Spring 2011 - Space and Missile Defense Command - U.S. Army

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CSM Larry S. Turner, SMA (RET) Jack L. Tilley, CSM (ret) Ralph Borja and CSM (ret) Frank Mantia discuss the progression of USASMDC/ARSTRAT. Photo by Dottie White got us here to the point. We need to be honest brokers with the public. Because we work hard, but we also have to earn that paycheck. They rely on us to defend the Constitution of the United States. We must also continue to be professionals, leaders, train our subordinate leaders, train our subordinates to make sure we’re all falling in line to uphold the standards of conduct, our Army values, and keep the trust of the American people. We must go out and advertise what we do, because the whole Army does not know, or our sister services do not know, what we do. And we must advertise to promote, because our theme is to go joint. If we go joint with other services then they know our capabilities. Those commanders will know what we offer and they’ll utilize our services. SFC Charles Mercier Training NCOIC, 1st Space Brigade As a result of being in constant conflict for ten years, we’re involved quite significantly. We’ve had to adapt to the war on terrorism, Operation New Dawn, Operation Enduring Freedom, and a multitude of different operations worldwide. It’s changed the way we do business. We’ve had to adapt along with the Army. We’ve had to come up with new ways to engage the enemy, to support those who are directly engaging the enemy, to ensure there is 100 percent mission success as well as Space support to the ground users. Soldiers need to maintain their craft as riflemen first, that’s what we all are. Prior to engaging in our specific technical skill set – whether it comes to warrior battle drills, standard warrior training, weapons proficiency, making sure Soldiers are attending their career progression schools – making sure the Soldiers are maintaining their core skill set, that’s essential to every Soldier regardless of their specific skill. It’s essential for us to be technically and tactically proficient. Whether we’re supporting combat operations in Iraq from anywhere in the globe, our Soldiers still need to maintain the capability to go downrange and get in the fight. Our brigade is unique; we have a very unique skill set. However, these Soldiers do not spend their entire career here. They’ll spend maybe three years, and they might go back into a combatant command, where they’ll have to reengage in the specific MOS skill they were taught. So we need to make sure our Soldiers maintain that tactical proficiency. They’re capable of going back into the fight, per se, in their traditional skill set. 1SG William Edwards Headquarters and Headquarters Company 53rd Signal Battalion Our wartime mission is to basically make sure the equipment sets that we use, that Defense Satellite Communications System certification facility itself and the HHC Company as well as the wideband satellite communications operations centers, meet the requirement in order for the Army to perform the satellite control mission. It reaches not just here in the United States, it reaches across the entire globe. It does not affect just individual entities, but also the Warfighter itself, the ones who are actually on the ground performing their mission either at the forward operating bases or the contingency operating bases or any location that may be an austere environment where they’re away from major communication systems. It allows them to communicate back to the higher echelons and provide situational awareness, get permission to do any kind of target acquisition, things of that nature. The Department of Defense, homeland security, any of the joint services, we reach out and touch just about everybody. The big thing that is really important for us to realize in Space command in general is that the Profession of Arms is not just a Warfighter attribute. It’s something that extends across the entire Army as a whole and specifically to us, because if we’re not professional at what we’re doing and the experts in our field, we don’t affect just our local company. It affects everyone from the ground fighter all the way up to the combatant commanders to the President and Joint Chiefs of Staff. All those individuals will suffer if we fail at what we’re doing. I really think we need to focus on maintaining the awareness of what our job does and how it affects the Warfighter, the civilians, the nation as a whole. Because if we lose that focus, then no matter how we set ourselves up in the future as far as how technology goes, we will not be able to support those guys in the way they need, to be able to maintain our national security, as well as assist with international security. 22 2011 Spring / Summer Edition Army Space Journal
aIR fORCE vIEW The Word from the Top By Michael L. Howard & Rachel L. Griffith Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, CSMSAF James A. Roy was invited to the USASMDC/ARSTRAT senior enlisted leaders training conference to offer his perspective on the joint-service environment. His main points understanding the capabilities of other military services and the culture in which the capabilities – along with the actual Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines – were developed. Roy agreed to an ASJ interview. The questions and answers follow. CMSAF James A. Roy speaks to USASMDC/ARSTRAT Senior Enlisted Leaders during the 2011 SELTC. Photos by Dottie White Army Space Journal 2011 Spring / Summer Edition 23
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