DaShawne Browne

Affiliation:	Active Duty
Rank:	Sergeant First Class
Branch:	Military Police Corps
Badge:	Drill Sergeant
MOS/AOC:	Military Police/31B42BP
Location:	Fort Leonard Wood
Hometown:	Atlanta

About Me: Hello all, my name is Staff Sergeant DaShawne Browne. I am currently serving as a Drill Sergeant stationed at Fort Leonard Wood or as some call it Fort lost in the woods. I am assigned to Bravo Company 795th Military Police Battalion. I have been a drill sergeant since August 2007 where I trained Basic Combat Training and also train the future military police of the Army. I join the army in 1998 at the age of seventeen as an Air Defense Artillery stinger to be exact. I did my basic at FT Sill E 1/40 and of course my advance individual training (AIT) at FT Bliss. My first duty station was McCully Barracks with 3/62 ADA, Germany. If you are familiar with the area it's in Mainz. I loved Germany and encourage people to go to Europe if you can it's a great experience. Coming from Atlanta, Ga (Decatur) going to Germany was a mind blowing experience. I learned that the world is truly an oyster and I needed to check out every aspect of it. I did a lot of traveling while I was there from the close countries Italy and many parts of Germany to Poland, France, Holland, Amsterdam, Prague, and several other countries. I will say that the Chaplin’s program and the Better Opportunity for Single Soldiers program (BOSS) were great while I was over there getting us trips everywhere for low price or free. While I was in Germany I deployed to Albania and Kosovo. Let’s not forget everyone in Germany's favorite place Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Combat Maneuver Training Center. If you meet someone who hasn't been to these places while they were in Germany they have not had the Army Germany experience. After having a blast in Germany my charming personality landed at the great post of Ft Drum Tenth Mountain Division, as we say at Ft Drum "to the top". I was assigned to 3/62 ADA and didn't deploy while I was there, but this was due to the fact that I had changed my job to become a military police officer. I did manage to go to FT Irwin for JROTC(Joint Readiness Training Center) and NTC (National Training Center). They were both great training experience. After changing my job to a military police I moved to FT Richardson, Alaska. I was assigned to 164th Military Police where we deployed to Afghanistan and several other areas in that region. We returned and the Army decided that it was my turn to be a Drill Sergeant. Well that's where I am now. It has been a challenging, but rewarding assignment at the same time. As a Drill Sergeant you have the chance to affect thousands of individual and this is something that not all Sergeants in the Army get a chance to do. I was also selected to be a part of a great program that I was honored to be a part of. It’s called the Drill Sergeant Mobile Exhibitor Program or DSEP, I know that's long title. This program picks certain Drill Sergeants who are currently under the mentorship and guidance of 1SG Keeling and Mr. Jim Beck to travel around the country and attend national events like NHRA, Nascar, etc... and tell their Army story. The Drill Sergeant talks to kids in the high schools about setting goals in their life, does physical fitness with them, talks to future soldier's coming in the Army about what they may possibly go through, and try to go to big event s to try to dispell many myths that the public thinks about not just the Army but the Armed Forces. This program works with recruiters and local contracted civilians to improve the readiness of the Army and is also a good tool for cultivating your leadership and teaching qualities while doing this. While on this blog I plan on posting picture of the things and places that I have been to and how the Army affected the youth I met. Well, I will make an effort to keep this up and whenever you get a chance please check out to important web sites that are sponsored by the Army they are http://www.planningforlife.com. This web site is good whether you are a solder or civilian it helps you be academically, physically, emotionally and financially. The next website is www.march2success.com. This web site allows anyone to practice the ACT,SAT, or ASVB for free. This is excellent program that many are not aware of. Well that's it about me and I look forward to the future post.