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    Soldiers combine team building with community service

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    Photo By Maj. Orlandon Howard | Maj. Thomas Flood and Capt. Jorge Ortiz at local food bank in Augusta, Georgia,...... read more read more

    Students from the Command and General Staff Officer’s Course at Fort Gordon, volunteered at a local food bank to help prepare food for donation to families in need, July 23, 2019.

    The students are at Fort Gordon to attend CGSOC as part of their mid-level professional education requirement. The course helps prepare them for their new rank of Major, and the roles and responsibilities that come with it.

    The course faculty encourages students to find community service opportunities to round out their experience in the course.

    “This is a very good team building effort,” said Robert Spessert, CGSOC Assistant Professor.

    “A group that serves others together, will typically bond really well while they’re serving.”

    Spessert also said serving contributes to the students’ self-development.

    “Serving communities like these tend to give you perspective. When things don’t go your way, it’s helpful to remember they’re a lot of others in much less fortunate circumstances."

    The food bank staff welcomed the help from the Soldiers. They run an ongoing operation of receiving, storing and redistributing, literally, tons of food to people at local schools, housing developments, and other communities in need.

    “I think it’s awesome these Soldiers are here with us today, said Roderick Jenkins, warehouse technician for the food bank."

    "When you see a team like this come together to help fulfill the mission of an organization like ours, it’s really encouraging.”

    The Soldiers packed over 10,000 pounds of food in a few hours - enough to cover the food bank’s distribution to five designated communities for the next two weeks.

    “They can come every day, if they want," said Jenkins, who was pleased with how much they were able to get done.

    Maj. Jessica Woodward, CGSOC student, who spearheaded the team’s involvement in the event, said it was a great opportunity to combine team building with community service.

    “I’m glad to be able to give back to the community, and to be of service to those we can help while we’re here.

    Woodward said she also appreciated the opportunity to build cohesion within their team, while serving the community.

    “In Hawaii, we call it ‘ohana’, which means family. Building ohana within our team is very important because we’ll be able to work and play together, and also trust and depend on each other.”

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    Date Taken: 07.23.2019
    Date Posted: 07.23.2019 21:07
    Story ID: 332690
    Location: FORT GORDON, GA, US

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