BIOGRAPHY

MAJOR (Ret.) BRYAN P. MARTYN

Major Bryan Martyn retired from the United States military in March of 2008.  His last assignment was Chief of the Night Operations Center of Excellence (COE), USAF, Air Force Research Laboratory, Mesa, Arizona.  The Night Operations COE serves as the USAF’s premier night vision device research, training, and integration source.  As an MH-53M Pave Low Helicopter Instructor Pilot and former AH-64A Apache Helicopter Instructor Pilot, Major Martyn served as a subject matter expert relating to all aircraft related night vision subjects.  Major Martyn also served as the primary instructor of the USAF’s Night Vision Goggle (NVG) Instructor Course located at Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, Arizona

Major Martyn entered the military in the U.S. Army in February of 1988 as a Warrant Officer Candidate.  In April of 1989 he graduated from helicopter flight training at Fort Rucker, Alabama.  Following the AH-64A Apache Helicopter transition he was assigned to Fort Hood, Texas.  Major Martyn was later assigned to the Third Armored Division in Hanau, Germany.

Following his Germany tour, he was assigned as an AH-64A Instructor Pilot at Fort Rucker, Alabama.  In February of 1995, Major Martyn was accepted to Officer Candidate School and was soon commissioned as a Second Lieutenant at Fort Benning, Georgia.  Major Martyn served as a Platoon Leader/Instructor Pilot in the First Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas.  Following an assignment to the Army Aviation Advanced Course at Fort Rucker, he served as the Battalion Adjutant/Instructor Pilot in the Second Infantry Division at Camp Page, Korea.  In November of 1999, Major Martyn was accepted for, and completed, an interservice transfer to the U.S. Air Force.  Following the MH-53J/M Pave Low Helicopter transition, he was assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command’s (AFSOC’s) 21st Special Operations Squadron at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom.  In January of 2005, Major Martyn was selected as Chief of the USAF’s Night Operations Center of Excellence.  Major Martyn has flown contingency missions in four AORs and is a Command Pilot with over 2,500 flight hours, including over 225 combat hours.  Major Martyn has served in Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Bosnia, and the Global War on Terrorism (OEF & OIF) – Kandahar, Afghanistan / Djibouti, Africa / Irbil, Iraq / Balad, Iraq / Kabul, Afghanistan.

Major Martyn is married to the former Susie Hinrichs of Tempe, Arizona, and they have three sons, Ryan (15), Tyler (14), and Zachary (14). 

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1.  February 1988 – April 1988, U.S. Army Basic Training, Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

2. April 1988 – April 1988, Warrant Officer Entry Course, Fort Rucker, Alabama.

3. May 1988 – June 1989, Initial Entry Rotary Wing Flight Training / AH-64A Apache Initial Qualification, Fort Rucker, Alabama.

4. June 1989 – July 1990, AH-64A Aircraft Commander, Fort Hood, Texas.

5. July 1990 – July1993, AH-64A Aircraft Commander, Third Armored Division, Hanau, Germany.

6.  August 1993 – February 1995, AH-64A Initial Qualification Instructor Pilot, Fort Rucker, Alabama.

7.  February 1995 – May 1995, Student, Army Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia.

8. June 1995 – March 1998, Platoon Leader / Instructor Pilot, First Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

9. April 1998 – October 1998, Student, Army Aviation Officer Advanced Course, Fort Rucker, Alabama.

10. November 1998 – November 1999, Battalion Adjutant / Instructor Pilot, Second Armored Division, Camp Page, Korea.

11. November 1999 – January 2001, Student, MH-53J/M Helicopter Transition, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.

12. January 2001 – December 2004, MH-53M Instructor Pilot, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom.

13. January 2005 – March 2008, Chief, Night Operations Center of Excellence, Mesa, Arizona. 

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