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HOLIDAY SEASON BEGINS WITH TREE LIGHTING, SANTA VISIT P7HO HO HO!

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TODAY Victory Spouses Club11 a.m., NCO Club. Victory Spouses’ Club is open to spouses of all ranks, retirees, DOD civilians, all services, male and female. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.victoryspousesclub.org.

DEC. 28Teen Employment 101 Workshop10 a.m. - noon Strom Thurmond Bldg. Rm 222. This workshop is open to teenagers of military Service members and Department of Defense Civilian employees between the ages 14-19.

JAN. 10Job Searching Strategies for Military Spouses8:30-12:00, Strom Thurmond Bldg., Room 222. Military Spouse Job Searching Skills, Resume Writing and Interviewing. Targeted to military spouses, but open to all military and DOD ID Card holders. To register please call 803-751-9460/5452 or [email protected].

JAN. 13 Scholarship Seminarfor Family Members9:00-10:30 a.m., Strom Thurmond Bldg. Room 222. This seminar will

help educate military spouses and the parents of military teens on the various military and civilian �� that is available. To register please call 803-751-9460/5452 or email [email protected]

JAN. 20MLK Day Luncheon11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. NCO Club.“Facing the Challenge of Change.”Tickets are $10.50 and includes buffet style lunch, a guest speaker and live entertainment. For further information please contact Sgt. 1st Class Rachelle Walker at 751-4117 or the Equal Opportunity Staff ��

JAN. 27Steps to Federal Employment for Military Spouses9 a.m. - noon, Strom Thurmond Bldg., Room 222. Information on civil service and NAF employment. Targeted to military spouses, but open to all military and DOD ID card holders. To register please call 803-751-9460/5452 or email [email protected]

FEB. 22Career Fair Prep Workshop9 a.m. - noon, Strom Thurmond Bldg. Room 222. This workshop will help you learn to do create a resume to showcase your employment

skills & how to make the career fair work for you by developing a strategy plan. To register please call 803-751-9460/5452 or email [email protected].

MARCH 14Military Community Career Fair 9 a.m. - Noon, NCO Club. Open to all military service members, retirees, veterans, military spouses, surviving spouses and Department of Defense civilian employees.Sponsored by ACS Employment Readiness Program and Soldier for Life-Transition Assistance �� required. Bring plenty of resumes and dress for success. View participating employers at https://jackson.armymwr.com/us/jackson/programs/employment-readiness-program.

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ON THE COVERCapt. Eric Cane, Echo Company, 3rd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, assembles his M4 car-bine during the rifle marksmanship phase of the 193rd Infantry Brigade’s Rubicon Command Team Challenge Dec. 8. SEE PAGES 12-13.

Photo by ROBERT TIMMONS


BetteropportunitiesCommand Sgt. Maj. John P. Drawbond, Fort Jackson’s Garrison senior enlisted leader, introduces leaders from Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers to those who attended the Single Soldier Town Hall Dec. 8 at the Post Theater.

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‘The pointy edge of the spear’

By ROBERT TIMMONSFort Jackson Leader

Vincent Grewatz, Installation Manage-ment Command’s Director-Training visited with Fort Jackson’s senior civilian leadership �� !��installation.

Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Geddings, senior enlisted leader of IMCOM-Training, who visited the post with Grewatz said it was good to be on Jackson where “the heavy lift-ing” happens.

“You guys are the pointy edge of the spear. You are the ones that make it happen,” he said to a gathering of Garrison directorate leaders. “We are here to help you do what you all do.”

Grewatz and Geddings were making their ��"��#��%'(�'�� its command structure away from regions to concentrate on different focus areas such as readiness, sustainment and training.

Col. James Ellerson, Garrison commander, Scott Nahrwold, deputy Garrison command-er, and Command Sgt. Maj. John P. Drawbond escorted them around vari-ous parts of Fort Jackson including the 120th Adjutant General Battalion �� )��the status of the Di-rectorate of Public Work’s main efforts.

According to the new IMCOM director, he expects leaders to take initiative and re-solve issues.

“The reason we have the best Army in the world is because we operate with mission command,” Grewatz said to the directors. “Once you understand your commander’s in-tent and his boss’ intent you are then free to execute towards that objective … As long as you know what your boundaries are, you are free to operate in that space. That is how I’d like to operate.”

“Operate by intent, not by permission,” he added. “Don’t wait for someone to solve the problem for you. Take the initiative and follow up on it. Make sure you understand your boundaries so you won’t get someone in trouble because he’s the one who’s going to take the bullet if you guys get it wrong.”

