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    Newly Promoted Inducted into Corps

    Newly Promoted Inducted into Corps

    Photo By Sgt. John Ortiz | Command Sgt. Major Erik R. R. Frey, the 4th Sustainment Brigade Command sergeant major...... read more read more

    CAMP ARIFJAN, KUWAIT

    07.21.2008

    Story by Sgt. John Ortiz 

    4th Sustainment Brigade

    By Spc. John D. Ortiz
    4th Sustainment Brigade

    CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – A Malcom, Iowa native Allen N. Patterson, a sergeant in the U.S. Army, was formally inducted into the Non-commissioned Officer Corps at a joint Army and Air Force NCO Induction ceremony.

    Patterson, a motor transport operator with the 109th Transportation Company based out of Mannheim, Germany is currently serving his second deployment in support of the Global War on Terror.

    "Joining the NCO ranks means I am one step closer to following in my father's footsteps," said Patterson.

    During the ceremony, the service members agreed to set the standard, as the newly-inducted recited their service's NCO charge, which tasks them into leading the best trained, most professional, and most respected military in the world.

    "I learned during my time in the service to stop and listen to Soldiers' problems, it is one lesson that I will pass on to my Soldiers," he said.

    As Patterson made his walk underneath an archway of four-bayoneted rifles, things forever changed as he was officially recognized as a member of the time-honored Corps.

    "I will be firm but understanding to my Soldiers," he said.

    During the ceremony, held at the Chapel, Airmen and Soldiers merged in a common purpose, as senior NCOs watched with pride, new NCOs showed their professionalism, and junior troops listened with admiration.

    "The job of an NCO in the United States Military is without peer. There is no better job anywhere, in or out of the military," said Command Sgt. Major Erik R.R. Frey, the 4th Sustainment Brigade Command Sergeant Major and the guest speaker for the ceremony.

    "While it is important that you are inducted into the Corps, it is even more important that you now assume the role of a NCO leader in your formation," he said.
    "It is essential to make the Army and Air Force values part of everything you do in war and peace. It is imperative to live and breathe the warrior ethos and Soldier's and Airmen's Creed," he said.

    "Strive to be an example and carry on the legacy that is learned and forged on an anvil of experience, sacrifice, and dedication to duty," said Frey.

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    Date Taken: 07.21.2008
    Date Posted: 07.21.2008 13:07
    Story ID: 21703
    Location: CAMP ARIFJAN, KW

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