Mr. Tate serves as the Recruiting Operations Officer at the Chrisman Battalion since December of 2007. He retired from the Washington National Guard after serving on three lengthy deployments in the Global War on Terror. He served as Public Affairs Officer and worked extensively with Civil Affairs in Baghdad Iraq during OIF II. He served as a Military Intelligence officer in Afghanistan in 2006. He has held numerous positions in all three of the Oregon, Idaho and Washington National Guards. Prior to that he was enlisted infantry for ten years active duty and national guard. Mr. Tate holds a B.S. and a M.S. in Geology with research emphasis in buried soils.