Financial Officer

Financial Officer: treasurer@mohicanpost553.org

Financial Officer: treasurer@mohicanpost553.org

 

Kevin J. Gifford 

Financial Officer 2020-Present

(Adjutant: 2018-2020; Acting Treasurer: 2018-2020; Past Commander: 2014-2018)

SMSgt (RET), OEF/OIF Veteran: 35 year veteran of the Air National Guard/United States Air Force, serving with the 139th Airlift Squadron as an Aircraft Instructor Loadmaster with over 4600 flying hours which includes 279 combat sorties.  Additional duties included; Joint Air Drop Inspector, Drop Zone Coordinator, Crew Resource Management Facilitator and Operational Risk Management Facilitator.                       

Assignments: 

  • Massachusetts Air National Guard, Otis Air National Guard Base, Cape Code, MA: 1981 - 1990

  • Rhode Island Air National Guard, Quonset Point Air National Guard Station, North Kingstown, RI: 1990-1998

  • New York Air National Guard, Stratton Air National Guard Base, Scotia, NY: 1998 – 2016

Operations participated in:

  • Operation Enduring Freedom; Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan: 2009 & 2012

  • Operation Iraqi Freedom; Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq: 2009

  • Joint Task Force Empire Shield; Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY: 2007-2008

  • Operation Jump Start; Joint Operation Center, Joint Force Headquarters-NY, Latham NY: 2006 - 2007

  • Operation Noble Eagle; Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY: 2001

  • Operation Deep Freeze; McMurdo Station, Antarctica: 1998 - 2015

  • Operation Raven Dew; Kangerlussuaq, Greenland: 1998 – 2015

  • Operation Southern Watch; Seeb North Airfield, Sultan of Oman: 1997

  • Operation Provide Promise; Rhine Mein Air Base, Germany: 1993 & 1994

  • Operation Coronate Oak; Howard Air Force Base, Panama: 1993 - 1998

Major Awards and Decorations:

  • Meritorious Service Medal

  • Air Medal w/4 bronze oak leaf clusters

  • Aerial Achievement medal w/2 bronze oak leaf clusters

  • Air Force Commendation Medals w/4 bronze oak leaf clusters

  • Air Force Achievement Medal w/1 bronze oak leaf cluster

  • Joint Meritorious Unit Award

  • Meritorious Unit Award

  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award w/4 bronze oak leaf clusters

  • Combat Readiness Medal w/3 bronze oak leaf clusters

  • Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal w/2 silver oak leaf clusters

  • National Defense Service Medal w/1 bronze service star

  • Antarctica Service Medal

  • Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

  • Afghanistan Campaign Medal w/ 1 bronze service star

  • Iraq Campaign Medal w/1 bronze service star

Education:

  • Bachelors of Science, State University of New York - Empire State College

    • Business, Management and Economics (concentration in Management): In progress

  • Associate of Applied Science, Community College of the Air Force

    • Aviation Operations: 2005

  • National Defense University, Joint Forces Staff College

    • Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education Course - Correspondence

  • Air University

    • Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy - Correspondence

  • NCO Academy, McGhee Tyson ANGB, Knoxville, TN

    • Noncommissioned Officer Academy – In Residence

Organizations:

  • American Legion

  • Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)

  • Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA)

  • Disabled American Veteran (DAV)