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1775 The Journal of the Adjutant General’s Corps Regimental Association Spring 2009 Soldiers Around the Corps Around the Corps Above Top, Members of the 25th ID Band performing for Soldiers. Above, CW5 Ron G. Galloway, CW5 (Ret.) Daniel Logan, and CW5 Jeanne Pace. Back Cover, Mail arrives in Afganistan. Above, Parade participants make their way down Pennsylvania Avenue during the 2009 inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform are providing military ceremonial support to the presidential inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington’s 1789 inauguration. (DoD photo by SSG Timothy Kingston, U.S. Army/Released) 1775 The Journal of the 1775 Adjutant General’s Corps Spring 2009 Regimental Association, (ISSN 1551-8205) is published The Journal of the Adjutant General’s Corps Regimental Association by the Adjutant General’s Corps Regimental Association, a non- Contents profit organization, headquartered The Adjutant General’s Corps Regimental Association Officers .............................2 at Fort Jackson, South SECTION I: REGIMENTAL LEADERSHIP ......................................3 Carolina, and is devoted to the Notes from the Chief of the Corps .............................................................................3 advancement and professionalism of the Adjutant General’s Corps Biography of COL Robert L. Manning ......................................................................4 Regiment members. Articles Notes from the Chief Warrant Officer of the Corps ..................................................5 appearing in the journal do not Notes from the Regimental CSM ...............................................................................7 necessarily reflect the opinion CSM Hagood’s Biography ...........................................................................................8 of the officers and members of SECTION II: AG AND HR PROFESSIONAL READING ................10 the Regimental Association, AG Officer Branch – Current 42H ILE Qualification Standards .............................10 nor the Army’s HR leadership. From the Desk of the AG Corps Warrant Officer Branch Assignment Manager ... 11 Articles submitted by members Developing Stewards of the Army Human Resource Enterprise .............................12 or civilian employees of the U.S. Today’s HR Technician (420A) Career Path .............................................................14 military services are expressions HR NCO Relevant Career Choices ............................................................................15 of personal opinion, unless Common Access Cards in Iraq ...................................................................................18 otherwise stated, and should not Building Modularity Forward ....................................................................................20 be interpreted as reflecting the Training to Go ‘Postal’ ................................................................................................23 official opinion of the Department How We Really Care for Our Fallen Comrades ........................................................24 of Defense. Professional Development Funding for HR Civilians ...............................................25 1775 is scheduled to be HRM Qualification Course for Reserve Component Officers ...................................26 published three times a year. Theater-Level Human Resources (HR) Operations Conference ..............................27 Articles for submission are RC NOTT Ends Mission .............................................................................................31 welcomed and should be sent to SECTION III: AROUND THE CORPS AND HR COMMUNITY ....32 the address below. The editor and What Do You Mean “Just An Adjutant”? ..................................................................32 publisher of 1775 also invites the 22d Personnel Services Battalion Seals Their Legacy of Greatness in OIF ........... 36 submission of photographs and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for APO on LSA Diamondback, Mosul, Iraq .................38 illustrations to accompany articles. Inactivation of 1ST PERSCOM ..................................................................................39 The editor reserves the right Active Army’s Last Personnel Services Battalion Inactivates in Bamberg ............40 to reject any articles and/or to AG Soldiers stand guard at Freedom’s Front Door ..................................................41 modify articles for clarity or Camp Liberty Remembers LTG Timothy J. Maude .................................................43 space limitations. Requests for The Follow Me Chapter Takes Point .........................................................................44 authorization to reprint 1775 Band Notes ..................................................................................................................45 articles should be sent to the Army Bands in Support of the AG Corps and the Army ..........................................47 address below. HR Soldier Selected as Fort Huachuca NCO of the Year .........................................48 Awards Update ...........................................................................................................49 Contact information: 2008 National AG Ball ...............................................................................................50 AGCRA Membership Update .....................................................................................51 VP, Publications, AGCRA PO Box 10026 Fort Jackson, SC 29207 Email: [email protected] Visit us on the web at: www.agcra.com The Adjutant General’s Corps Regimental Association Officers Officers President: Colonel Robert L. Manning Senior VP: Command Sergeant Major Darlene Hagood Senior VP: Colonel (Ret) Michael R. Molosso VP, Awards: Chief Warrant Officer 5 (Ret) David A. Ratliff VP, Community and Corporate Affairs: Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ron G. Galloway VP, Plans and Programs: Vacant VP, Publications: First Sergeant (Ret.) Philips B. Johnson VP, Membership: Sergeant First Class (Ret) Kenneth M. Fidler, Jr. VP, Sales and Marketing and Sutler Store: Command Sergeant Major (Ret) Teresa Meager Treasurer: Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jeanne Pace Adjutant: Colonel (Ret) Robert Ortiz-Abreu, Jr. Secretary: Sergeant Major (Ret) William W. Austin Honorary Officers Honorary Colonel: Major General (Ret) Patricia P. Hickerson Honorary Warrant Officer: Chief Warrant Officer 5 (Ret) Daniel J. Logan Honorary Sergeant Major: Command Sergeant Major (Ret) Michael Armstead 1775 Staff and Support: Layout and Graphics Design: First Sergeant (Ret) Philips B. Johnson Editor: Colonel (Ret) Robert Ortiz-Abreu, Jr. Printing services provided by American Printing, Columbia, SC. Information Technology Support and photographic equipment provided by pbj1.net 1775 is prepared using Adobe® InDesign CS3 and other Adobe® CS3 Products From the Editorial Staff: With this edition of 1775 we are transforming to a new format with emphasis on more HR professional reading that reaches across the Army’s HR community, both Soldiers and civilians, and it’s three components (Active, USAR and ARNG). We hope you enjoy the new 1775 format and solicit your comments and feedback. Philips B. Johnson, VP Pubs & Editor, 1775 1775 2 1775 The Journal of the Adjutant General’s Corps Regimental Association www.agcra.com SECTION I: REGIMENTAL LEADERSHIP Notes from the Chief of the Corps By COL Robert L. Manning, Commandant, AG School, Chief of the AG Corps, and Chief, Army Bands Council of the so many in the Corps are at Regimental one point or another in the Association. It is ARFORGEN cycle supporting a distinct honor an expeditionary Army at war. to serve and We need however, to represent you in increase membership in the each of these roles. Association if we are to remain Follow Me! We relevant and this is the all know this as essence of my message for this the motto of the issue of 1775--MEMBERSHIP. United States We want all members of the Army Infantry. I AG Corps and the Army’s recently visited the HR Community to have a long time home feeling of connectivity to our of the Infantry Association and AG Regiment. at Fort Benning, If you are already a member Georgia, and had of the Association, thank you. the great fortune If you are not yet a member to be present for and you would like to know FOLLOW ME! the activation of more before making a decision, the Follow Me Chapter of the then we can help you. It is Soldiers and Civilians AG Regimental Association. I the intent of the Regimental of the Corps, was inspired by the passion leadership to reach out to and energy exhibited by our AG and HR professionals These are exciting and Chapter members as they regardless of where you are historic times we are living achieved their goals and serving. We want you to feel in. This is the first time in activated their Chapter. I the joys of being affiliated our country’s history that am also inspired by recent with a professional club that we are engaged in a period requests from deployed units will strengthen your ties with of persistent conflict with an like the 1st Cavalry Division other AG/HR professionals all-recruited, all-volunteer and organizations like MNF-I around the Army whether you force. This is a testament wishing to establish Chapter are Reserve, Guard, Active, to each of you who selflessly memberships in deployed Civilian or Retired. I charge serve to keep our country settings. all leaders to take