Over the years both as a soldier and a Warrant Officer, I have had to start over again and again. Whether that was due to reassignment, change of mission, or change of command problem is the same, new people, new, place , new mission. As a soldier I did my best to read, study and follow orders to become a productive as possible. I relied on the knowledge of my…
So after weeks and weeks of up and down in temperature the weather finally made a decision. And for the month of May that decision was hot and dry. So with the temperature stabilized we got to work turning beds and planting seed. I also had a huge flashback to my years as a young soldier. One of the days while I was turning soil and hoeing rows I could…
As a leader and trainer of soldiers one of the greatest pleasures is seeing the first budding of new ideas and synergy. That moment when confusion and uncertainty leaves and understanding and excitement becomes apparent. Whether is how to use a weapon or hope to apply an intelligence method the look is almost always the same. And for that brief moment all the work seems to have paid for itself.…
