Maj. Mayes' last hurrah

Photo By Maj. Robert Cooley | Maj. Mayes at Kentucky State Capitol building, Sept. 27, 2015  

FRANKFORT, KY, UNITED STATES

09.27.2015

Story by Capt. Robert Cooley 

133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Maj. Bobbie Mayes, the first Kentucky National Guard female OCS commander, 238th Regimental Training Institute, just reviewed the final Officer Candidate School graduation of her command at the Kentucky State Capitol Sept., 27, 2015.

“As the OCS commander I’ve been able to mold the captains and lieutenants who mold the future officers and warrant officers,” said Mayes.

Mayes said this class has been special. “This class has been very diverse, from education, occupation and gender,” she said.

Mayes started with the OCS Program in 2004 as a Teach Assess Counsel (TAC), a position now referred to as platoon trainer.

“As a TAC officer, I remember long sun-up to sun-down days molding the Kentucky National Guard’s future leaders, teaching them Operation Orders, Troop Leading Procedures, and Individual Movement Techniques,” she said.

In 2007, she left the OCS program to serve a three-year tour as the company commander of the 940th Military Police Company. She deployed in 2011 with the Kentucky National Guard Agriculture Development Team. She returned to the 238th in 2011, first as a staff training officer then commander.

Mayes said she is as optimistic about the future of the newly commissioned officers as she is her own. In her next assignment as the personnel officer for the 238th RTI, she will continue to support the careers of those assigned to the 238th.

• Date Taken: 09.27.2015
• Date Posted: 09.27.2015 18:31
• Story ID: 177347
• Location: FRANKFORT, KY, US