WEBVTT 00:00.230 --> 00:02.286 Hi , I'm Sergeant Y Seneca Davis and 00:02.286 --> 00:04.119 I'm with uh command star Major . 00:04.119 --> 00:06.397 Charles Robinson , the 52nd 88 brigade . 00:06.397 --> 00:08.452 Command Star Major . And today we're 00:08.452 --> 00:10.970 gonna be eating Mresr CS M . What MRE 00:10.979 --> 00:12.979 do you have today ? I got the world 00:12.979 --> 00:15.146 famous uh number nine beef stew . Uh , 00:15.146 --> 00:17.257 one of the oldest in the army . And I 00:17.257 --> 00:19.479 have the meatballs and marinara sauce . 00:19.479 --> 00:22.780 Number 80 , no , I didn't switch it up . 00:22.790 --> 00:24.909 They got snack bread . Oh , man , I'm 00:24.920 --> 00:26.809 looking forward to the Crackers . 00:26.809 --> 00:30.350 Cheers . Yeah , it's better warm up . 00:30.549 --> 00:33.090 But I , it can do right now . I do . Oh , 00:33.099 --> 00:35.266 I guess I bring the CS M . What's your 00:35.266 --> 00:37.580 favorite , MRE Beach too ? Number , no , 00:38.369 --> 00:40.799 Roger CS M . Which brings me to my next 00:40.810 --> 00:42.977 question . Why did you join the army ? 00:42.977 --> 00:45.143 Originally ? I joined the army because 00:45.143 --> 00:47.143 I , uh I graduated with a degree in 00:47.143 --> 00:49.143 aviation from Hampton University in 00:49.143 --> 00:51.270 Virginia and I had 63,000 in school 00:51.279 --> 00:53.501 loans and the army paid my school loans 00:53.501 --> 00:56.790 off in three years . Yes , CS M and was 00:56.799 --> 00:58.910 becoming a command star major ever in 00:58.910 --> 01:01.450 the plan . Not the first tour . The 01:01.459 --> 01:03.570 first tour , like I said , was to pay 01:03.570 --> 01:05.889 off the 63,000 . But , uh , my second 01:05.900 --> 01:08.011 tour , I had a first on , uh , show . 01:08.011 --> 01:10.233 He , uh , he saw something in me that I 01:10.233 --> 01:12.344 didn't see it myself . And after that 01:12.344 --> 01:14.400 time I was motivated driven commands 01:14.400 --> 01:16.569 major . Um mcgee also , uh , helped me 01:16.580 --> 01:18.580 along the way during that time as a 01:18.580 --> 01:20.747 staff sergeant . And after that I knew 01:20.747 --> 01:22.969 I was gonna be a command star major and 01:22.969 --> 01:25.191 I've just been playing preparing myself 01:25.191 --> 01:27.080 since then . Yes . Yes . Sm . And 01:27.080 --> 01:29.247 you've been in charge of soldiers . So 01:29.247 --> 01:31.247 what's like advice that you give to 01:31.247 --> 01:33.358 young NCO si start with , um , invest 01:33.358 --> 01:35.191 in their families . Uh Why , why 01:35.191 --> 01:37.413 they're in the military ? I always call 01:37.413 --> 01:39.302 back to mom and dad and keep them 01:39.302 --> 01:38.819 informed of what they're doing in the 01:38.830 --> 01:41.889 military . Uh Also invest in themselves , 01:42.139 --> 01:45.440 uh take college courses , um set goals 01:45.449 --> 01:47.671 for themselves long term and short term 01:47.671 --> 01:49.393 goals . Invest in the soldiers 01:49.393 --> 01:51.227 underneath them , give them some 01:51.227 --> 01:53.393 mentorship , give them some love . And 01:53.393 --> 01:55.616 uh finally , I would say invest some of 01:55.616 --> 01:57.560 their money , invest some of their 01:57.560 --> 01:59.782 money long term . Uh It would help , it 01:59.782 --> 02:02.005 would help go along 20 years from now . 02:02.005 --> 02:01.800 They'll , they'll appreciate that , uh 02:01.809 --> 02:04.142 that little small investment earlier on . 02:05.610 --> 02:08.899 And CS M how , how is it being the 02:08.910 --> 02:11.021 commands are major ? The , the army's 02:11.021 --> 02:13.188 only active duty air defense artillery 02:13.188 --> 02:15.110 Brigade in Europe . It's , it's a 02:15.119 --> 02:17.175 unique opportunity . We , we get the 02:17.175 --> 02:19.397 opportunity to uh serve with our allies 02:19.397 --> 02:21.563 and partners um we're the first in the 02:21.563 --> 02:23.786 shoot and being air defense is a high , 02:23.786 --> 02:25.675 high priority now across the , uh 02:25.675 --> 02:27.897 across the army , across the force . Um 02:27.897 --> 02:30.063 I think it's a unique opportunity just 02:30.063 --> 02:32.119 to serve with uh different countries 02:32.119 --> 02:34.230 and , and , and uh have them fight to 02:34.230 --> 02:36.230 fight battles with us . So I , I do 02:36.230 --> 02:35.744 appreciate that opportunity and it's 02:35.755 --> 02:37.866 very unique and II , I enjoy it every 02:37.866 --> 02:40.199 day . Yes , CS M . And then what's your , 02:40.199 --> 02:42.199 what's your motto ? That's a good , 02:42.199 --> 02:44.366 that's a good question . My motto um , 02:44.595 --> 02:46.755 is mission first soldiers . Always . 02:46.794 --> 02:49.184 And it's somewhat like hard to explain . 02:49.195 --> 02:51.362 It's like the chicken or the egg which 02:51.362 --> 02:53.473 came first , but I'll explain it this 02:53.473 --> 02:55.528 way . Um The mission is always first 02:55.528 --> 02:57.639 because we , we , the army has tasked 02:57.639 --> 02:59.862 us to accomplish a mission . But if you 02:59.862 --> 03:02.028 always take care of your soldiers , if 03:02.028 --> 03:01.940 you always look after them , if you 03:01.949 --> 03:03.949 always take care of their needs and 03:03.949 --> 03:06.060 their wants , they'll do anything for 03:06.060 --> 03:06.059 you and take care of that mission when 03:06.070 --> 03:07.959 you accidentally . So I would say 03:07.959 --> 03:09.959 mission first soldiers always is my 03:09.959 --> 03:12.014 motto . Thank you for joining me for 03:12.014 --> 03:14.237 this interview . Thank you . Enjoy your 03:14.237 --> 03:15.419 r you . I appreciate it .