Honor Society® member
Kodi Barfoot
Defense Travel Systems Coordinator/ Administrator at United States Army: Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan
- Criminal Justice Cognate in Criminal Psychology
- Class of 2024
- Whitesboro, TX
Member since December 2023
About
Kodi is a senior at Liberty University. She earned her associate in criminal justice through American Military University in 2023. Her major is criminal justice with a cognate in criminal psychology and minoring in general psychology. While serving active duty in the Army she found a curiosity in the field of criminal justice and began to pursue her studies to further her education, as well as her infatuation for criminal justice, especially the world of criminal investigations. After high school Kodi received a Rodeo scholarship through Clarendon College to compete in intercollegiate rodeo. Unfortunately, circumstances changed, and she left college without finishing her associate degree. After a few years of career changes and relocating, she enlisted active duty into the Army in 2018 and honorably discharged in 2023.
During her time in service, she was the recipient of several awards to include the Army Commendation Medal, 3 Army Achievement Medals, Armed Forces Service Medal, and Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Developmental Ribbon.
She is very goal oriented, detail oriented, and has an overall high driven work ethic.
Education
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Liberty University
B.S. in Criminal Justice with a cognate Criminal Psychology w/ minor in general Psychology
2023 – 2024
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American Military University
A.A. in Criminal Justice
2020 – 2023
Honors and awards
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Honor Society
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Dean's list
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Army Achievement Medal X3
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Army Commendation Medal
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Army Good Conduct Medal
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National Defense Service Medal
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Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
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Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
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Korea Defense Service Medal
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Armed Forces Service Medal
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Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon
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Overseas Ribbon
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Kodi aspires to pursue a career as a criminal profiler or behavior analysts for organizations such as NCIS, CID, FBI, etc. Her ideal career would involve becoming an investigator or police detective. Later on, she would also like to teach the importance of mental health and how psychology plays a large role in the criminal justice field. Overall, she strives to pursue a career that ties her advocacy for mental health into investigating.
- Graduate school interests
Kodi is graduating in the fall of 2024 with her bachelor's in criminal justice: criminal psychology. She plans to further her criminal justice degree by pursing her master's degree in forensic psychology at Liberty University. After completion she also aims to attend Texas Woman's University and pursue her M.B.A in general business to better set herself apart from her peers in the field of criminal justice and expand her hiring preferences/ opportunities.
- Outside the classroom
Competitive rodeo and barrel racing, golf, mentorship opportunities, bible study, church band/ choir, working with agriculture.
Experience
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Defense Travel Systems Coordinator/ Administrator
United States Army: Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan
Oct 2021 – Sep 2023
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Lead Human Resources Specialist
Unites States Army: Camp Carroll, South Korea
Sep 2020 – Sep 2021
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Lead Training Management Specialist
United States Army: Fort Hood, TX
Oct 2018 – Aug 2020
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Patriot Missile Systems Operator/ Maintainer
United States Army: Fort Hood, TX
Jul 2018 – Oct 2018
Volunteering
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Volunteer
Service Dogs of New Mexico
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
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Special needs rodeo volunteer
Panola College Rodeo Team
Jun 2014 – Jul 2014
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
Additional information
Organizations
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Future Farmers of America (FFA)
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American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA)
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National Little Britches Rodeo Association (NLBRA)
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Texas High School Rodeo Association Region IV
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National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association
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National Barrel Horse Association (NBHA)
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Texas 4-H Club
