Raised in Galveston, Texas, MSG Coleman enlisted in August
1986 and attended Basic Infantryman Course One Station Unit
Training (OSUT) at Fort Benning, GA. His assignments have included
FT Clayton Panama x2, FT Campbell KY x2, Camp Jackson Korea and FT
Drum NY, as well as deployments to Kosovo, Kuwait, Iraq, and
Afghanistan x4. He is married to Nancy Coleman and they have 3 sons
and 2 daughters. He joined the Dons Battalion in AUG 2012.
Military Education: Primary Leadership
development Course (PLDC), Basic Non-commission Officer Course
(BNOC), and Advance Non-commissioned Officer Course (ANOC). Combat
Life savers Course, Basic Instructor Training and the United States
Army Air Assault Course
Assignments:
M60 Machine Gunner FT Clayton ,Panama 5-87IN, Sniper /Team
Leader FT Campbell KY 1-327IN, Instructor NCO Academy Camp Jackson
Korea 8th Army, Rifle Squad Leader /Air Assault Instructor FT
Campbell KY 1-327IN,Rifle Platoon Sergeant FT Kobe Panama, First
Sergeant FT Drum NY
Awards and Decorations:
Bronze Star (3)
Meritorious Service Medal (2)
Army Commendation Medal (4)
Army Achievement Medal (5)
Valorous Unit Award
Meritorious Unit Award
Army Good Conduct Medal (8)
National Defense Medal (2)
Afghanistan Campaign Medal (4)
Kosovo Campaign Medal
Iraqi Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal Global War on
Terrorism Service Medal Non-commissioned Officer Professional
Development Ribbon (3)
Kuwait Liberation Medal Southwest Asia Campaign Medal Armed
Forces Expeditionary Medal Army Service Ribbon Overseas Service
Ribbon (6)
NATO Kosovo Medal Air Assault Badge Combat Infantryman Badge
(2)
Operational Experience and Deployments:
Operation Just Cause (Panama) 1990; Operation Desert
Shield/Storm (Kuwait/Iraq) 1991 Operation Peace enforcement
(Kosovo) 2001 Operation Iraq Freedom (Iraq) 2003 Operation Enduring
Freedom (Afghanistan) x4 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2009-2010, and
2011-2012
