Adjutant General's Corps leadership visits USANATO, Army Europe Soldiers

KAISERSLAUATERN, Germany - Soldiers with United States Army NATO Brigade and U.S. Army Europe welcomed members of the United States Army Adjutant General's Corps regimental leadership team during a visit here Apr. 21.

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Coral Jones, the 5th Chief Warrant Officer of the Army AG Corps, and Sgt. Maj. Todd Shirley, the AG Corps regimental sergeant major, spoke with an audience of primarily adjutant general corps Soldiers for more than two hours during a speaking forum and working-lunch. The visit at Vogleweh Air Base is the first stop for the two leaders during a tour of locations in Europe to meet with AG Corps Soldiers.

Soldiers assigned to organizations from across the United States Army Garrison - Rheinland Pfalz participated in the event with representation from USANATO Brigade, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, 1st Human Resources Sustainment Center, 21st Theater Support Command and others.

Jones and Shirley were introduced by Col. Karolyn Hooper, the USANATO Brigade commander and Command Sgt. Maj. Jorge Escobedo, the USANATO senior enlisted advisor. During her introduction, Hooper pointed out several unique accomplishments by Jones who is scheduled to retire from service later this year. "CW5 Jones is the first woman selected to serve as the AG Corps chief warrant officer and is the first African American female to wear the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 5 in the active Army AG Corps, said Hooper. "It really is an honor and a privilege to have her with us."

During the forum, Jones and Shirley spoke to attendees about a wide range of topics including updated training for AG Corps Soldiers, new regulations and doctrine, modern computer systems and programs or 'human resource weapons systems,' and the changing nature of assignments in which AG officers and enlisted Soldiers can expect to serve throughout their careers.

Following their visit in Kaiserslautern, Jones and Shirley will visit AG Corps Soldiers in Naples, Italy and Mons, Belgium before returning to Fort Jackson, S.C.