Mark Alan Reese

**** ***** ******, ****** ****, TX 76117 · 817-***-****

Retired United States Marine of 23 years and Retired Fort Worth Police Officer, with an additional 22 years of experience as a first responder.

EXPERIENCE

1975-1998 United States Marine Corp (Retired)

Joined the Marine Corp at 17 years of age and performed as paratrooper, Drill Instructor, Machine gunner, Tanker, Combat water survival Instructor, Forward Air controller, Naval Gunfire specialist, and Recruiter as well as other jobs.

Served at every Major Marine Corp base including Camp Pendleton Ca., Camp Lejeune NC., Okinawa Japan, Quantico VA, Guantanamo Bay Cuba Ground defense force, and Little Creek Naval Base. Served on board U.S. Navy Ships in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Served in countries like Canada, Panama, Estonia, Germany, France, Belgium, New Found land, S. Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey.

Awards include multiple Navy Commendation medals, Sea Service Deployments, etc. Also awarded multiple medals for combat deployments including Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Served on the Marine Corp football team as quarterback and linebacker.

Also coached youth football while as a Marine.

1999-2021 Fort Worth Police Department

1999-2017

Patrol Officer

Patrolled assigned areas and monitored activities to protect people/property

Investigated crimes and apprehended suspected law violators

Observed and responded to various situations or emergencies

Gathered evidence to ensure successful prosecutions

Fostered good public relationships with community groups and individuals

Coordinated operations with other emergency services

Worked in the COBRA auto theft “bait car” program.

Also coached youth football and basketball

2017 – 2019

Mounted Patrol Unit

Assigned to work on horseback. Chief duties included crime prevention, high visibility community relations and Special Events

In 2018, selected by Chain of Command for “Horseless Rider Escort” following line of duty death of academy classmate Garrett Hull.

Transferred back to patrol for 2019 - 2021

Feb 8th, 2021 – Sept 21st, 2022.

TCUPD

Assigned to Midnight patrol duties.

EDUCATION

1979 – 1981

Studied Business Management from

St. John Fisher College, Rochester, New York

Took classes also from other assorted colleges

Earned Master Certificate from TCLOE

Currently attending TCU as a Criminal Justice student

ACTIVITIES and INTERESTS

My family enjoys rodeos; and makes annual trips to Wyoming.

I enjoy doing research on my ancestry. I learned about my grandfathers and how they served in WWI, how uncles served in WWII and my dad in the Korean War. My grandfather experienced chemical exposure in WWI, suffered from the loss of his legs and died in a Veterans hospital years later.

I enjoy researching historical military events. I have walked many battlefields to learn what happened and any mistakes that were made, such as the Little Big Horn with Custards last stand, Vicksburg civil war field, Gettysburg Battlefield as well as others in that time frame. I have also walked the battlefields of the American Revolution, Indian wars and others. I have walked the battlefield at the Battle of the Bulge in Europe; have been to German castles and toured the Eifel Tower in France.

Family:

Married since April 2000. Children Evangelina, Emilia, Vincent, Jacob, Taylor, Cheyenne (attending TCC) and the youngest is Boston who graduated 2022 High school and currently attending Texas Tech. Angie has 4 kids: Victoria, Bryce, Savanna and Lincoln, Emilia has 3 kids: Camille, Benjermin and Ace. Vincent has 2 children: Mia and Colt.

My family has strong faith in GOD.

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