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Well done
Vilseck, Germany –U.S. Army Europe’s Command Sgt. Maj. Ralph R. Beam talks with noncommissioned officers from the Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment about the importance of setting a good example for younger Soldiers. Beam participated in an early morning NCO fun run held at Vilseck to kick off the Year of the NCO.
(U.S. Army photos by Spc. Jerry Wilson, 2SCR/Public Affairs)
VILSECK, Germany (March, 20, 2009) – “We are going to kick off this morning in recognition of everything noncommissioned officers do everyday by leading Soldiers and it starts right here with physical training,” 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regimental Command Sgt. Major Mark Morris said to the more than 700 noncommissioned officers lining main street in Vilseck for the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment noncommissioned officers run, to help kick off the Year of the NCO.
Cadence rang through the air as the units began a 2-mile formation run with U.S. Army Europe Command (USAREUR) Sgt. Major Ralph Beam and 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regimental Command Sgt. Major Mark Morris leading the way.
Following the run Beam took the opportunity to share his view of what it means to be an NCO.
“I believe wearing sergeant stripes is probably the most honorable job you’ll ever have in your life,” Beam said. “If you wear sergeant stripes you are never unseen. You’re somebody and there is always a Soldier out there watching you.”
Beam stressed the importance of NCOs to lead by example.
“In all you do you must push yourself and you’re Soldiers a little harder each day,” he said. “If you don’t push yourself and your Soldiers, you will never get to where you want to go.”
Beam recognized the noncommissioned officer’s corps for it’s important role in accomplishing the Army’s mission.
“We have been fighting a war for about seven years and we have done it on the legs of sergeants,” he said. “Our officers are important and we can’t do without them, but our sergeants have been carrying this war.”
According to Command Sgt. Major Morris the main purpose of the morning’s festivities was honoring of the hardworking noncommissioned officer’s role in the United States Army.
“The run this morning was to bring together all the noncommissioned officers in the regiment to recognize their hard work and let them know we are thinking about them,” Morris said. “They have a hard job which is taking care of the Soldiers and families of this community.”
Rolling on through
Vilseck, Germany –U.S. Army Europe’s Command Sgt. Maj. Ralph R. Beam (left) and Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment Regimental Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Morris (right) lead more than 700 noncommissioned officers from the 2SCR on an early morning NCO fun run through the streets of Vilseck to kick off the Year of the NCO.
Well done
Vilseck, Germany –U.S. Army Europe’s Command Sgt. Maj. Ralph R. Beam and Second Stryker Cavalry Regimental Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Morris congratulate noncommissioned officers as they finish the NCO run held in honor of the Year of the NCO at Vilseck.
By dawns early light
Vilseck, Germany –Sgt. Mario Miranda proudly carries the Regimental Standard of the Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment as he and 700 other noncommissioned officers participate in an early morning NCO run held in honor of the Year of the NCO at Rose Barracks.
HOOAH
Vilseck, Germany –Second Stryker Cavalry Regimental Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Morris addresses the more than 700 noncommissioned officers that participated in the 2SCR NCO Run held in honor of the Year of the NCO at Rose Barracks.
