User:Ericbielski/Eric Bielski

Eric Bielski is a United States Marine.

Eric Bielski (26 March 1983- Present) is a U.S. Marine stationed in Quantico, Virginia. He proudly serves his country and works hard to support the "American Warfighter."

Career Progression (Chronological) Eric Bielski graduated high-school in June of 2001 from Oakfield-Alabama Central High School. At the time of his graduation he had no plans of attending any type of formal schooling. In early August he was contacted by his recruiter, Staff Sergeant James Frye. On August 16th of 2001, Eric Bielski took his first oath of enlistment into the Marine Corps' Delayed Entry Program.

On 5 November 2001, Eric Bielski left for Marine Corps bootcamp in Parris Island, South Carolina. When arriving at bootcamp Recruit Bielski was first placed with "E" Company 2nd Recruit Training Battalion. After failing his initial strength test (IST) with only two (2) pullups he was dropped to the Physical Conditioning Platoon (PCP). After one week in the PCP, Recruit Bielski passed his IST and was onto training. He graduated Marine Corps Bootcamp on 8 February 2002 with Platoon 3014, "I" Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion and was promoted to Private.

Immediately following his boot leave (10 days) Private Bielski was sent to Marine Combat Training (MCT) where he was part of a 17 day training stint which improved new Marines knowledge in combat readiness. Marine Combat Training for Marines graduating from Parris Island is held in Camp LeJeune, North Carolina.

After graduating MCT, Private Bielski was sent to Fort Lee, Virginia to be trained in the MOS 3381 (Food Service Specialist). While in school, Private Bielski learned the ways of running a small and large garrison chow hall along with baking and subsistence supply. Prior to graduating Food Service School he was promoted to Private First Class (PFC). PFC Bielski graduated from Food Service School on 17 May 2002.

On 19 May, PFC Bielski reported to his first reserve unit, H&S Company, 8th Tank Battalion out of Rochester, New York. In January of 2003 he was promoted to Lance Corporal (LCpl). In July of 2004, LCpl Bielski was sent to Camp LeJeune for pre-deployment training with half of H&S Company. A combination of three units from within 8th Tank Battalion augmented to form 1st Provisional Security Company (1st PSC). 1st PSC was deployed to Camp Lemonier, Djibouti in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Marines from 1st PSC were sent back to the United States after being replaced by 2nd PSC in March of 2005.

Upon 1st PSC returning to the United States, LCpl Bielski and the other Marines from H&S Company headed back to Rochester, New York where they would be part of the disbanding of their unit. LCpl Bielski now was part of "A" Company Anti-Terrorism Battalion (AT Bn).

In October 2005, LCpl Bielski moved to Sarasota, Florida and along with that performed an Inter-Unit Transfer (IUT) to H&S Company 4th Amphibious Assault Vehicles out of Tampa, Florida. LCpl Bielski should have been promoted to Corporal (Cpl) at this unit but the unit neglected it (no known reason).

In May of 2007, LCpl Bielski moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania and performed another IUT to Marine Air Logistics Squadron-49 (MALS-49) in Newburgh, New York. LCpl Bielski only needed to complete seven months of drill at MALS-49 before he would reach his "End Mandatory Drill Date."

On 5 November of 2007, LCpl Bielski checked out of MALS-49 into the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR). LCpl Bielski then acted as a Culinary Manager for Ruby Tuesday and also a shift-leader. During his break in service Eric Bielski experienced the decline in the U.S. and World economy through 2008.

After a year in the IRR, LCpl Bielski decided to re-enlist in the Marine Corps and become an active duty Marine. On 12 May of 2009, LCpl Bielski took his 2nd Oath of Enlistment to re-enlist into the Marine Corps. He was promoted to Corporal in the IRR. After reenlisting, Cpl Bielski spent one month on recruiter's assistance (RA).

On 22 June of 2009, Cpl Bielski checked into Marine Corps Communication and Electronics School (MCCES), Company "A", 29 Palms, California for his new MOS school. The first class Cpl Bielski attended was the Basic Electronics Course (BEC) where he served as Class NCO along with his studies. Cpl Bielski graduated BEC in August of 2009.

At the end of August 2009, Cpl Bielski was put into the Technical Controller Course (TCC) at MCCES. Cpl Bielskie was promoted to Sergeant (Sgt) while in TCC. Sgt Bielski graduated the course on 12 March of 2010 with honors (Certificate of Commendation) for highest overall average within his class of 12 Marines. He also acted as class NCO while enrolled in TCC.

Upon graduation from TCC, Sgt Bielski received orders to Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico to work as the base technical controller (MOS 2821). He is stationed there currently. Ericbielski (talk) 02:58, 4 July 2010 (UTC)