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Chief Warrant Officer 5 Teresa Domeier, the Nebraska Army National Guard’s command chief warrant officer since November 2013, was selected by Lt. Gen. Timothy Kadavy, director of the Army National Guard in Washington, D.C., to become the next command chief warrant officer of the Army National Guard Governor Pete Ricketts announced May 10.
Domeier, who was appointed into the position during a June 30 ceremony at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Virginia, is the first female National Guard command chief warrant officer and the eighth overall to hold the position.
“Congratulations to Chief Warrant Officer 5 Teresa Domeier on her selection to this extremely important national post,” Ricketts said. “As the commander-in-chief of the Nebraska National Guard, it is wonderful to see a lifelong Nebraskan and long-serving Nebraska Army National Guard Soldier stepping into a role that will shape the future of the Army National Guard.”
“We are absolutely thrilled that Chief Warrant Officer 5 Teresa Domeier has been selected to become the next command chief warrant officer of the Army National Guard,” said Maj. Gen. Daryl Bohac, Nebraska adjutant general. “Teresa is going to be joining a long line of distinguished Nebraska National Guard men and women who have served at the highest levels of our National Guard nationally. She will be playing an important role in charting the future course of our National Guard Warrant Officer cohort across the country and making sure that our warrant officers continue to be the best trained and most capable they’ve ever been.”
“I’ve had the opportunity to work with Ms. Domeier in a number of capacities, most notably since I selected her to become the Nebraska Army National Guard’s fifth command chief warrant officer in November 2013,” Bohac added. “She has made a significant impact in our state’s warrant officer recruitment and has been a tireless advocate for Nebraska warrant officers. There is no doubt in my mind she is the right person at the right time to take on this new role in Washington.”
Domeier, a lifelong Nebraskan, began her military career in 1983 when she enlisted into the Nebraska Army National Guard’s 67th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized) headquarters in Lincoln. A year later, she transferred to the assistant food service advisor position and began her more than 20-year career in military food service.
“I am absolutely honored to be selected by Lieutenant General Kadavy for this position and to be able to make a difference at the National Guard Bureau level for the 54 states and territories,” Domeier said. “There are a lot of awesome command chief warrant officers at the states. I look forward to working with this amazing team to make our warrant officer field even better.”
“At the same time, it is hard to leave the Nebraska Army National Guard, which I consider to be my second family,” she added. “But I believe our Warrant Officer cohort is stronger today and the team – both the aviation and the technical warrant officers – have a stronger bond than they ever have had here in Nebraska.”
Domeier was appointed a warrant officer on June 6, 1995, and soon became the Nebraska Army National Guard’s state food program manager. While in this position, she supervised, managed and administered the Nebraska Army National Guard’s Food Service Program, ensuring that the program’s resources were managed appropriately and upheld the highest levels of accountability. She was the state Philip A. Connelly food service competition evaluator and served as a regional evaluator for 16 years before becoming a national-level Department of the Army Connelly evaluator for three years.
During her tenure, Domeier also served as the national representative on the Executive Advisory Group for Logistics Excellence (EAGLE) from 2008-13 and was the voice for the food service community for all 54 states and territories.
Domeier is also a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, serving as the base food service officer at Al Asad Base, Iraq, from September 2005 to September 2006. She also served as the senior/primary training, advising and counseling (TAC) officer, commander and deputy commandant for the Camp Ashland-based Nebraska Army National Guard Warrant Officer Candidate School from 2007-2018.
Domeier was appointed as the Nebraska Army National Guard’s command chief warrant officer by Bohac on Nov. 17, 2013. As the command chief, Domeier served as the senior warrant officer advisor to the Nebraska National Guard adjutant general and was responsible for addressing the development and strength management of the Nebraska Army National Guard Warrant Officer Corps, to include issues relating to recruiting, morale, welfare, schooling, promotion and retention.
She said she looks forward to putting her experiences to use in helping the entire nation’s Army National Guard’s warrant officers meet their current and future challenges.
“My one overriding goal is to put us into position where we’re better able to take care of our M-Day (traditional, part-time) personnel,” she said, adding that this will involve helping the states and territories tackle their recruiting and training challenges. It will also involve helping ensure that the nation’s newest warrant officers receive the mentoring they need to become effective in their chosen career paths.
“That should be everybody’s goal: preparing and mentoring the next generation, and making sure that they are equipped and ready for whatever mission they may face,” she said. “In fact, if there’s anything that I hope to take away from Nebraska is this idea of fostering a family environment and one where we take care of each other.”
| Date Taken: | 05.15.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 12.31.2018 12:01 |
| Story ID: | 305831 |
| Location: | LINCOLN, NE, US |
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