In today’s post I want to talk about my experience at Clarkson University Army ROTC. My name is Chuck Holmes. I was a cadet there for three semesters from January 1999 to May 2000. I graduated and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps in May 2000. The reason I was only …
Prior to deploying to Kosovo as the G4 Plans Officer in 2006, I had to attend the Army Contracting Officer Representative (COR) Course in Indiana. As part of the G4 and MMC team, we were responsible for overseeing some of the contracts that were in place between the U.S. Army and KBR at Camp Bondsteel. …
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The Army Scuba School, also known as the Combat Diver Qualification Course, is a school for the best of the best in the Army! It’s a badge you won’t see very often unless you are assigned to a Ranger or Special Forces unit. During my 15+ years in the Army, I’ve only seen three Soldiers …
I will admit that while the military provides some of the best educational benefits out there, it sometimes does a bad job at making them easily accessible to Soldiers and Veterans. As a National Guard Soldier, the obvious benefits of EAP (Educational Assistance Program) and FTA (Federal Tuition Assistance), however, there are hundreds of other …
The Warrior Leader Course which is previously known as the Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC) is the first NCOES that enlisted soldiers attend. It is a month long course that soldiers in the rank of Specialist, Corporal, and Sergeant attend. The course is designed to teach soldiers leadership skills, training skills, and war fighting skills so …
In today’s post we will discuss PEC Army. This is the abbreviation for the Army Professional Education Center located at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock, Arkansas. During my six years in the Maryland Army National Guard I traveled to this installation at least five or six times. I always enjoyed my time there. Compared …
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