Master Sergeant

The term mission command probably draws immediate blank stares from many noncommissioned officers. The phrase alone lends itself to falling under the umbrella of commanders, strictly officer business, not in the wheelhouse of sergeants. Mission command is the next generation of Command and Control. Command and Control utilized trickle down leadership, propelled downward through the chain of command from the commander to the lowest level. Mission Command involves all leaders, not just the…

over, he noticed that they read they were out of Camp Parks in California, how was that possible he wondered. He handed the credentials back. The General eyeing the two men suspiciously, “What can I do for you?” “I’m Captain DeToya and this is Master Sergeant Teavana. Any place we can sit and talk, we’ve got quite a story for you General?” Captain DeToya said. MG General Boney looked both men over again, “I have to tell you two men that I feel very uncomfortable with both of you men, that I…

Staff Sergeant Soto enlisted in the Marine Corps in March, 2000 and attended recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, CA in March of 2000 as Private Soto. Private First Class (PFC) Soto attended the School of Infantry and Basic Machinegunnery at San Onfre, Camp Pendleton CA from June to August 2000. Upon Graduation PFC Soto reported to 1st Battalion, 1st Marines (1/1), Weapons Company (Wpns Co), Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT) Platoon (Plt) August 2000. PFC Soto was…

Williams (Retired). To me his most notable contributions to leader development were signified during his time as the Command Sergeant Major of Army Training and Doctrine Command. Even though he mentored many other NCOs and soldiers before me, there was a vast amount of knowledge that could be learned from him. He devoted himself to being the best trained and educated Soldier and…

Craig I. Simmons has held several key positions including serving as Human Resources Manager, Administrative Specialist, Battalion Master Trainer, Senior Guidance Counselor, Recruiting Company First Sergeant, Army JROTC Instructor and as Deputy Program Manager. While those positions provided him with a range of experience, Mr. Simmons obtained a wealth of knowledge, as well as operational experience which speaks volumes…

late 2006 to become a Civil Affairs soldier and lead a CA team as the NCOIC in Operation Enduring Freedom, within the first hundred days of arriving at forward operating base in Farah, Afghanistan; I was assigned an additional duty as the FOB acting Sergeant Major for a Provincial Reconstruction Team in an austere environment with over 300 joint forces to care for and provide NCO leadership. I will discuss some of the challenges encountered by this type of unique organization. As an experienced…

The Unfair Awards System during Iraq and Afghanistan SGM Roslyn D. Mason United States Sergeants Major Academy Sergeants Major Course (SMC) CL43B SGM JOHN A. KOLODGY October 10, 2016 Having been involved in both Iraq and Afghanistan wars the one consistent thing that I have noticed was a high distribution of awards to officers and senior enlisted whom did not deserve them. At first when reading the citations of extreme heroism, working above and beyond duties, and rank. One would come…

live as my mother did (without the handicap) by “Leading by Example.” I speak different languages to him from time to time as a way to plant the seed of desire for (cultural) learning. I returned to school at 45 to complete a Bachelor’s and now a Masters to show him that the learning process will never end and it is never too late to accomplish a goal. Further, statistics show that children of classically educated parent(s) will attain the same level of education (or higher) as their…

The Time I Got Stitches The worst thing that’s happened to me in my life was the time I had to get stitches. It was the summer of 2012. The weather was warm, but the wind was blazing. My cousin and I, who happened to live next door to each other in our old apartments were playing volleyball in the middle of the street, while our family were in the house hanging out. The ball we used was not hard so it could move with the wind. There were another set of apartments which everyone called the…

Even though the master tried to denied that it was their child you can tell by their skin tone. In Sira’s case which she is the mother of Siga, due to the fact that Dousika got horny when he’d seen her. As stated in the story “Siga’s mother was only a captive whom Dousika…