“Based on my experiences directors are the key to the success of IMCOM,” he said. “Let me say that again, directors are the key to the success of IMCOM. You are going to be building your best and raising up the next generation.”

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New IMCOM director visits Fort Jackson

Don’t wait for someone to solve

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— Vincent Grewatz,IMCOM, director-training

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Lt. Col. Yvette Brown, 120th Adjutant General Battalion commander, and Col. James Ellerson, Garrison commander, show Vincent Grewatz, the Installation Management Command’s Director-Training the Re-ception battalion’s footprint during his visit to Fort Jackson Dec. 8. The trip was Grewatz’s first to the installation since IMCOM realigned its command structure away from regions to concentrate on different focus areas such as readiness, sustainment and training.


By SGT. STEPHANIE HARGETT, 108th Training Command-Initial Entry Training

There is an age-old phrase coined by drill sergeants; on the trail. Referring to the time a drill sergeant serves pushing troops, its origins spur from the frontier days of the Old West when cowboys journeyed from California to Colorado driv-ing cattle.

For a drill sergeant in one of the Army’s four basic combat training centers, the pro-cess of transforming civilians into Soldiers is a journey in itself. That journey begins at the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy.

On Dec. 7, 92 non-commissioned of-�� *��+� �� *��+� <��!��marched down the aisle proudly donning the most well-known symbol of a drill ser-geant; the coveted drill sergeant hat.

Of those 92 NCOs, 19 made the Com-mandants list. Only the top 20 percent of the class is selected for this great achievement.

This is not something that comes easily but is instead something earned.

To be selected for this distinct honor, a Soldier has to live, breathe, and be the Army standard. After all, only 10 percent of the NCOs in the Army even qualify to be a drill sergeant.

One Soldier from the Army Reserve, Sgt. Raul M. Morales, 98th Training Command, earned this dis-tinct honor.

“It was a challenge for me,” said Morales. “Ever since I joined the Army I always wanted to be a drill sergeant. It was a personal goal for me and apparently I made the comman-dants list. It was a big surprise, it’s not easy to make.”

Morales said the hardest part was the Method of Instruc-tion section and that there were a lot of long nights that kept

him awake.Even though it was a trying time, he said walking across

that stage made it all worth it.“It was an exciting and tough experience, I loved it.”Morales also had some wise words to pass along to any

Soldiers thinking about becoming a drill sergeant.“Be the most prepared that you can be. Be motivated. Have

a goal, drive and never give up!”Guest speaker, Command Sgt. Maj. Rob-

ert T. Priest, Command Sergeant Major of the 98th Training Division and the 1999 Army Reserve Drill Sergeant of the Year, also gave some great advice during the graduation.

“It really comes down to the standard,” said Priest.

“Soldiers in Basic Combat Training don’t know the standard until the drill sergeant tells them that standard. Stick with the fun-damentals, train your Soldiers to be adap-tive, train them to be disciplined,” he said.

“Soldiers want hard training, they want to be challenged and they want to be mo-tivated. Trust me, if you do the right things and set the right example they are going to follow you.”

Brig. Gen. Darrell Guthrie, 104th Train-ing Division commanding general, attended ��>?*�?*�� @��

drill sergeant positions in his formations due to Reformation. He says his unit, which primarily focuses on training to-

morrow’s leaders through its work with the ROTC program and at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, just needs to work on the fundamentals.

Soldiers want hard training, they want to be challenged

and they want to be motivated.

— Command Sgt. Maj. Robert T. Priest

98th Training Division

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Army Reserve Drill Sergeant, Sgt. Raul M. Morales, 98th Training Division (Initial Entry Training), 108th Train-ing Command (IET), places the coveted drill sergeant hat on his head for the first time Dec. 7.

Photo by SGT. STEPHANIE HARGETT

A Forty RoundsChristmas Party

By JOHN FRANCISHeadquarters, 2nd Battalion,13th Infantry Regiment

The 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, held its annual Christmas party Dec. 11. The party, entirely planned, resourced and executed by vol-unteers from the Battalion Family Readiness Group, was a smashing suc-cess. Volunteers painstakingly decorated the Battalion classroom while every cadre member and their Family received invitations to attend the Battalion’s last social event of 2016. More than 70 permanent party cadre and Family members eagerly accepted the invitation to dine on some of the best fried chicken and homemade cookies in South Carolina. The at-tendees eagerly lined up at the serving line for second helpings like it was a depression era soup kitchen.

