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The patriotic "anti-military" County

Terrence Hynes — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:11:00 GMT

By: Terrence Hynes
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

OPERATION ORDER 12-12 FOR: OFFICIAL VISIT OF LTG S. CLAUS

Mike Wiggins — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:45:00 GMT

By: Mike Wiggins
Check out my Professional Army Facebook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/WigginsUSA Merry Christmas to you & your family. OPERATION ORDER 12-12 FOR: OFFICIAL VISIT OF LTG S. CLAUS 1. An official staff visit by LTG Claus is expected at the Recruiting Battalion on 25 Dec. The following directive governs activities of all Army personnel during the visit. A: Not a creature will stir without permission. This includes the Master...read more

Thankful during this Thanksgiving Season

Ryan Marcum — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:10:00 GMT

By: Ryan Marcum
During this Thanksgiving season, I am reminded that very few get to do this career that I find myself in, again. I have been on the enlisted side of the Army, 1996-1999, and went to college and started a family. I was out of the Army for roughly ten years and decided to try and join again. Needless to say, I signed my oath of office in August 2010 and am now on my way to serving as long as Uncle Sam allows me to. I am very thankful for the opportunity to serve my country and to...read more

Annual Turkey Bowl in the Netherlands

William Howell — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:35:00 GMT

By: William Howell
Hello everyone, hope you are having a great Thanksgiving! Today in Brunssum, The Netherlands players from my battalion and I played in the Annual Turkey Bowl flag football game. Our opponents were the Air Force who are stationed at Geilenkirchen, Germany and they have won this game the past 5 years. I played in last year's game and we lost 2-0 which was very disappointing. This year we vowed that we would not lose and bring the coveted Army/Air Force helmet back to AFNORTH Battalion....read more

My Veteran's Day Real Hero!!!

Mike Wiggins — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:36:00 GMT

By: Mike Wiggins
I remember growing up listening to my grandfather’s war stories and seeing the shinning medals on his wall in a case.He would tell, from what I thought, were wild & crazy, things that I couldn’t believe he had really experienced.I always thought my grandfather was a good story teller.As I became older I was asked to write a story of someone I thought was famous.Everyone in the class had written about Movie Stars, Singers or Athletes, I choose my grandfather.My...read more

Let's do this!

Ryan Marcum — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:27:00 GMT

By: Ryan Marcum
This is my first of many future posts following my Army career. I have enjoyed reading other stories and like what I have seen. I joined the Army, the first time, in 1995 through the early enlistment program and served for three years. I was an enlisted soldier with the MOS of 19D, Scouts Outs! I honorably discharged in 1999 and to headed to college, long story short, I married my beautiful wife and started a family. I recently decided to continue my Army career through the chaplain...read more

Human Resources Specialist

Jairo Zambrano — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:49:00 GMT

By: Jairo Zambrano
I'm SGT Zambrano, i was born and raised in Ecuador. At the age of 27 I joined the US Army looking for a new challenge and a better future. I was afraid at first but what i found out was the Army offers a lot of opportunities such as job stability, college and the opportuntity to make a carrer. I will defenitly recommend it to anyone who is ready to accepte the challenge and ready to make a change in life....read more

Hi

Jason Gray — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:58:00 GMT

By: Jason Gray
I will be blogging during the USHLI...read more

U.S. ARMY RECRUITER

Esmeralda Graciano — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:42:00 GMT

By: Esmeralda Graciano
Getting ready for the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) Annual Conference 2011 to be held at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio, 600 E. Market Street, San Antonio, TX, 29-31 Oct 2011....read more

Viva Technology Event at Alief Taylor High School

Skylar Holman — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:37:00 GMT

By: Skylar Holman
Today at Alief Taylor High School, the Army sponsored a Viva Technology event to get students interested in careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Students built geodesic domes, and came up with inventions to help the Army in the many fields of engineering. The students were from Alief Taylor, Elsik, Hatings, and Alief Early College High Schools. Great minds in STEM did a fantastic job of engaging the students and giving them a good idea of what...read more

Where were you when the World Stopped Turning???

