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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba —The Joint Task Force Guantanamo Joint Visitors Bureau recently hosted Marine Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Battaglia came to GTMO to visit service members and their families Jan. 11 through 13. It allowed him to learn a little more about what U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay does for the force but also about the many tenant commands on the base.
“I appreciate coming in to an environment, the island here, and seeing so many different fabrics of uniform under one unified mission and, though the Sailor may grow up learning how to function as a Sailor in a Navy way, the Sailor is flexible and adaptable enough that he or she can fall in on a solution that may have been developed by another service,” Battaglia said.
The SEAC is the most senior noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Armed Forces. He serves as the main military advisor to the Chairman and the Secretary of Defense on everything that involves joint and combined total force integration, performance, health of the force and joint development for enlisted personnel.
Two town halls were held where Battaglia discussed the importance of combining what older NCOs know, with ways younger NCOs do things, in the effort for leaders to expand and grow.
At the end of each town hall, Battaglia honored Troopers with coins after their chain of command recommended them for their hard work and dedication to the mission here.
“You know one thing that I know that every distinguished visitor sees, and they’ve all made comments about, is that they see motivated young warriors,” said Sgt. Maj. Juan Hidalgo, JTF senior enlisted leader. “They are our number one resource. They are the thing that’s most important to JTF GTMO and the Department of Defense, but regardless where they go on this base you see motivated young warriors.”
Battaglia said the diversity on the island, from a demographic standpoint to an operational standpoint, was the first thing that jumped out at him when he landed here.
Listening to the Troopers and engaging them in conversation about changes that they want to see at JTF GTMO was a method that Battaglia used in order to get on the lower enlisted Troopers’ level. He talked to the Troops and listened to their inquires about changes in programs that they hope to see, as well as gave guidance on what a leader is.
“Our responsibility as senior leaders is to share professional and behavioral ethos and attributes that were stressed upon us as we grew up in the military,” Battaglia said.
| Date Taken: | 01.13.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 01.26.2015 15:34 |
| Story ID: | 152752 |
| Location: | GUANTANAMO BAY, CU |
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