The event led off with a screening of a movie on the two big screens in the front of the classroom. The event also included craft activities for the kids who were joined by more than a few adults making adorable Christ-mas ornaments and other festive decorations.

Santa Claus stopped by the event, having decided to travel all the way from the North Pole to take pictures with the excited guests. Unlike nor-mal Santa’s that kids see in malls, this Santa was in compliance with Army Regulation 600-9 and could out run his reindeer on a two-mile track. More than a few pint sized guests offered Santa some cookies and told him he needed to eat a sandwich. Skinny Santa’s are good if they count against your quarterly training stats. But they lack some jolliness that can only be corrected with a Department of the Army waiver for compliance with the Army Weight Control Program and some doughnuts.

To conclude the evening, an ugly sweater contest was judged by the bat-talion commander Lt. Col. Christopher Altavilla and Command Sgt. Maj. Norman Fisher Jr. The Flores Family easily defeated all challengers with �� +��X��)��@�!��'��"��Magliocca quipped, could “be seen from the international space station.” Their sweaters were fashioned from second hand garments found at a thrift shop, with accents from local craft stores. With just the right amount of imagination, penny resources, and unfettered talent, the ultra-competitive Flores Family created the perfect colossus’ ugly sweaters. The Flores Fam-ily entry stole the show and crushed the competition with the ugly sweater version of a train wreck so awful you just had to look.

A special thanks to all the volunteers that made this incredible event happen. Your special effort and support bought holiday joy to the hearts of dozens of service members and their families.

“Forty Rounds!”

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Santa Claus, aka. Staff Sgt. Mitchell Moses with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, waits for children during the battalion’s Christmas Party Dec. 11.

Far left: Volunteers for the 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment’s Christmas Party are all smiles after the event ended in success Dec. 11.

Left: Staff Sgt. Ashely Flores, Headquarters, 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment and her husband Phillip, show off the ugly sweaters that took first place in the ugly sweater competition.

Santa Claus waves to a crowd of children moments after arriving via fire truck to Fort Jackson’s Christmas Tree and Menorah Lighting celebrationDec. 9 near the Solomon Center on post.

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Holidays begin with tree lighting, Santa visitBy ROBERT TIMMONSFort Jackson Leader

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‘I became a soldier ...’SPC. DANIEL J. PAVLAK, 24Saugerties, New York

PFC. MICHAEL P. CHARZEMPAChicago

“I joined the Army to pay for college and to better myself.”

I like the “discipline and personal growth” the most.

I am a “68W – Healthcare professional to coincide with my civilian job (Physical Therapist).”

‘My Family didn’t care for my enlistment, but supported me” anyway.

“I look forward to helping my state and coun-try.”

PVT. JACOB A. PEREZ, 18Lindenhurst, Illinois

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SPC. EMANUEL WILSON-KING, 24New York

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“The different experiences, meeting new people from different walks of life and the discipline the Army instills in its Soldiers” will remain with me for a long time.

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Happy birthdayThe South Carolina Na-tional Guard celebrated the National Guard’s 380th birthday with a cake-cutting ceremony Tuesday at the Adjutant General’s building in Columbia, South Carolina. Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livings-ton Jr., the Adjutant General of South Carolina, presided over the ceremony. The youngest available Soldier, Spc. Shareka Peterson, 23, and oldest available Soldier, Sgt. 1st Class Mitchell Dean, 58, joined Livingston and Bill Dukes, South Carolina’s civil-ian aide to the Secretary of the Army, to cut the cake.

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‘We don’t know what’s coming’

By SGT. 1ST CLASS BRIAN HAMILTON108th Training Command

Just as Julius Caesar passed the point of no return during his fateful crossing of the Rubicon River in 49 B.C., so too did the leadership of the 193rd Infantry Brigade located on Fort Jackson, South Carolina, when they crossed Weston Lake.

}��+�� +�� X��sergeants, and chaplains throughout the 193rd challenged themselves physically and mentally Dec. 8-9 during the 2016 Rubicon Command Team Exercise.

The purpose of the exercise according to the event’s organizer, Sgt. Maj. Michael Kelly, 193rd Infantry Brigade operations sergeant major, was to “exercise the leadership and combat skills of the company command teams throughout the brigade while at the same time building esprit de corps among the different groups.”

For two days and one night the teams trekked nearly 30 miles during unusually harsh weather conditions to complete nine events. Each event was kept secret from the participants until it was time to complete it. They ��@ � � �� )@ +� ��+�� !��X� �� X� �� -dence course, and even a river crossing.

