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Belvoir Warrior School LiaisonTransition OfficersBrigade Soldier flourishes at DoD Warrior Games here to help Families New Vet Center Announced
Ready support for parents and children for the new school S year
By Mary Therese Griffin Army Warrior Care and Transition
cause your arms are not your legs –it’s all arms and upper body. I’m pretty much limited from the chest gt. 1st Class Jay Martin, a up. It’s hard, but once I got fitted in trumpet player in the Army’s the bike, I realized I have to get in Old Guard Fife and Drum there and keep going, because pracCorps, openly admits he was never tice makes perfect,” said Martin. their new SLOs, so they have current registration He won a bronze medal for his really athletic. “I wasbenot athletic information for that school district. If they’ll classification in hand cycling for mid-fortiesand and I started home-schooling, we senduntil themmy information Team Army at this year’s Departracing BMX bicycles,on believe it or connect them with the home-school association ment of Defense Warrior Games not,” said Martin. Belvoir. We’re here to help parents ‘connect the in Tampa. Martin knew about the Biking was his new dots,’ basically; to make transition smoother. We hobby un- games before his accident but now til an district accidenttoJan. 6, 2018, at an realized he could participate. He exwork very hard with our school encourindoor bike park. Martin knew im- plains why he believes the Warrior age as much flexibility as possible.” mediately on impact that his legs Games are important. Photo by Paul Lara O’Sullivan said the Belvoir SLO also provides were not going to be the same. After “Just like sports are important educational courses for parents to become familGarrison Col. Michael immediate surgery he learned he Commander for kids with developing personality iar with their new posts and school districts. Greenberg, left, Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin would never walk again. and growth, sports at this point for U.S Army photo by PFC Dominique Dixon “We do training—with As parents and schoolthrough Fairfax, center; and Virginia Secretary of he transitioned the injured or handicapped individuSgt. 1st Class Jay Martin participates in the cycling event June 23 in Jamie Albers Wendy O’Sullivan staff—on the InterstateWarrior CompactTransition and military Battalion at als Veterans andisDefense Affairs the same kindCarlos of thing . . . it Tampa, during the 2019 Department of Defense Warrior Games, an culture,Service and wememhave the ‘PCS Challenge’ that not to give shapes development and helps you By Rick Musselman Fort Belvoir, he decided adaptive sports competition for wounded, ill and injured Hopkins cut the ribbon for a Veteran’s Benhelps parents, studentsup and staff understand Belvoir Eagle on biking and used it in hisefit adapbers and veterans. Approximately 300 athletes representing teams Service Office on Fort Belvoir, Friday. military We also support parents facing tive reconditioning. from U.S. and Allied military forces compete in a variety of life. athletic See Warrior Games, page A5 ilitary life is hectic enough, and for par- unique challenges with their own children, like competitions. “Hand cycling is different, beents, it can be even more challenging as school-age children frequently enroll in new schools—with new teachers, academic requirements and regulations. Fortunately, military parents arriving at Fort Belvoir have experts who can help with these new challenges: School Liaison profes- degrees to senior NCOs working with each of the military bachelor’s Credentialing, along Officers, with two sionals who work constantly to provide support who attended the Sergeants Ma- centers of excellence to provide changes to promotion services. jor Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas. technical skill training equitable to Wendy O’Sullivan and Jamie are ready said the Army will provide academic skills. boards, helps ensure theAlbersDailey to offer any school-related help, not only on post Soldiers with some college credit or “We thought we need to build on best are promoted and and beyond. but throughout Fairfax County professional credentialing for each that more, because 60 percent of the “We work with incoming and outgoing levelFamiof NCO training. Army is combat arms, so what tanretained lies for transition into the school districts,” “The expectation is we give some- gible technical skills do they leave O’Sullivan said. “We support Familiesthing across all for that service,” Dailey with?” he said. back By Joe Lacdan service branches and, for Families in surrounding said at an Association the U.S. Army News Service By Paul of Lara Skilled labor required school districts, we can refer them toArmy the SLOs breakfast in Washington, Belvoir Eagle Photo by Luc Dunn, AUSA covering those. We also assist Families when a to sayVision that Labs Dailey cited that 80 percent of he Army could add to its D.C. “Not just be ableNight twin-engine airplane Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel publicrecord school retention may not be compliant In- and sacrificed, but (get- American jobs require skilled labor, you the served numbers by with crashes into a UH-60 Blackhawk heliDailey speaks about retention terstate Compactmore for Military Children and when tangible results. copter That’s on what and thatatSoldiers can become pro- and academic credentialing at the providing incentive for ting) the runway Davison Army there are issues regarding credit transfer and we owe onto the American people–is a ductive members of the work force AUSA Institute of Land Warfare Soldiers to stay on duty, the serAirfield – that was the scenario of a full-scale time cansaid. connect Families betterwith product, exercise, to be more producafter leaving the Army. vice’sgraduation. top enlisted We leader breakfast in Arlington, June 26. August 14 as numerous agencies tested SLOs thetesting world.”a pilot tive in their hometowns.” “There a great opportunity Theanywhere Army has in been their readiness to respond in aislife-and-death Dailey said the Army has been for many of our Soldiers to fulfill late those to civilian-sector skills, program for academic credentialing situation. Photo by Paul Lara points of the ranks those skilled re- which we had not done.” Always ready toand help at Fort Hood, Texas, plans to working out the finer According to the Davison Army of Airfield Safetylabor Fort Belvoir first responders lift a critiprogram higher quality quirements oura hometowns of extend the program to several Last year, with the help of Con“Parents should contact us asmasoon as they feelto ensure Manger John Redmond, the exerciseinwas multically injured Soldier during a training for Service members and America, and Aviation they haveBrithe tangible gress and the Armyfull-scale jor installations by the end of 2019,added. Continuing something’s not right,” O’Sullivan “When agency effort involving The Army exercise at Davison Army Airfield, Aug. deciding how agencies will get payskills,” Dailey said. “We just need to said Sgt. Maj. to of PCS, the Army Daniel Education System, the crethey’re ready we can connect them to gade; 12th Aviation Battalion; Fort Belvoir Fire 14. Two of the seven on board aArmy crashed ment. The program will also be make it official. Dailey. The Army plans to spread ated the credentialing assistance helicopter were flown out by Fairfax “We saw the opportunity to be the program to all installations in available to National Guard and County and U.S. Park Police. See Airfield Training, A9 Army able to capitalize on the great skills fiscal year 2020. See School Liason, A7Reserve members. See Credentialing, page A8 Dailey said the Army has been our Soldiers have now, and transRecently, the Army provided 110
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