Staff Sergeant

The Escape It was 1944 in Western Poland, it was 3:53 a.m in the Erwachsene sector in Auschwitz. Obergefreiter (Senior Corporal) Dietrich Merz was on a coffee break. It was the middle of winter. It was a record low temperature that night. -47˚F was the annual high that winter. It was miserable outside. Guards and prisoners were suffering just as the rest of the population in the area. It was a winter that would be remembered for years to come. Ana Baka, ID:10605, was curled under her…

The oldest living being known to mankind, a soldier of a war long since forgotten, Demon Buffalo, also known as Olding Oldington. This is a story of how this war, the war that scared our protagonist, ended. Old was leader of a three man infiltration squad that was sent to go through the ranks of one of the other planets governments and leak information to the populace to cause panic before Old’s government sweeps in seemingly like a beacon of hope, when in actuality it was a ruse in order to…

As the Deputy Exercise Director for the 86th Training Division, I was responsible for training and assessing military units as required by directives and standard operating procedures through assigned large-scale exercises that average over 90 organizations, 4,500 Soldiers, and $3.2 million in expenditures. Safety is a primary concern during training, so I emplaced a strong safety program that prevented major safety incidents. Providing the most realistic and demanding training possible is the…

The Army is absolutely a professional organization that is led and maintained by professionals, but that does not mean that every member of the Army is a professional simply by association or being a service member. “Undoubtedly, the Army is considered a profession today. But, we must remember that the Army is not a profession just because we say so.”. Being considered a professional means that an individual has had both time and experience to be developed into a professional. Entry level…

Diversity in any type of organization is beneficial for all individuals involved to include top management to the ground employees. Having diversity in a workplace encourages tolerance, acceptance and more rounded place for all employees to work for. It gives persons the ability to grow and to also go up the ladder in the company. Diversity in the military has always been a problem involving women and minorities, but in the last decade there has been a real focus on the lack of minorities in…

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the impact that SFC James L. Green III has had on the ARMY and on me. At the same time I will discuss how SFC Green’s legacy has and will shape the legacy that I intend to leave. Let me start by providing some background about SFC Green. SFC Green grew as an ARMY brat. In my opinion this is one of the reasons he developed so much resilience and so much knowledge of the ARMY in all of its aspects. During his younger years he passed his time between…

“Lead by Example” is a term that has no origin, per se, but is visible throughout history further back than Alexander the Great (356 BC – 323 BC). A king at age 19, and conqueror of much of the known world, would draw a sword and lead the charge. The sight of Alexander leading the charge had a motivational inspiring effect on his army that no force on Earth could withstand. As a result of his leadership style, he has no recorded battlefield losses during 11 years of conquest. As a side note, I…

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.. The definition of unscathed, according to Webster, is without suffering any injury, damage, or harm. I sometimes wonder if this just means physically or does in include emotional wounds. Not saying that I have been scathed by anything I have been through or conquered, I’m just wondering. The definition of a combat veteran, according to me, is a beer drinking, flag flying, barbequing American. It isn’t someone who…

INTRODUCTION Have you ever observed the interaction of two people and based on their body language you arrived at the conclusion that they may have been divorced for a year, remarried two years later, and on the verge of another divorce? Ok, that may be a little too detailed and you have keen observation skills, but what about observing one individual? These are some of the times that we bring out our Sociological Imagination which is the ability to see our personal lives in the context of the…

A Senior NCO orchestrated a prostitution ring utilizing lower enlisted females and glamorized a quick source of income. Sergeant First Class McQueen struggled with his finances. If his peers observed his financial issues, addressed it prior to a quick money scheme, a prostitution ring would not have been formed. This fosters an environment where there is no trust in the…