Other than bragging rights and the opportunity to build upon the cama-�� X��-��_@�� !��it their all for each and every event.

Capt. Brian Kriesel and 1st Sgt. Eric Basile, Commander and First Sergeant, respectively, of the 120th Adjutant General Battalion’s Fitness }��(��+X�� +�� event with a time of 30 minutes and 51 seconds.

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“I feel physically pretty good now but we don’t know what’s coming,” Kriesel said.

_�� X��}��%�� +��-ner and I think we make a good team. No matter what we’re going to have fun.”

While the brigade has hosted a Rubicon before, Kelly said previous challenges have not been to this scale.

�}��#� ��)�� #��X��said. “While we’ve done shorter Rubicon’s before with runs and such, this ��@�� +��!��!��

By the time the second day of events rolled around, the mental and physical effects of endless activity combined with the bitter cold were no-ticeable for just about everyone involved.

�Z�� @��!��|��?�� }��`�+�� +�morning and we’ve been going on for about 30 hours now,” said 1st Sgt. Michael Fletcher of Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment.

“My feet are a bit beat up now. In fact they feel like somebody hit them with a hammer,” he said. “I feel myself starting to get mentally drained and I have been saying stuff that I normally wouldn’t.”

In the end though, for all those making the decision to cross the Rubi-con, the event and the camaraderie that came with it were worthwhile.

“I think overall it’s been a positive experience,” said Fletcher. “I hope we get some teams from the other brigades on post but I hope to do it again next year.”

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Capt. Pamela Cameron with the 193rd Infantry Brigade, takes aim during weapons testing as part of the unit’s Rubicon team building exercise Dec. 8 on Fort Jackson.

Above left, a Soldier participating in the Rubicon Command Team Challenge with the 193rd Infantry Brigade tries to crawl back in his canoe after capsizing during the boat crossing event. Above right, Col. Mike Katona, 193rd Infantry Brigade commander, shakes the hands of drill sergeants and brigade cadre who are welcoming them to the final stop in the unit’s Rubicon Command Team Challenge.

Above left, First Sergeant Robert Berry with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, takes a break after completing the confidence course. Above right, First Sergeant Aaron Bullard with Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, attempts to complete the belly crawl obstacle.

Above left, Capt. Mitchell Bliley, Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment command-er, takes aim with his M4 carbine during marksmanship testing. Above right, Capt. Glenn Barrazo, with Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 193rd Infantry Brigade, attempts to grab the rope in an effort to complete the Berlin Wall obstacle on the confidence course.

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Winterwonderland‘He knows when you are sleeping’ sing second-grade students during the Winter Music Program at C.C. Pinckney Elementary School. Music teacher Alan Danahy led the group as they performed songs about the different winter holidays around the world.

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Staff Sgt.Allen BlakeAlpha Company1st Battalion,13th Infantry Regiment

HONOR GRADUATEOF THE CYCLESpc. Courtney M. Bliler

SOLDIER LEADEROF THE CYCLESpc. Ann M. Dailey

HIGH BRMPvt. Morgan W. Tankersly

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Staff Sgt.Johnny KawakamiBravo Company1st Battalion,13th Infantry Regiment

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Staff Sgt. Sean SweeneyEcho Company1st Battalion,13th Infantry Regiment

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Saluting this BCT cycle’s honoreesDRILL SERGEANTS OF THE CYCLE. Photos by OITHIP PICKERT, Public Affairs Office.

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“What I have been trying to con-vey to my drill sergeants since refor-mation, is that going to train future ��X��@�#+��different than if you were coming to train future Soldiers in Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Caro-lina.”

“This is the same skill set you are training. This is basically the same age of Soldiers that you’re training. You are trying to ground them both on the fundamentals. In essence there is no change in the mission. The reality is we are now going to train every-one the same way because we want �!��+�� have those same basic Soldier skills,” Guthrie said.

At the end of the ceremony, Priest had one message to all those getting ready to hit the trail: there is but one mission in being a drill sergeant, and that is to train Soldiers.

“The job of being a drill sergeant �� -ences I had in my entire career,” said Priest. “If I could do it again, I would do it again. It’s that kind of job that you only have one shot at it and to do it right. So give it everything you’ve got.”

Command Sgt. Maj. Robert T. Priest, Command Sergeant Major of the 98th Training Division (Initial Entry Train-ing), 108th Training Command (IET), congratulates drill sergeant, Sgt. 1st Class Liem T. Tran, 95th Training Division (Initial Entry Training), for his graduation from the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy Dec. 7.

