Hi again, I just wanted to let you all know what life is like working in the Adjutant General School at Ft. Jackson, SC. Prior to being assigned to the AG Proponent/Leader Development Division at the AG School I was assigned to MTOE or Operating Force units, coming from the 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood. At first it was hard to get used to working with all of the civilians here at the school, but as time has went on it has become easier. I was not used to having civilians in charge of mostly...read more

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Okay people, I am here to talk about my second deployment to Iraq. We were there for 15 months this time and it was much different than the first deployment. I took over the Brigade Combat Team S1 in March of 06 and we deployed that October. We deployed to an area north of Baghdad and it was not a good area at all. Our S1 shop was responsible for deploying over 3,500 Soldiers within 5 days and this was minor task. I was on the advanced party so I could get everything setup on the other side to...read more

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Hello to everyone, today I want to talk to you about how wonderful it is to adopt to a child. My wife and I have an 11 year old son and a two year old son and we have wanted a daughter for quite a while. We did not want to start the adoption process while I was Ft. Hood since I was being deployed a lot and there was no guarantee we would stay there. The adoption process takes a while since you have to a lot of paperwork, training, inspections, home studies, etc. to do. So, since we knew I would...read more

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Hi again, I trust that everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend and that took time to remember all of those who gave their lives to protect our freedom in this great country! This blog is going to focus on my first deployment experience to Iraq. I was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas. We first learned that we would be deploying to Iraq in March 03 and that we would be departing Ft. Hood that June. We worked hard on train up and had loaded...read more

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Hello everyone, I want to tell you about my experience with the Army for the last 15 years. Believe me I will condense it since that is a lot of years to talk about. Well it all started in 1993, I was married with two children and I was working a regular job barely making it check to check. I enlisted into the Army so I would have benefits like insurance to pay for hospital visits and so on. I enlisted into the Army was sent to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma for basic training, I then went to Ft. Benjamin...read more

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Hello, I am SFC William D. Howell a Career Management NCO for Human Resources personnel and I work at the Adjutant General School in the Proponent/Leader Development Division (P/LDD). I’ve been in the Army for 15 years. I enlisted into the Army in 1994 and have been stationed at five different duty stations. I have served as a Human Resources Specialist, Human Resources Sergeant, Battalion Senior Human Resources Sergeant, and Brigade Chief Human Resources Sergeant. My last unit...read more

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