Sergeant First Class Brandon R. Rubow

About

Sergeant First Class Brandon R. Rubow was born in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. After graduating from Robbinsdale Cooper High School in New Hope, he attended Brown College in Mendota Heights, earning a Certificate in Radio/Television Broadcasting - graduating with distinction. He entered active duty on 23 May 2005, attending Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Bliss, Texas where he was trained as a Motor Transport Operator. He transferred to the Army Reserve in July 2013, and subsequently completed reclassification training as a Human Resources Specialist.

Assignments

SFC Rubow is currently assigned in the Army Reserve as an NCO Professional Development Instructor, 5th BN, 100 Regiment, 94th Training Division, Homewood, Illinois. His previous USAR assignment was as a Postal Supervisor, 847th Human Resources Company, 457th Transportation Battalion, 103d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Fort Snelling, Minnesota. His active duty assignments included Squad Leader and Training/Schools NCO, 497th Transportation Company, 57th Transportation Battalion, 593d Sustainment Brigade, Ft. Lewis, Washington; Senior Driver/Operations NCO, Distinguished Visitor Support Element, US Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany; and Team Leader, 233d Transportation Company (Combat HET), 87th CSSB, 3d Sustainment Brigade, Ft. Stewart, Georgia.

Deployments

SFC Rubow was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from mid-2006 to mid-2007, where his contributions to the unit helped them earn the US Army Deployment Excellence Award (Small-Unit, Active Duty category, 2008), the Army Meritorious Unit Commendation, and the Navy Unit Commendation. Most recently, he was deployed to Kuwait in 2011 in support of Operation New Dawn.

Military Education

SFC Rubow's military education includes the Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education Course; Senior Leaders Course; Advanced Leaders Course (Distinguished Honor Graduate); Warrior Leaders Course; Common Faculty Development - Instructor Course; Unit Movement Officer Deployment Planning Course; Combat Lifesavers Course; Military Postal Supervisors Course; Military Postal Operations Course; Unit Prevention Leaders Course; Equal Opportunity Leaders Course; Caiman, Caiman Plus, and Maxxpro Plus (MRAPs) OPNET Courses; Anti-Terrorism Evasive Driving Course; Audi A8 Security Driving Course; Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET M1070 and M1070A1) Courses; Hard Armored Vehicle Drivers Course; and Bus Drivers Course.

Awards

SFC Rubow's awards include the Combat Action Badge, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (w/ 3 OLC), Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal (w/ 1 OLC), Joint Meritorious Unit Award (w/ 1 OLC), Meritorious Unit Commendation, Navy Unit Commendation, Army Good Conduct Medal (2d Award), Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (w/2 OLC), National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal (w/ 2 campaign stars), Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terror Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal (w/ Bronze Hourglass), NCO Professional Development Ribbon (w/ numeral 3), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (w/ numeral 2), Driver Badge (Wheeled Vehicle) and the Schützenschnur (German Marksmanship Badge) in Bronze.

Personal

SFC Rubow currently holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from American Military University, employed on the civilian side as a letter carrier with the United States Postal Service and is an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church. He is married to the former Ms. Devora Dodds and has one son, Caleb. His hobbies include music and history.