Mike Wiggins — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:40:00 GMT

By: Mike Wiggins
I wanted to write something on 9-11 on the 10th Anniversary. When I see this video, it makes me think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvj6zdWLUuk I remember it like it was yesterday. I was stationed at Fort Benning, GA living in Government Housing called McGraw Manors. My two oldest children were off @ school and my wife was with my youngest son at his 1st year checkup. It was 8:30am, I was home waiting for the repairman to show up @ 9am to fix my a/c. I was...read more

9/11 Rememberance

Skylar Holman — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:50:00 GMT

By: Skylar Holman
Since 9/11 is tomorrow here is a short story about how that event indirectly touched my life. I did not have anybody directly killed, but I had contact with one. At the time of 9/11, I was at Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC) in Grafenwhoer, Germany. I was part of a group that was on flag detail for the post, and we had to observethe prior detail in how they conducted the retreat ceremony. After watching, we literally ran to the dining facility to meet up with...read more

My Army Story

Skylar Holman — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:23:00 GMT

By: Skylar Holman
I will make my Army Story in several posts. It is a long time to condense into one posting. Since I am a recruiter in Houston, I hope this will help bring visibility on our station. I graduated high school on 30 May 1998, and on 10 June, I shipped to basic training at Fort Sill, OK. I was prepared for the weather fo summer, as my hometown was 1 hour south of the Lawton Fort Sill area. I will say it was rough at first, simply wanting to go home...read more

Back in action!

Terrence Hynes — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:50:00 GMT

By: Terrence Hynes
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

Follow Ups & Facebook

Mike Wiggins — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:15:00 GMT

By: Mike Wiggins
Hope this helps some people out. If you have specific questions or concerns, please add my Facebook Fan Page & email me. My Face Book Fan page is: www.facebook.com/WigginsUSA Follow Ups in Recruiting is sometimes hard to do or you forget to. I believe 100% in Follow Ups. I ask Recruiters (with more than 1 year in Recruiting), "Can you tell me the 2nd person you ever conducted that ESTed over a 50"? Most...read more

Starting My Own Talk Show

Anthony Cotton — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:32:00 GMT

By: Anthony Cotton
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Army Values- SELFLESS SERVICE

William Howell — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:42:00 GMT

By: William Howell
In my continuing series on the Army Values, today I am talking about Selfless Service. To me this me giving yourself to the Army and if the mission comes first above all else. The Army mission has to come first, that is what you joined for and it has to be accomplished, you will have to take care of Soldiers and sometimes you will have to sacrifice your needs to make it happen. There are times that it would be easy just to worry about yourself, however we are a team and there is no...read more

NATO Intermediate NCO Course- Command Relationships

William Howell — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:05:00 GMT

By: William Howell
I am a little late on blogging about this being that the briefing was on 22 July, but here it is. Switzerland is a member of the Partnership for Peace, and they have established an NCO school in Lucerne, Switzerland. They run a basic course (WLC equivalent), an Intermediate Course (ALC equivalent), and a Senior Course (SLC equivalent) and all of these are designed for NATO NCOs, mostly from other nationalities but US NCOs can attend as well. At the end of tier two week course they have a...read more

Army Values-Respect

William Howell — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:05:00 GMT

By: William Howell
Continuing with my Army Values series today I am talking about Respect, respect to me means being respectful to your seniors, your peers, subordinates and the Army. Being respectful means listening and paying people the proper courtesy even if you do not like the person or the mission. Many times, you hear that you do not have the person, but you must respect the rank, and this is true. The Army's says Respect is treat people as they should be treated. In the Soldier's Code, we...read more

Your Recruiting Station on YouTube

Mike Wiggins — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:53:00 GMT

By: Mike Wiggins
Hope this helps some people out. If you have specific questions or concerns, please add my Face Book Fan Page & email me. My Face Book Fan page is: www.facebook.com/WigginsUSA Once on my Fan Page, look to the left and you will see my YouTube Tab. These are different videos I made. An idea that I came up with to help Recruiting Stations is to put their Recruiting Stations on YouTube. They could create a YouTube Account & post their...read more