Soldier Spotlight: Getting to know Sgt. 1st Class Richard A. Shutt

By Dottie White (SMDC/ARSTRAT)December 28, 2011

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Name: Sgt. 1st Class Richard A. Shutt, maintenance noncommissioned officer, Company C, 53rd Signal Battalion, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, Landstuhl, Germany

Age: 36

Hometown: Juneau, Alaska

Joined the Army: September 1992

Basic Training Location: Fort Sill, Okla.

MOS: Started as a 13B -- cannon crewmember, and now a 25S -- Satellite communication systems operator maintainer

Education: Some college

Marital Status: Married

Children: One

Activities/Hobbies: Football, video games

Favorite movie: Boondock Saints

Favorite TV show: Burn Notice

Favorite band: Motorhead

Favorite thing about the Army: Working with other Soldiers

What I've learned being a Soldier: Take care of your Soldiers and your Soldiers can take care of the mission

What inspires you to be a Soldier: Watching Soldiers you have trained excel