StarForce Operations Leadership

  John Haskin  ~   Sr. Vice President & Regional Manager

​Jon has been with StarForce since 2001.  He leads route operations across a 10 state region stretching from Wisconsin and Illinois in the East to the states of Washington and Alaska in the West.  

Prior to StarForce Jon served in the Air Force for more than twenty years retiring with the rank of Master Sergeant.  For much of his career, he worked as a highly skilled mechanic maintaining the F-1 stealth fighter fleet, ending his career as an award winning Air Force recruiter.  
Neil Taylor  ~   Sr. Vice President & Regional Manager

​Neil joined StarForce in 2003, and since 2004 has led operations in the Great Plains region extending from Missouri and Kansas through Arkansas and  Oklahoma. In addition to his regional operations leadership Neil serves as StarForce's Corporate Lead for Emergency Response and Crisis Management.  

Neil retired from the Air Force as a Major, having served as a navigator and flight instructor on the B-52.  Neil also serves as the Deputy Commander of the Civil Air Patrol in Kansaas.
 Gary Balcom ~  Sr. Vice President & Regional Manager

​Gary came on board in 2003 as the lead driver for StarForce's intensive local bus operations at the Lansing MEPS.  In 2010 Gary was promoted to Regional Manager for the Great Lakes Regions now focused on Michigan and Northern Ohio.

Gary retired from the Army as a Sergeant Major. After his distinguished military career, Gary spent years as a safety and security supervisor at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Michigan in charge of facility security and compliance, and supervising a team of weapons trained guards.
​John Carroll, Jr.  ~ Vice President & Regional Manager

​​John joined StarForce in 2o10 when the opportunity arose to expand route operations toward the eastern seaboard in support of the Springfield, Massachusetts MEPS.  John now leads operations over the multi-state Northeast Region.   

John also serves as a Selectman and Police Commissioner for his hometown of Ware, MA, and is a retired Massachusetts State Trooper. 
Harold Gonzales ~  Vice President & Regional Manager

​Harold joined StarForce in 2015 following a distinguished and decorated career in the US Army.  

In 2017 he was promoted to Regional Manager supervising  the Ohio Valley Region (including the states of Indiana, Kentucky, and southern half of Ohio)..  He also serves as Chief of MEPCOM Contracts and Operations, working directly with StarForce Headquarters and liaising with Regional Management in support of existing MEPS operations.
Bernard Green ~  Vice President & Regional Manager

Bernard joined StarForce in the Spring of 2015, and was soon promoted to Regional Manager supervising operations in the Gulf States of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Prior to StarForce, Bernard owned and operated a successful livery service contracted to provide transportation to the Louisiana Governor's office.  

​He is a graduate of Jackson State University, where he played wide receiver for the football team.
David Sutliff ~  Vice President & Regional Manager

David Sutliff has been with StarForce since 2008 when he came on board to lead the driver team at StarForce's new Spokane MEPS operation.  In 2015, he was promoted to Area Manager in the Northwest Region, and in 2017, was promoted to Regional Manager supervising or StarForce's operations in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

David is a Navy Veteran, having served during the Vietman War.  Afterward, David enjoyed an extensive career in the management of public school transportation in Washington State.

Operations Support Team

Bob Bray ~ Vice President and National Driver Trainer

Bob has been with StarForce since the initiation of the Wisconsin Overland Recruiting Route System in 2001.  He's driven challenging northern Wisconsin and Upper Peninsula Michigan routes.  He's played a critical roll setting up the lion's share of StarForce's expanding route system over the years -- including vehicle positioning, and fine tuning the practical logistics during the first few weeks of new operations and, most importantly,  training many of our drivers to the military's and US DOT standard. 

Bob's is now the Company's National Driver Trainer, responsible for ensuring the drivers are well prepared to execute on behalf of the military.  Prior to StarForce, Bob had a distinguished career in the United States Coast Guard. 
Marchand McGruder
​Assistant Vice President & Area Manager
Patrice Portis
Assistant Vice President & Area Manager
Florida Area Operations

In the fall of 2013, MEPCOM invited StarForce to implement transportation services at two of the nation's busiest MEPS, Tampa MEPS, and Jacksonville MEPS.

Marchand McGruder joined StarForce as Area Manager at that time to help supervise operations at Tampa and other Gulf-side operations.

Patrice Portis joined StarForce as Area Manager supervising StarForce operations at Jacksonville and other Atlantic-side operations.

Both Marchand and Patrice brought extensive experience with large commercial coach operations to StarForce.