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Give thanks to our Service members and their Families

Bill Dukes is founder and chairman of the Honor Flight of South Carolina and the state’s civilian aide to the secretary of the Army.

As the civilian aide to the secretary of the Army for South Carolina, I would like to ex-tend my gratitude during this holiday season to all the members of the military who serve our state and nation to secure the protections of liberty for each of us.

As we gather to celebrate the holidays and enjoy the warmth of family and friends, I hope we can all pause to consider what is perhaps our greatest Christmas gift – the gift of free-dom. Keep close in our thoughts and prayers the men and women who have given us that gift and continue to defend and protect it every day.

Please take a moment to remember our Ser-vice members who are deployed overseas this holiday season. They are far from their families and the comforts of home. For many, these are ��+�� @�� +��Z��Middle East is of keen interest to South Caro-��}��@�)��and Soldiers from the South Carolina National Guard, Airmen from Shaw Air Force Base and Charleston Air Force Base, Soldiers from U.S. Army Central located at Shaw and Marines from the Marine Air Station Beaufort that are deployed overseas during this holiday season.

For every Service member who is deployed that means there are family members at home who will be without a special loved one during �� +��Z��+��@��!��members will return home soon and be reunit-ed with their loved ones. Our deployed service members voluntarily stand up and brave the danger and hardships to defend the freedoms we enjoy.

These are young men and women who have chosen service over self. They inspire us all by their willingness to put our safety, our security �� @��)�� %�� !��+��@�)��experience to know that there are others who will put their lives on the line for people they don’t even know. They portray what we Amer-icans value most — freedom.

Let’s all give thanks this season and through-out the coming year for the members of our military. Not only do they risk their lives daily

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Let us give thanks as well this season, and throughout the coming year, to the families of the members of our military. It is they who most directly share the burdens of the long struggles to protect our American way of life. As you remember these military families, pray for all the spouses who have been doing the parenting of two while one stands guard for all of us, and remember the children who wait anxiously for mother or father’s return home.

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Fair opens doors to jobs, education

Education Services Officer Veronica Fields-Cox listens as Fort Jackson Commander Maj. Gen. John ‘Pete’ Johnson, left, and Command Sgt. Maj.Lamont Christian, right, discuss Tuesday’s college and career fair. This is the first year for the event, which is expected to turn into an annual tradition.

Photos by DEMETRIA MOSLEY

By DEMETRIA MOSLEYFort Jackson Leader

Tuesday’s college and career fair at the Solomon Center was “absolutely a big deal,” according to Fort Jackson’s commander.

“This fair is mutually supporting,” said Maj. Gen. John “Pete” Johnson during the beginning of the event. “It will help our Soldiers and that makes our Army better because we have more educated Soldiers. Also, whether (Soldiers) get out today or 20 years from now, (their education is) an investment back into the American people and to this great country.”

More than 80 employers and schools piled into Fort Jackson’s Solomon Center to show what they had to offer �� "��#�� @��+��}�� post has combined both a job and education fair together. The event was thrown by the Army Continuing Education System.

“We usually have them separate, but wanted to have ev-erything in one place,”said Carolyn Andrews, transition services manager for Fort Jackson.

The idea to combine the fair was Command Sgt. Maj.Lamont Christian’s.

“I think that education is currency. Not just for Soldiers, Family members and Department of Defense employees,

but for everybody,” said Christian. “ I wanted there to be one location where people could navigate through the edu-cation process as well as learn about the jobs out there.”

(��! �'�� X�� @��what type of jobs were available once he retired, was im-pressed with the combined fair.

“As Soldiers we need to have always have a plan,” said Mendoza. “I like the fact that the fair had a balance and a variety of employers and schools, so that we can not only plan for our education, but also see what’s available after-wards.”

The fair was open to all of the Fort Jackson community which included federal employees. Retired Sgt. 1st Class. Ricky Lloyd heard about the fair through a veterans support system. He recently moved to Columbia three months ago and has been looking for a job since.

�%��@�� +�)�� !��+��-sume to a few companies and see what they have to offer,” he said.

Johnson said the education is a fundamental part of the Army

“(The Army) believes in a life long philosophy of educa-tion and training and making ourselves better each in ev-eryday so education is fundamental to our Army,” he said. “We take developing our Soldiers and leaders to a high level, we think that it is vital to the readiness of our Army.”

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Col. David Mendoza chats with one of about 40 employers that attended a college and career fair at Fort Jackson’s Solomon Center. Mendoza said that he was impressed with the joint educa-tion and job fair.

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