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10-03-2005, 16:39
RELEASE NUMBER: 051003-01
DATE POSTED: OCTOBER 3, 2005
Special operations sergeant major received Strickland Award
By John Grady
Director of Communications, Association of the U.S. Army
ARLINGTON, Va. (USASOC News Service, Oct. 3, 2005) — A Special operations non-commissioned officer here was recognized for his dedication to teaching the future Army leaders during a ceremony at the Association of the United States Army Annual Conference Oct. 3.
Command Sgt. Maj. Dave Bruner, command sergeant major, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, received the Sgt. Maj. Larry Strickland Leadership Award from Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston in front of XXXX.
The Strickland Award is presented annually to a noncommissioned officer who exemplifies the Army’s vision and mobilizes others in shaping our future leaders while practicing excellent stewardship of the nation’s most precious resource, according to the award citation.
“Command Sergeant Major. Bruner’s number-one priority is, and always has been, training and educating Soldiers for war, the most sacred duty a Soldier has,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Hall, U. S. Army Special Operations Command Sergeant Major.
Hall noted that Bruner, immediately after assuming his current position, realized to win the Global War of Terrorism Soldier education priorities had to be transformed. He was instrumental in making changes to the educational and training methodologies at the Special Warfare Center and School.
Bruner incorporated new ideas using such as lessons learned, and linked the program of instruction to the battlefield. The end result has empowered Soldier training.
“Command Sgt. Maj. Bruner has set the standard and, most importantly, has enforced them,” Hall repeated.
Sgt. Maj. Larry L. Strickland was killed during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the Pentagon while serving as the deputy chief of staff for Army personnel. According to the award selection information paper, Strickland was an outstanding Soldier who deeply cared about mentoring members of the enlisted force and who believed “if you educate the NCO, you educate the Soldiers they lead.”
-usasoc-
DATE POSTED: OCTOBER 3, 2005
Special operations sergeant major received Strickland Award
By John Grady
Director of Communications, Association of the U.S. Army
ARLINGTON, Va. (USASOC News Service, Oct. 3, 2005) — A Special operations non-commissioned officer here was recognized for his dedication to teaching the future Army leaders during a ceremony at the Association of the United States Army Annual Conference Oct. 3.
Command Sgt. Maj. Dave Bruner, command sergeant major, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, received the Sgt. Maj. Larry Strickland Leadership Award from Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston in front of XXXX.
The Strickland Award is presented annually to a noncommissioned officer who exemplifies the Army’s vision and mobilizes others in shaping our future leaders while practicing excellent stewardship of the nation’s most precious resource, according to the award citation.
“Command Sergeant Major. Bruner’s number-one priority is, and always has been, training and educating Soldiers for war, the most sacred duty a Soldier has,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Hall, U. S. Army Special Operations Command Sergeant Major.
Hall noted that Bruner, immediately after assuming his current position, realized to win the Global War of Terrorism Soldier education priorities had to be transformed. He was instrumental in making changes to the educational and training methodologies at the Special Warfare Center and School.
Bruner incorporated new ideas using such as lessons learned, and linked the program of instruction to the battlefield. The end result has empowered Soldier training.
“Command Sgt. Maj. Bruner has set the standard and, most importantly, has enforced them,” Hall repeated.
Sgt. Maj. Larry L. Strickland was killed during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the Pentagon while serving as the deputy chief of staff for Army personnel. According to the award selection information paper, Strickland was an outstanding Soldier who deeply cared about mentoring members of the enlisted force and who believed “if you educate the NCO, you educate the Soldiers they lead.”
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