He graduated from enlisted combat skills Combatives Level 1 MH-60 Maintainers Course Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School MH-60 Non-Rated Crew Member Course the Basic and Advanced Leaders courses and the MH-60 Flight Instructors Course. While assigned to 160th SOAR (A), Marketta deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and deployed multiple times to Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.
In 2014, Marketta remained in 1st Battalion, 160th SOAR (A) for service as an MH-60M crew chief. He spent 18 months as an aircraft repairer in 1st Battalion, 160th SOAR (A). He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) upon completing advanced individual training, and the regiment’s extensive training and assessment program in 2012. Marketta enlisted in the Army in 2011 as a 15T UH-60 Black Hawk repairer. “Their level of dedication to the 160th SOAR (A) and their exemplary service in the Army is the embodiment of what it means to be a Night Stalker and a Soldier.”
Graham, commander of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), according to the media release. Shelton has left a scar in this Regiment that will never completely heal,” said Col.