Posted on Feb 17, 2020
Who was your greatest mentor or leader who helped shape your career or future success?
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I always think back to who made me the soldier I was to become. My mentor, who more than likely never knew, was SSG Harry Wimbrough, later to become CSM Wimbrough, a CSM of the Old Guard. As an Army Ranger, he taught me to be technically and tactically proficient. As a former member and later CSM of the Old Guard, he taught me the importance of Drill and Ceremony as it relates to military history. It was a privilege to have been in his squad.
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CPL Douglas Chrysler You are right! But for me, there was that one who just stood out.
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Some of yall know him. SSG Gray type still hangs out around fort hood!
Challenged me to stay on top of my game when I was enlisted, and has always offered great insights into motivation and training.
Challenged me to stay on top of my game when I was enlisted, and has always offered great insights into motivation and training.
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LTC Stephen F.
Thank you CPT (Join to see) for honoring SSG Gray who challenged you "to stay on top of my game when I was enlisted, and has always offered great insights into"
By the way the author of this post SGT (Join to see) died last year. He left behind his widow Barbara.
FYI CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD SSG (Join to see)
By the way the author of this post SGT (Join to see) died last year. He left behind his widow Barbara.
FYI CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD SSG (Join to see)
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SFC Aubrey Smith who we met getting off the bus that rainy night at Ft.Lewis Wa.Nov 1965,Basic training NCO and Platoon Sergeant for Alpha Co.3/8 Inf.4th Inf.Div.for the next ten months of training then just to make sure we didn’t screw up he continued his duties as our Platoon Sergeant in Vietnam in the field with us on every operation (easily could have used his rank to get out of the boonies at any time) a professional in his craft ,his kind are rare and unequaled and we were lucky to have had him.
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That reminds me of Gardens of Stone movie. The SFC wanted to go with his Old Guard troopers to Nam.
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SGT Philip Roncari
CWO 3 William McIntosh- SFC Smith was certainly not James Caan and he could have had many chances to avoid going out to the boonies with us,believe me many of his peers did just that ,but he was old school straight leg Infantry,those rare old breed guys that are hard core grunts you only get to meet once in a life time.
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