC Davis moved his family to Texas and travelled to Ft. Riley, KS to begin training as a Military Transition Team (MITT) member. In 2008, LTC Davis deployed as part of a 10-man brigade MITT to Iraq and served as the team’s operations advisor and executive officer. He returned from Iraq in March of 2009 and became the Chief of Test Management for the U.S. Army Operational Test Command at Ft. Hood, TX. In June of 2011, he departed Texas and arrived in Santa Barbara, CA and is currently the Professor of Military Science for the University of California, Santa Barbara.

LTC Davis’ awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal (with Oak Leaf), the Meritorious Service Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), the Air Medal for Valor (2 Awards), the Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf), the Army Achievement Medal (4 Oak Leaf Clusters), the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal (1 Star), the Southwest Asia Service Medal (2 Stars), the Iraq Campaign Medal (2 Stars), the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon (Numeral 3), the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Government of Kuwait), the Army Valorous Unit Award, the Army Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Combat Action Badge, the Senior Army Aviator Badge, the Army Parachutist Badge, and the Air Assault Badge.

Ms. Patricia Dent was born and raised in Santa Barbara, CA. She was a member of the JROTC program in high school for two years and participated in the Drill Team.

After high school she lived in Duluth, MN and Reno, NV for a few years where she worked as a photojournalist for the local television news.

Ms. Dent then returned home to Santa Barbara and earned her degree in Administration of Justice. She is also fluent in French.

Ms. Dent has been working at UC Santa Barbara since 2001. She was the Financial Affairs Assistant in the Department of Psychology, the Financial Specialist in the Department of Physics, and the Financial Coordinator in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture. She is now the Business Manager in the Department of Military Science.

Mr. Sacco Nazloomian enlisted in the Army Reserve following the attacks of September 11, 2001. Before the war began he was an editor at Technicolor Studios in Hollywood, CA. Believing it to be a citizen’s obligation to bear part of the peril and burden of war, he tendered his service to the Army Reserve.

In the spring of 2002 he took a leave from Technicolor to attend Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonard Wood followed by the 16-week long Civil Affairs course at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center at Fort Bragg. He found himself—within a year—on a PRT (Provincial Reconstruction Team) putting his newly acquired skills to work in the war ravaged province of Najaf, Iraq. He personally took charge of the rebuilding of the 2nd largest hospital in the country—located in the city of Najaf—in addition to a number of roads, bridges, schools, banks, and an internet café. The work was physically and emotionally taxing but also remarkably rewarding in that he was able to affect a positive difference in the lives of others.

Following his tour overseas he attended UCSB to secure a degree in Global Studies. In addition he joined the Reserve Officer Training Corps. He graduated in June of 2007 with a Bachelors Degree and a Commission as a Military Intelligence Officer. Mr. Nazloomian returned to his Alma Mater, USCB to be an Assistant Professor of Military Science, where he has worked for the past 3 years.

Mr. Nazloomian’s decorations include the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal and the Global War on Terror Service Medal. Mr. Nazloomian originally from Los Angeles, California has recently re-deployed with his Civil Affairs BN from Afghanistan.  Mr. Nazloomian is currently as a Captain in the US Army Reserve.

Mr. Allen served 6 years in the Active Marine Corps, 5 years in the Active Army, and the past 9 years in the Army Reserves on AGR.

His duty assignments were Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan assigned to the Marine Wing Support Squadron 171; Camp Pendleton, CA assigned to the 7th Engineer Support Battalion; Fort Carson, CO 4th Personnel Support Battalion and A CO, 1st Battalion 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division; Oakland, CA assigned to the 368th Military Intelligence Battalion and 352nd Combat Support Hospital, and Salt Lake City, UT assigned to the 807th Medical Deployment Support Command.

Mr Allen’s jobs have included Basic Metal Worker, Unit Supply Specialist, Company 1st SGT, and Division G4 NCOIC. 

His awards include the Army Commendation Medal (6th Award), Army Achievement Medal, USMC Good Conduct Medal (2nd Award), Army Good Conduct Medal (4th Award), National Defense Medal (2nd Award), NCO Professional Development Ribbon (3rd Award) Army Service Ribbon, and the US Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (2nd Award)  

SFC Jonathan Esposito was born in Richmond, VA and enlisted in the US Army as an Infantryman.  Upon completion of OSUT at Ft. Benning, GA he was assigned to B Co. , 2-502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), as a rifleman, automatic rifleman, grenadier, radio telephone operator, and Command Group Driver.  In July of 1999 he deployed with HHC, 1-502nd Infantry for service with the Multinational Forces and Observers in Sinai, Egypt.  Upon redeployment, he was assigned to B Co., 1-506th, Camp Greaves, ROK.

SFC Esposito previous assignments include, H Co. 2nd Squadron, 11th ACR “BLACKHORSE” at Ft. Irwin, CA where he served as OPFOR Surrogate Vehicle Gunner, Squad Leader, and OSV Commander.  In January 2005, he deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) 3.  While deployed in support of OIF 3, he assumed duties as a Squad Leader and Tank Commander with D Co. 1st Squadron, 11th ACR.  Upon redeployment from Iraq in 2006, he attended the Drill Sergeant School at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO.  He reported to Btry. F 1-19th Field Artillery where he served as a Drill Sergeant and Battery Executive Officer.  He was assigned as Scout Section Leader in B Trp. 1st Squadron 7th Cavalry at Ft. Hood, TX, in January of 2009 and deployed to OIF 9-10.  In January 2010 he was reassigned to C Trp. as a Scout Platoon Sergeant and deployed with them in July 2011 for Operation New Dawn 11-12.    

His military education includes Primary Leadership Development Course, Basic Non Commissioned Officer’s Course, Drill Sergeant School, NBC Defense Course, Opposing Forces Academy, Unit Armorer Course, Combatives Level 1 training, and Air Assault School.

SFC Esposito’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (2OLC), the Army Commendation Medal for Valor, the Army Commendation Medal (4OLC), the Army Achievement Medal (3OLC), the Conduct Medal (4 Knots), the National Defense Service Medal (1 Star), the Iraq Campaign Medal (3 Stars), the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Korea Defense Service Medal, the NCO Professional Development Ribbon (Numeral 2), the Overseas Service Ribbon (Numeral 4), the Army Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Combat Infantry Badge, the Expert Infantry Badge, the Expert Field Medical Badge, the Air Assault Badge, the Drill Sergeant Badge, and the Drivers Badge with Wheel and Track clasps.

MAJ Edward Leo was born and raised in Seattle, and spent the last seven years in Hawaii.   He has been teaching military science, military leadership, and military history since 2001 starting with SUNY Brockport College in upstate New York to sunny Hawaii where he taught American Military History at the University of Hawaii.  His education includes a Masters in Military History and he received a JD from Concord Law School.  MAJ Leo has been overseas on deployments in Korea, Belgium, Kuwait, Bosnia, Alaska, and Hawaii.  Currently, he is the Recruiting Officer and Executive Officer at the University of California at Santa Barbara. 

MAJ Leo commissioned as an infantry officer where he has worked in assignments with other uniformed services and joint service organizations in five different military functional areas to include administration, logistics, command, intelligence, and civil affairs. He has experience at the platoon, company, battalion, brigade, division, corps, army, and theater level where he has worked in a variety of staff positions including Battalion Executive Officer, Deputy G-5, Operations Officer and Plans Officer.

MAJ Leo’s military education includes the US Army Ranger School, Airborne and Air Assault Courses.  MAJ Leo’s awards and decorations include the Expert Infantry Badge and the Army Commendation Medal (w/1OLC).