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Current Service Status
USA Active
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Current/Last Rank
Master Sergeant
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Current/Last Service Branch
Adjutant General Corps
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Current/Last MOS Group
Adjutant General
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Primary Unit
2012-Present, 79S, USAMEDDAC Fort Knox, KY
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Previously Held MOS
63J-Quartermaster And Chemical Equipment Repairer
52C10-Utilities Equipment Repairer
79S-Career Counselor
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Service Years
1995 - 2016
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Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom
Order of the Spur
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What are you doing now:
Career Counselor for the Warrior Transition Battalion (WTB), Ireland Army Community Hospital (MTF) Vet Clinic, and Dental Comand and all Medic Soldiers assigned to the USA MEDDAC within Fort Knox, Kentucky.
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1996-1999, 63J, C Company, 27th Engineer Battalion
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1999-2000, 4th Chemical Company
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2000-2006, 52C10, HHC, 407th Support Battalion
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2006-2010, 79S, HHC, 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment (Airborne)
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2010-2012, HHC, 82nd Airborne Division
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2012-Present, 79S, USAMEDDAC Fort Knox, KY
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Reflections on MSG Bailey's
US Army Service
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PLEASE DESCRIBE WHO OR WHAT INFLUENCED YOUR DECISION TO JOIN THE ARMY.
My grandfather, Donald R. VanDyke was in the Army.
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WHETHER YOU WERE IN THE SERVICE FOR SEVERAL YEARS OR AS A CAREER, PLEASE DESCRIBE THE DIRECTION OR PATH YOU TOOK. WHERE DID YOU GO TO BASIC TRAINING AND WHAT UNITS, BASES OR SQUADRONS WERE YOU ASSIGNED TO? WHAT WAS YOUR REASON FOR LEAVING?
I was a mechanic before becoming a Career Counselor.
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IF YOU PARTICIPATED IN ANY MILITARY OPERATIONS, INCLUDING COMBAT, HUMANITARIAN AND PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, PLEASE DESCRIBE THOSE WHICH MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON YOU AND, IF LIFE-CHANGING, IN WHAT WAY?
Served in OIF I, OIF III, OIF V, and OEF Current.
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OF ALL YOUR DUTY STATIONS OR ASSIGNMENTS, WHICH ONE DO YOU HAVE FONDEST MEMORIES OF AND WHY? WHICH WAS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE?
Fort Bragg, NC - Center of the Universe!
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FROM YOUR ENTIRE MILITARY SERVICE, DESCRIBE ANY MEMORIES YOU STILL REFLECT BACK ON TO THIS DAY.
Coming home from OIF I.
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OF ALL THE MEDALS, AWARDS, FORMAL PRESENTATIONS AND QUALIFICATION BADGES YOU RECEIVED, OR OTHER MEMORABILIA, WHICH ONE IS THE MOST MEANINGFUL TO YOU AND WHY?
Earning Master Parachutist Badge. It's still what I do.
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CAN YOU RECOUNT A PARTICULAR INCIDENT FROM YOUR SERVICE, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FUNNY AT THE TIME, BUT STILL MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Ask Mark Allen that question, LOL!
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WHAT PROFESSION DID YOU FOLLOW AFTER YOUR MILITARY SERVICE AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY SERVING, WHAT IS YOUR PRESENT OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY?
Still serving as a PMOS 79S, Career Counselor.
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WHAT MILITARY ASSOCIATIONS ARE YOU A MEMBER OF, IF ANY? WHAT SPECIFIC BENEFITS DO YOU DERIVE FROM YOUR MEMBERSHIPS?
82nd Airborne Division Association.
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IN WHAT WAYS HAS SERVING IN THE MILITARY INFLUENCED THE WAY YOU HAVE APPROACHED YOUR LIFE AND YOUR CAREER? WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT YOUR TIME IN THE SERVICE?
You only live once, so live it up!
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BASED ON YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES, WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO THOSE WHO HAVE RECENTLY JOINED THE ARMY?
Patience, feet and knees together and watch your six!
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