Name: Jeff Bradley
Hometown: Londonderry, NH
Major: M.S., Environmental Engineering
Class of 2005
Thanks to the School of Engineering's distance education program, Jeff
Bradley was able to continue his studies - even during a recent deployment
to the Middle East.
Jeff serves as an executive officer with the Army's Combat Engineer
Company headquartered at Fort Polk, Louisiana. When not deployed, his
company focuses on realistic combat training as well as honing its construction
skills on numerous projects dealing with border control.
During the recent war with Iraq, Jeff's company was deployed to Kuwait
and then Iraq to help provide force protection and basecamp improvement
in Iraq. His battalion also was responsible for the construction of an
enemy prisoner of war camp.
Jeff says he was able to continue his studies right up to the moment when
he crossed into Iraq, at which time he needed to devote 100 percent of
his efforts to ensure successful completion of his assigned missions.
"The faculty, staff and instructor I had were very understanding
and flexible throughout my deployment," Jeff says.
A 2000 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Jeff says
he picked SMU for graduate school because it offered the "greatest
options with qualified staff and instructors."
When he completes his command time with the Army, Jeff says he plans to
pursue a career with the Army Corps of Engineers dealing with wetlands
and remediation projects of contaminated waterways.
