THE GRIFFON • Summer 2011 • 9
A New Challenge and Farewell
By Command Chief Warrant Officer Shirley Moser 108th Training Command (IET)
This year has been a very demanding and fulfilling year for me.
I look back at what I hoped to accomplish as the 108th Training Command Chief Warrant Officer and feel that I have been successful with the assistance of many of the warrant officers in this command. We started some programs that never existed and have opened many new vacancies for Warrant Officer Candidates. There is much more work to be done with the mentorship program but I think conducting our first Warrant Officer Workshop was a good start. We were able to develop a Warrant Officer Facebook page and set up a Warrant Officer network with a Deputy Command Chief Warrant Officer appointment at the 95th, 98th, and 104th Training Divisions. Attendance at seminars and workshops by our Warrant Officers improved which updated the knowledge of our leaders
on the requirements and importance of the Warrant Officer programs. I attended the First Annual WO Summit at Ft. Rucker, Ala. to discuss issues in the “Legacy of the WO” that need to change to meet the every changing operating environment and helped rewrite the changes in the program on the published memorandum for Procedures and Guidelines. Issues in the “Griffon” list the vacancies and requirements to fill them in an ongoing recruiting effort. We established the first Warrant Officer Development meeting for 108th Training Command to be conducted every battle assembly. The 108th is working on a WO website to post information for WO’s to stay up to date within the Training Command
and the status of schools and policies. I’ve added to the second Edition to the 108th Training Command History Book information and articles about Warrant Officers. I am now entering into a new challenge for myself with a deployment to Afghanistan and want to bid you farewell. As reservists, I think this is something we train for all of our careers. I am very excited and can’t wait to use my skills to be technically and tactically proficient and serve my country. I will miss all of you and wish you the best with the new and improved 108th Training Command Warrant Officer Program. It has been an honor and privilege to serve in the 108th Training Command.
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