My Duties And Responsibilities In Deployment

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Describe your duties and responsibilities during your last deployment.
During my last deployment I was a Headquarters Service Company (HSC) Advisor teaching, coaching, and mentoring a Headquarters Service Company commander responsible for the support of a 700 man Iraqi motorized infantry battalion. I supervised all organic and nonorganic logistical elements supporting the Iraqi Battalion, provides guidance and directives to HSC Commander and other logistic personnel. I worked with the Iraqi Brigade personnel and advisors to account for/maintain equipment, respond to all logistic suspense 's, conduct internal and external inspections, and ensure the unit had the required resources and equipment to complete its mission.
What distinguished you
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I want to be sincere; in my opinion, our families are a very important and crucial part of our career and more importantly our lives. Therefore, they were a key consideration in developing both my long term and short-term goals. My long-term goal is to achieve a senior logistician position in a Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) that support forward operations while simultaneously supporting large army formations at home station. One of my highest aspirations is to be a key individual in establishes, or significantly advancing a logistics system, such as Global Combat Support System – Army (GCSS-A) which is currently replacing several logistics systems. Therefore, developed my short-term and near term goals within this scope.

My short-term goals are set both by me personal preference and Army requirements. First, complete a key development (KD) that enhances my experience and knowledge. Second, complete a master’s program in international relationship or management and leadership. Third, Complete and be selected for a joint assignment. Finally, be selected for battalion command of a combat sustainment support battalion (CSSB) which is one of the most challenging units in the logistics
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I want to be sincere, in my opinion our families are a very important and crucial part of our career and more importantly our lives. Therefore, they were a key consideration in developing both my long term and short term goals. My long term goal is to achieve a senior logistician position in a Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) that support forward operations while simultaneously supporting large army formations at home station. One of my highest aspirations is to be a key individual in establishes, or significantly advancing a logistics system, such as Global Combat Support System – Army (GCSS-A) which is currently replacing several logistics systems. Therefore, developed my short-term and near term goals within this

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