Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Lt. Col. Corey Norris, right, and Command Sgt. Maj. Corey Rabenberg, middle,...... read more read more
POTOMAC, Md. – The South Dakota Army National Guard’s Recruiting and Retention Battalion recently received a newly recognized award for outstanding achievement in 2018 at the Director’s Strength Maintenance Awards Conference in Potomac, Maryland, Jan. 30.
The award is the Director’s Cup, which recognizes the top adjutant general of a small, medium or large state or territory based on the strength maintenance of the three tenet mission of the recruiting battalion (recruiting, retention and attrition) and meeting overall end strength. The SDARNG took home the Director’s Cup for the small state category.
“A state recruiting and retention battalion doesn’t win this award by themselves; having high quality, successful units and unit leaders who believe in our mission to provide ready forces to support global and domestic requirements is a huge factor,” said Lt. Col. Corey Norris, commander of the SDARNG’s Recruiting and Retention Battalion. “Living in a state where the government and citizenry supports the National Guard in the manner that South Dakota does, we know that we’re expected to excel and this is just one of the many areas in which the SDARNG does just that.”
All states and territories that meet end strength are eligible to compete for the Director’s Cup, and the grading criteria is based upon 50 percent of the recruiting mission, 25 percent of the retention mission and 25 percent of the attrition mission. The Director’s Strength Maintenance Awards Program determines the overall winner in each category based on a detailed analysis of these reports.
“When crunching the numbers, I’m quite positive we’re number one overall across the entire nation, regardless of size,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Corey Rabenberg, senior enlisted leader of the SDARNG’s Recruiting and Retention Battalion. “Recognition like this doesn’t come easy and when I travel to events like the DSMAC, it doesn’t take long to realize that South Dakota is the state that others aspire to be.
Congratulations to the recruiting force on this outstanding achievement – this doesn’t happen without each and every one of you having pride in what you do and choosing to make a difference.”
Each year during the DSMAC, the Director’s Cup will be passed from the previous winner’s adjutant general to the current winner’s adjutant general in a ceremonious fashion.
| Date Taken: | 02.25.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 03.05.2019 12:05 |
| Story ID: | 312950 |
| Location: | POTOMAC, MARYLAND, US |
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