Trailblazing USAREUR enlisted leader heading to cyber posting

By Dan Stoutamire, Courtesy of Stars and Stripes (All Rights Reserved)February 21, 2018

Trailblazing USAREUR enlisted leader heading to cyber posting
1 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Command Sgt. Maj. Sheryl D. Lyon, U.S. Army Europe's senior enlisted advisor, passes the USAREUR colors to Lt. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, USAREUR commanding general, during her relinquishment of responsibility ceremony, Feb. 20 on Clay Kaserne. Lyon wi... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Trailblazing USAREUR enlisted leader heading to cyber posting
2 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Command Sgt. Maj. Sheryl D. Lyon, U.S. Army Europe's senior enlisted advisor, passes the USAREUR colors to Lt. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, USAREUR commanding general, during her relinquishment of responsibility ceremony, Feb. 20 on Clay Kaserne. Lyon wi... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Trailblazing USAREUR enlisted leader heading to cyber posting
3 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Command Sgt. Maj. Sheryl D. Lyon, U.S. Army Europe's senior enlisted advisor, salutes the U.S. flag during the playing of the National Anthem, Feb. 20 on Clay Kaserne. Lyon will be going on to serve as the senior enlisted leader for U.S. Army Cyber C... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

WIESBADEN, Germany -- The Army's first female senior enlisted leader at a service component command is leaving U.S. Army Europe for an assignment at the Army Cyber Command after nearly three years on the Continent.

Command Sgt. Maj. Sheryl Lyon said she hopes her tenure can be an impetus for future female enlisted leaders to step up.

"I hope that I've been able to help pave the way, that it's based on capability for positions instead of gender or ethnicity or anything like that," she said. "Hopefully in some small way by being in this position I've helped to ease that pathway."

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