Congrats to SSG Ogle, of the US Army Recruiting Station - Grants Pass, for doing a great job at the U.S. Army 6th Recruiting Brigade SAMC board and advancing to USAREC! HooaH! Best of luck at USAREC!!!!! Way to represent the Redding Recruiting Company and the Sacramento Recruiting Battalion!

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What to do, what to do? In the next two - six years, my time in the Army will likely come to an end. Sadly, I have not spent the last twenty-two years deciding exactly what career path to follow after retirement. Sure, I've had plans and pursued those plans by attending college. The problem is that plans change - or at least mine seem to- and, when plans change, so does the college curriculum. As a result, my degree plan has changed countless times in more than...read more

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Next week, Staff Sergeant Ogle of the Grants Pass Recruiting Station will represent the Redding Recruiting Company and The Sacramento Recruiting Battalion at the 6th Recruiting Brigade Sergeant Audie Murphy Club board. SSG Ogle's recruiting station is in Southern Oregon and isolated from most of the company. As a result, he had only one fellow NCO and his Family to help him study every day and get him prepared for the Battalion level board - which he smoked! Hooah! If...read more

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Well, I’ve had a few months to study the market in Northern California since leaving Minnesota. From the South end of the Sacramento Valley to the Southern third of Oregon and from the West Coast to the Nevada state line, one thing remains constant – mountains and trees; BIG trees. The people though, vary in personality and patriotism by county up here. I had been told – and even bought into the fact than one of counties, Humboldt is and will always...read more

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I'm back in action! I have been off the net for a couple of months learning my new terrain in Northern California and Southern Oregon. Quite a difference between here and Minneapolis. I only had 1,300 square miles to cover there, whereas here I have 37,000 square miles. It has been an adjustment to say the least! So far, so good. Mother nature has been good to us up here. It has rained only once since June and the temperature is triple digits more often than not. Hard to complain about...read more

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Well, we made the trek from Minneapolis to Redding! We spent 5 days taking in sites along the way and arrived on Tuesday to begin the hunt for a home. The mission was accomplished on Thursday, but we can't move in until the 20th, so we hit the pacific coast to enjoy California for a couple of weeks! Stopped in at the new office and met the commander for a bit, while in Redding. I'm excited to get to work, but I need to wait until our household goods are delivered and we get settled....read more

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The latest advertising campaign for the Army demonstrates the many meanings of the uniform. For me, the uniform represents family in a very real way. I was engaged to my wife, Jennifer for six long years before we were married. Now, we didn't plan it that way I assure you. Jennifer was unable to work at that time due to complications of Lupus, which was far less understood and manageable than it is today. Because we were young and she could not work, it was up to me to...read more

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Well, the move is officially on! This morning I signed out and the movers will be here for the next three days before we drive West on Friday. I have been a Mustang, an Eagle and a Marauder. I enjoyed every second of it and wouldn't change a thing! I am grateful for the great leadership, past and present, I had while I was here. I was blessed with great Soldiers, Families and civilian staff members who taught me allot and I will never forget any of them! I have exactly 22 hours to...read more

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Working in Minnesota has given me the opportunity to experience, first hand, the definition of "Minnesota nice". Here, perhaps more than anywhere I have ever served, I spend a good portion of each day stopping as passersby extend their hand and issue a genuine Thank-You. In the first ten years years of my career I accepted many such gestures and walked away proud. In the ten years since, I have received more appreciative hand-shakes than I could ever put a number on. Now of days...read more

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A few months ago I attended the Army’s new course on Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and prevention (SHARP). I had spent a few years as a unit victim advocate for sexual assault and I understood the importance of this new program, so I volunteered for the training and became the Battalion Senior SHARP specialist. This week units across the Army will begin the first approved iteration of training on this program. Hopefully, most units will have a trained SHARP...read more

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