AUTHOR
Ivo Zelinka
MAJ Ivo Zelinka, presently the Deputy Commander of the 43rd Airborne Battalion. US Army Ranger School graduate (Class 09-03) and Marine Corps University graduate (2013). Deployed in Kosovo (2005) as an infantry platoon leader; deployed in Afghanistan (2007) in Badakhshan province as the Deputy Commander of the Bravo Detachment; deployed in Afghanistan (2009) in Logar province as the Commander of the Recon Detachment; deployed in Afghanistan (2011) in Wardak province as the Lead Mentor of the Bravo ANA Infantry Company, 6th Kandak.