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Suicide Prevention

September 2017 was National Suicide Prevention Month. On August 1-3, 2017 the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans affairs held a Suicide Prevention Conference in Denver Colorado which focused on the prevention of Suicides across both Departments. The theme of this year’s conference was “#Be There – It Takes a Community.” During

Behind the Scenes: A Supply NCO Shares His Experiences and Insights

Outside our 92Y ALC classroom at Ft. Knox. Standing to my right is Sgt. 1st Class Ho Nguyen, primary instructor and to my left Sgt. Feliz Vinluan, class leader. JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Are you a soldier who is in the supply field? I would like to share a little bit about myself and

What is Your Legacy?

In Simon Sinek’s book “The Infinite Game” he contrasts the idea of infinite and finite games as it relates to organizational operational philosophy and culture. Although I am not a fan of the term game as it relates to the Army; in the context of the book’s central idea it is an effective metaphor. The

Repeating Day One of Basic Training

“Not only was this event good for unit cohesion and morale, but it allowed for Drill Sergeants to ‘effectively’ exercise their experience and knowledge on a group of Day-One Soldiers,” said Staff Sgt. Cameron Edmonds, an Alpha Company drill sergeant FORT CUSTER TRAINING CENTER, Mich. — Soldiers rarely forget their first day of Basic Training.