FORT HOOD, Texas - Soldiers of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 15th Special Troops Battalion, 15th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) gathered at Guidon Field Aug. 4 to transfer responsibility of the company from 1st Sgt. Jeanette Short to 1st Sgt. Richard Pomeroy.
The ceremony recognized two fine leaders in one of the hardest worked companies of the sustainment community, said Command Sgt. Maj. Clarence Miller Jr., the battalion's senior noncommissioned officer.
"Anyone can accomplish any task or be anything in life they want to be, if they prepare themselves, put forth an honest effort and keep an open mind," Miller said.
Being a first sergeant and managing two staff elements was a challenging job and required a special breed of noncommissioned officer to perform those duties.
"First sergeant Short was the right person for the season in which she performed those duties," Miller said.
Short deployed to Camp Taji, Iraq, with the company from 2006-2007, but did not take responsibility for the unit until early 2008, she said.
Short was the unit's first sergeant during their most recent deployment to Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Iraq, which officially ended in July.
Short explained that she was only able to succeed because of her great support system of senior NCOs, platoon sergeants and her husband.
"Without you, I would not be standing," Short said to her platoon sergeants.
During his remarks, Miller gave a piece of advice to Pomeroy.
"Enjoy it while you can, because it comes to an end way too soon," Miller said.
Pomeroy had been in the unit for about a year, and had recently returned from a deployment with the brigade's support operations section, Pomeroy said.
Pomeroy will be responsible for the company during its move to Fort Bliss, Texas, later this year, and will continue his duties as first sergeant at the unit's new duty station.
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