I just wrapped up my final trip with the Drill Sergeant Exhibitor Program (I will tell you why I am leaving the program early in my next post.) Future soldiers were the focus for this trip. I would team up with DS Robertson and this was our first time working together. We only had three visits to make, two in Nebraska and one in Wichita. The two trips in Nebraska were located in Lincoln and Omaha. The intent was to answer some questions...read more

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So, if you have read my last blog post you probably know that I am due to be at home by now. Well, I am writing this post as I sit in the terminal waiting to catch my final flight home. I have the time to write this because my first flight was delayed an hour and I had to catch a later flight. Here is the story, DS Semsick and I reached the airport on time and both of us were...read more

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15th November through the 19th of November. DS Semsick and I continued our tour of Ohio. We started off in Stow with a future soldier event. We got about 6 future soldiers and introduced them to some physical fitness training. Some of the exercises we used came from the Prep Drill, CD1, CD2 and the Recovery drill. After our PT session we returned to the recruiting station and fielded questions. The future soldiers seemed to have a little bit more reassurance after getting to work with us....read more

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From the 8th of October until the 13th of October, DS Semsick and I have been touring the great state of Ohio. The recruiting efforts in Ohio wanted to help give back to the community and host these expos that focus on health and fitness. We traveled to Findlay, Piqua, Akron, Mentor, and Kent State. Most of our visits were Strength in Action Zones but we also got to talk to a JROTC class and a participated in a future soldier event. The...read more

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So I am going to try something a little different with this post. I had so much to keep me busy in Des Moines and so much to write about I wanted to try and sum it all up at once. Where do I start? Running, I stick by my belief that the best way to check out any area you are at is by putting in some miles. As soon as I got to Des Moines, I jumped on the internet and scouted out my route. As soon as I got on the street I kind of felt as...read more

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Minneapolis, MN 27OCT: So if you have already may have read, recently I have been fortunate enough to work with one of the Army’s partners that help with our Social Media, Weber Shandwick. I got to meet this amazing team in Las Vegas, Nevada a few weeks ago when I attended the Blog World 2010 Expo. The team that we worked with operates out of Minneapolis and since I was in town so I had to follow up and meet the rest of the team. I arrived in the afternoon and got to meet everyone...read more

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27-28OCT: Over the past two days I have been pretty busy. I have visited two high schools around the Minneapolis area, Cooper High School and Park Center High School. On the 27th I visited the Hawks of Cooper High School, the school has about 2000 students who attend and I got to teach physical education to around 400 of the young adults. My recruiting contact for the area SGT Heller got us linked up with Coach Tim Palm who was very...read more

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26OCT: Today I got the privilege to work with SFC Pollack from the Hudson, WI recruiting company and we were on schedule to visit New Richmond, WI Tigers. Our plan was to assist the Physical Education faculty members and conduct Army Physical Readiness Training with the students. The school hosts near 900 students and we got to interact with about 150 of the students. I conducted six physical education classes before the day was out....read more

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20OCT: Today I got to work with the Toldeo, OH recruiting company under the command of CPT Justin T. Blades and 1SG Cory M. Bryan. First off they ran a fantastic event and got things started off right. Everything was setup and ready for the event. There were all sorts of Army equipment on display for the Panther students to check out. There was a UH-60, Hummer, drag car, Night Vision Goggles, model M-4 carbine rifles, dog tag machine, and even a little Rock Band. I was in charge of the...read more

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Blog World Expo 2010 13OCT2010: Las Vegas, Nevada. So I know not everyone gets this opportunity in the Army to go TDY to Sin City and I am considered one of the lucky ones. I have been to Vegas once, about a year and a half ago, and this time it is for business not pleasure. I would not be alone, as far as Drill Sergeant support goes, DS Peffer and I would be helping out for this Expo. I got situated in my lodging and started unpacking in preparation for the Blog World Expo 2010. When...read more

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