Col Allison holds his master’s degree in Public Administration; he is a qualified Parachutist, Ranger and Jungle Warfare Expert. Among his decorations and awards are the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, three Bronze Stars (two for heroism in ground combat), the Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster and the Army Commendation Medal. Each decoration and award immensely deserved, as he served briefly on assignment in Korea on the Demilitarized Zone with the 9th Calvary Regiment, 1st Calvary Division before joining the Korean Military Advisory Group and served as an Aide-de-Camp. Upon returning from Korea in 1964 , Lt. Allison was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia as an instructor at the US Army Infantry School. In 1967 Captain Allison was detailed to the Infantry Branch and in due course assigned to duty in Vietnam as an Infantry Company Commander in the 2nd Battalion (Mechanized), 22nd Infantry, 25th Infantry Division.
e. Newspaper article about medals awarded to 1LT SBS. f. Biography of Lieutenant General W.B. Fulton (Deceased), former Commanding General of 9th Infantry Division. g. Biography of Colonel G.I. Tutwiller (Deceased), former battalion Commander, 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry. 12. On 5 December 2014, the HRC Awards and Decorations Branch responded to Congressman
Task Organization: TC-16-001 1. SITUATION: A. Enemy Forces: N/A (1) Terrain: Petersburg National Battlefield-City Point is an urban environment with wood, brick and steel structures, interlaced with several improved and unimproved roads B. Friendly Forces: N/A (1) Higher Mission: ALU is the Army's premier learning institution, delivering game-changing sustainment professionals to support unified land operations and generating force capability. (2) Higher CDR Intent: Training future leaders of the US Army, to Army standards, by develop leadership, and evaluate officer potential.
For outstanding meritorious achievement from 1 April 2016 to 1 June 2017. Placed in a critical position, Master Sergeant Mandell consistently executed and resourced training events for more than 3000 personnel, and over 23 million of dollars. Master sergeant Mandell has set himself apart from his peers by continually displaying the highest levels of efficiency, professionalism, and leadership. His acheivements reflect great credit upon himself, the Connecticut Army National Guard and the United States Army.
Greta 's older brother has suffered from chronic depression for several years. Unfortunately, Greta has been incorrectly informed by her parents that there is a 40 percent chance she will also suffer from depression. Explain how the availability heuristic, framing, the confirmation bias, and belief perseverance might lead Greta to conclude that she will definitely be a victim of a severe depressive disorder. Heuristic is something that is going to stick with her as she will always remember that she has a chance of getting depression in her life, she will also have the form that she will have it be a 40% chance.
From the lesson of training, I also realized the weight that officers hold when it comes to building trust, motivating, and pushing their soldiers. They are going to expect the utmost level of skill as well as professionalism that you must provide as an officer. In return, it is your right to expect the same level of excellence from your soldiers, being there to push them above the standard and holding them to being experts and professionals. This is a trait that no matter how skilled you or your soldiers may be, there will always be room for constant improvement and
Sergeant First Class Justin L. Pierce distinguished himself with exemplary meritorious service in positions of great importance and increased responsibility throughout his 22 year career and service to the U.S. Army and this nation. His career culminated as a Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Engineer Observer/Controller – Trainer for the 3rd-315th Brigade Engineer Battalion (BEB), 177th Armored Brigade; a multi-component training brigade with First Army Division East. Sergeant First Class Pierce's knowledge, technical expertise and broad depth of understanding of all critical requirements for training, readiness and combat engineer operations were instrumental in developing a concise and detailed training structure and objectives in order to
Returning to the 4th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) to assume command as the brigade commander brings me much joy to be reunited with great Non-Commission Officers and Officers that I have previously served with. Unfortunately, this brigade is no longer the brigade I remember when I commanded a battalion within the 4th ABCT not so long ago. In the last 30 days, I have had the opportunity to observe the ABCT and review a multitude of historical documents to assess the state of the brigade. During my observation, I believe the critical leadership problem in the 4th ABCT’s is the lack of vision for the brigade. Therefore, this critical problem has led to other challenging issues within the brigade.
Candidate Maxwell’s performance was commendatory. He took less than one minute to compose his five paragraph order and delivered it with the confidence and clarity of someone who had rehearsed. The details in the order were identical to that of which he received. During the movement to the objective, he was alert and able to control his fire team while maintaining awareness of the situation and environment around him. Candidate Maxwell was able to identify the enemy prior to being engaged, and made the decision to immediately fire at the enemy showing a biased for action.
I have left you a copy of the “Consideration for Command”, passed on by the best leader I have ever experienced, General James Hobson, my boss at ATI. General Hobson is a true leader with great experience commanding soldiers and civilians. I learned much from him in the five years I traveled and worked with him. When I left his organization, to be the Chief in Conway, he handed me these considerations
The 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) (TSC) promoted one of its own today. It was a true honor to be a part of Athena Oliver’s promotion from chief warrant officer three (CW3) to the rank of CW4. The Army has a unique esprit de corps, as we work, train, and fight beside each other in the tireless effort to protect the American people and preserve our way of life. Through war and peace, the Army is a professional organization—a Family. Warrant officers are highly skilled, single-track specialty officers, the ranks CW2 through CW5, are commissioned by the President of the United States and take the same oath as regular commissioned officers (O 1 to O 10).
Command Expectations of a Military Intelligence Sergeant First Class Being promoted in the United States military to the rank of Sergeant First Class is the first step that a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) takes into the senior enlisted ranks. With this promotion comes a new set of responsibilities from a command’s perspective. Until this point in the career of an NCO, their respective focus has been to a team or squad. The expectations of a junior or mid-level NCO to their team or squad are often basic accountability, personnel task management, and dissemination of information. Taking the next step from Staff Sergeant into the realm of Senior NCO as a Sergeant First Class means more direct involvement with the command team of a unit and additional
Although sophisticated advancements have certainly changed the game of warfare, it has never been easy to carry, in any sense, for soldiers. Tim O’Brien evaluates the real burdens, both emotional and physical, of the Vietnam War in The Things They Carried. While the men of Alpha Platoon certainly are heavily weighed down in a physical sense, the mental burdens of war remain ever heavier -- as reflected in O’Brien’s title, The Things They Carried. Throughout The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien vividly represents the Vietnam War’s tangible and intangible impacts through the journeys of three characters: Jimmy Cross, Kiowa, and Norman Bowker.
Nemerov, who was remembered for his accomplishments as an outstanding student and an airman, discusses education and learning systems through his poem. Influenced by his father’s form of education in a foreign nation, Nemerov references his father’s name in the title of the poem. The speaker criticizes the concept of simple memorization and advises that the “grand confusion of the world” belongs hidden from consecutive generations (17). This statement glorifies the disappearance of confusion and the academic journey into the unknown, displaying clarified knowledge that is simply and mindlessly passed on to the receiver of the poem. Encouraging students to “study books and listen to what [they] are told”, this speaker presents a fundamentally
The Effective Military Leader Warrant Officer Romero, Philip T. SPC: Captain Dearth, 1st Platoon The book “Black Hearts One Platoons Descent into Madness in Iraq’s Triangle of Death” by Jim Frederick is a true story about multiple leadership failures and six United States Soldiers from 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division who were convicted for their involvement in horrible crimes while deployed to Iraq. The horrific acts including rape as well as murder committed by the soldiers of 1st platoon were a direct result of poor military leadership. Bad leadership will corrupt any military unit.
