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DAVID CARDENAS
TEMS Instructor

Paramedic
PROFESSIONAL VITA
Sergeant First Class David Cardenas is a Special Forces Medical Sergeant (18D) with over 18 years in the United States Army and Illinois National Guard. His various assignments in the Army include 82nd Airborne Division's elite Long Range Surveillance Detachment (LRSD) where he served as a Senior Scout and Assistant Team Leader.

He completed his Special Forces Operator training as an 18 Delta and was assigned to

an Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA). His combat tours include Saudi Arabia and

Iraq for Operation Desert Shield / Storm with the 82nd Airborne, and to Afghanistan

during Operation Enduring Freedom with his ODA as the Senior Medic and as the

Team's Operations Sergeant.

He was deployed to conduct Foreign Internal Defense missions in Honduras, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. His awards include the Special Forces tab, Ranger tab, Master Parachutist Badge, Combat Infantryman's Badge, Combat Medical Badge,

Military Freefall Parachutist Badge and the Bronze Star Medal.

As a civilian contractor, Dave has coordinated, organized and executed training for numerous military, federal, state and local agencies as well as foreign militaries. He has worked for HSS International and Triple Canopy, Inc. leading training in tactical medicine, combatives, special operations tactics and firearms. His overseas experience as a contractor includes training Jordanian medics in special operations and tactical medicine.

Dave currently serves as an ITOA TEMS board member and he is also a certified paramedic. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northeastern Illinois University and studies Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and mixed martial arts.

Dave has consulted and / or presented training programs with the following professional assocations and organizations:

  • HSS International
  • Triple Canopy, Inc.
  • Illinois Tactical Officers Association (ITOA) - TEMS
INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATIONS:
  • HSS International
    Firearms Instructor
    Tactics and Combatives Instructor
    Tactical Medicine Instructor
SPECIALIZED TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS:
  • United States Army
    Army Military Police School
    Army Advanced Infantry School
    Army Airborne School
    Army Ranger School
    Special Forces Medical Sergeant Course
    Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat Course I
    Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat Course II
    Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Level 3
    Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) 225
    Advanced Special Operations Techniques II
    Jungle Operations Training Center - Panama
    Northern Warfare Training Center - Alaska
    Military Freefall Parachutist
    Rappel Master
    Jumpmaster
  • US Special Operations Command
    Certified Paramedic
  • Basic Life Support
  • Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support
  • CPR Certified
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
  • International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA)
  • National Rifle Association (NRA) - Life Member
  • 82nd Airborne Association Lifetime Member
  • Illinois Tactical Officers Association (ITOA)
  • ITOA - TEMS Board Member
Dave can be reached by e-mail at: dcardenas@teamspartan.com

Mail all correspondence to:


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P.O. Box 388969
Chicago, Illinois 60638

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