During my time in Company Command, I had a new Soldier assigned to my unit. She had recently left the Active Duty Army and transitioned to the IRR. After spending a few months in the IRR, she joined the National Guard. Once she appeared on our Unit Manning Report, we gave her a call and sent her a drill …
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I get a lot of emails from people who visit my website. Every once in a while, one of those emails really inspires me, or gets me thinking. I received an email two days ago with this question in it: “Was it worth it being an Officer in the National Guard and would you do …
In this article, I would like to discuss my experience with the KFOR8 rotation. In case you aren’t familiar with the acronyms or the mission, KFOR stands for Kosovo Force. NATO entered Kosovo in 1999 with their first rotation. It is currently a peace-keeping mission. The 8 is for the 8th rotation. Kosovo is the …
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