SFC Dearman's career encompasses various positions of highly demanding intellectual capacities, culminating with his service as a Warranted Level III Contingency Contracting Officer during two of six combat deployments. As a contracting professional, SFC Dearman received the numbered Expeditionary Contracting Command (ECC) Contingency Contracting Officer (CCO) Award, demonstrating his technical and tactical expertise as an entrusted steward of millions of tax payers dollars.…
16. what must not be jeopardized by requiring too large a portion of a given commodity of service?…
General Savage arrives at the base with a commitment and determination to revitalize the 918 bomb squad. Armed with only a vision, he sets out to provide the crew with something to be proud of and take ownership in. He realizes the crew needs a common goal, a reason to push forward and perform at their very best. In other words, they must perform as a team. General Savage brings a mix of leadership and management to the base in order to accomplish this mission.…
As the All-Source Integration Cell (ASIC) NCOIC, SSG Marshall organized and managed an Intelligence Cell of 30 Soldiers from three companies across four shifts. He led the creation of the BN's All-Source Support to Processing Exploitation and Dissemination Reach operations Standard Operating Procedures, and standardized products which supported over 1,300 kinetic strikes greatly degrading ISIS capabilities in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.…
2. Why is there such an abundance of rations? Miscalculation – did not count on so much of a lose of life on the front.…
SGT Schwab diligence, hard work and commitment to his unit while performing as a Team Leader. During his time out at the platoon LFX SGT Schwab took it upon his self to shoulder more then his share of the task while taking charge and shooting the AT-4 and conducting the ballistic breach on build 2 on the LFX range. His hard work had set the example for all Team Leader to follow in Bravo…
After war a tank battalion was inserted as an organic element in every infantry division…
SPC Jones was paramount to Bravo Team, 1st Platoon's success as an informal leader. He consistently takes initiative and inspires other soldiers to meet his high standards. The BN CSM praised SPC Jone's operations, safety, and organization while taking charge of the BN M2 Range ASP on 23 April…
The division was deactivated shortly after World War I and recommissioned to active service at Camp Barkeley, Texas, on March 25th, 1942. Quietly because no one knew that this was a unit whose destiny it was to smash the German defenses in Normandy, to break the enemy's back in the Foret de Mont Castre, and later to break his heart on the banks of Moselle. Quietly it was born because no one knew of the victories that lay before it, of Chambois and Oberwampach and the Saar and Koenigsmacker, of the Triumphany thrust across the soil of France, and the part of the 90th was to play in the reduction of the imgregnable fortress of the Metz.…
Where are the MacArthurs? Where are the Audie Murphys? They are all gone. We don’t have any out there." Coming from a guy who’s never been shot at in his entire life, that’s a pretty bold statement. But, you see, leaders were out there. And they are out there. And YOU will be out there. The Pattons and the Bradleys and the Audie Murphys, they aren’t running around in peacetime killing people, I hope to hell! it takes a war to demonstrate that we have these people in our ranks, and our ranks are loaded with them. They are loaded with them-and you are going to be one of them when you join our ranks. If there is any doubt in anybody’s mind, or was any doubt in anybody’s mind, there sure as hell isn’t any doubt now, because it took us 100 hours to kick the ass of the fourth largest army in the world! Competence with character. That’s what you must have. That’s what you are going to carry with you from West Point. Those of you who really believe what you are learning here. To hell with the cynics. Believe it! Believe it! Believe it! You must believe it if you are going to be a leader of the 21st –century military. You must believe it!” Throughout, the Corps had interrupted the general repeatedly with roars of approval – there is no other way to describe their spontaneous and enthusiastic reception of his presentation. At the end, the First Captain (the cadet commander of the Corps of Cadets), asked him if he would stand for questions. Schwarzkopf had not planned to do so – an audience of nearly 5000 normally is not a good forum for questions – but he graciously accepted the invitation. He held the cadets enthralled for another half hour or so with humor and candor. His performance was a textbook demonstration of charisma and its impact on a body of people. Finally, he paused, looked out over the Corps, and once more made his point: “we’ve had a good time tonght and we’ve had a lot of laughs, but I don’t want you to forget what I told you before. Don’t ever…
The military shapes you into an all around person, and for some a man. The value of hard work, discipline and your country are the things that were hammered into you day after day. The mission was the chance to give back to your country, and it was Kent was certain about taking. His family was truly missed and everything he had back home would be to, but there were no regrets. Something good was bound to come out of what he was doing and that is what he always had on him mind. 19 years ago, still would have gotten on that plane.…
This essay is on the importance of remembering my gear at all times. Proper gear accountability can range from the most important pieces of gear such as my rifle all the way to my Kevlar. The units and individual soldier to whom this gear is issued are held accountable for maintaining them. Losing a piece of gear could have repercussions ranging from payment for lost property to legal action. Losing or not keeping up with your gear and equipment results to you not being mission ready. That is the last thing you want to happen to you or your unit. Especially, when you are a part of something important as GRF. The purpose of the GRF is to have units who are able to quickly deploy and execute decisive-action operations in support of combat operations and in some cases provide humanitarian assistance. If my unit was miraculously called up to deploy anywhere I would’ve been the one to hold the whole operation up. Most likely I would stay behind and have someone who has their stuff together take my spot. I have to stay in that mindset that we can be anywhere at a moment notice. That was bad on my part that I let myself get so careless when it come to my equipment. Before I went home that day I should’ve checked for all of my PPI because that’s exactly what I would do down range. I have to start getting into the battle rhythm now of checking my equipment every time I take it out into the field, range, or for something simply as a detail.…
Five years after his December, 2000, arrival, Chief Executive Robert L. Nardelli is putting his stamp on what was long a decentralized, entrepreneurial business under founders Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. And if his company starts to look and feel like an army, that's the point. Nardelli loves to hire soldiers. In fact, he seems to love almost everything about the armed services. The military, to a large extent, has become the management model for his entire enterprise. Of the 1,142 people hired into Home Depot's store leadership program, a two-year training regimen for future store managers launched in 2002, almost half, 528 are junior military officers. More than 100 of them now run Home Depots.” It’s one thing to have faced a tough customer. It's another to face the enemy shooting at you. So they probably will be pretty calm under fire."…
The Army is a great profession were many individuals come together and make the impossible happen. This institution has to overcome more obstacles then most average career paths will take you. The only way these thing have happened and will continue to happen is through discipline, leadership, training and mentorship. The army is always changing at a fast rate of speed and without these elements the profession of arms will fall apart. After over a decade of war the army is changing again and as members of this profession it’s our duty to strive to be the best not only for the immediate goals but for the long term future of the Army.…
They captured airfield in western Crate and that were benefitted to them for future operations. After a week of heavy fighting, British commanders suggested to withdrawn. So the evacuation was carried out and Cunningham’s ships suffered a lot of damages. But he was determined that “Navy must not let the army down” and as a Naval officer shown the dedication, confidence, commitment and accountability of his works. Though the Army Generals were feared to evacuate and loosing of ships, he never got back. Because of that attitude of him and his men 85% of men in Create were rescued.(out of 22000 men 16500 rescued ) and he lost three Cruisers and six destroyers. The operational level leadership lessons learnt from the battle of Create can be summarized as follows.…