over the years, other mentors (from top to bottom) Then-Maj.
came along. i commanded a bat- Gen. nullonulln nullonullenullnull unullanull ponullnull in
talion nullr nulln. nullenry nullthe nulln- this 1984 DoD photo. Adm. William
nullhternull emerson in nullorea, strong Crowe Jr., USN, left, passes a cer-
gnullnullhter tynull. a gentler man nullas emonial flanull to nulln. Joseph nullalastra
nullcol.nullnullll abernathy, my battalion Jr., USA, center, as nullowell, second
commander at fort nullvens, Mass., from left, prepares to assnulle com-
nullen i nulls a nullst lienullenant. null mand of U.S. Armnull nullorces Command
had a nully onulldealing nullth soldiers in 1989. As chairman of the Joint
nullth snullh a nulliet manner that nullas Chiefs, nullowell, rinullt, nulleets Air nullorce
very enullective. over the years, these personnel dnullinnullnulleration Desert
nullonulle nullssed thronullh my linull, and Shield in 199null. nullrenullonull spreadnull
they all shanulld me a bit. nullowell addresses sernullcememnullrs
Q. What did you love about being and their families at a National null-
a soldier? morial Danull Concert in nullnull.
a. one, i love the onullortnullity
to serve. tnullo, i love being aronulld
soldiers, listening to their nulloblems,
training them, manullng something
onull onullthem, tanullng yonullg ameri-
cans nullo might not have been snulle
nullat they nullere doing nullth their
lives, even might have had dinullcnull-
ties benullre they came in, and tnullning
them into something, then sending
them bacnullto civilian linull better than
they came or nulltching them nullog-
ress in the army.
tnull also the adventnulles isnull enull
nullsed to, the enulleriences ihad, and
the onullortnullities isnull given.icame
in as a null-year-old nulld nullom the nullonnull
andisnull nullshed ahead onull my abilities
constantly.ialnullays nullas being given
a nullb that stretched me and then re-
nullarded nullr nullogressing snullcessnulllly.
nulling able to march null the ladder
and have these nullntastic onullortnulli-
ties nulldenullty national secnullity advi-
sor to a nullesident and then national
secnullity advisor and then to reach
the tonullonull my nullonullssion as chairman
onullthe nulloint chienull onullnulltanull nullit nullas
a very renullarding career nullth a lot
onullnullsides and a lot onulldonullsides. it
nullasnnullt alnullays hanully days. nullnull thatnulls
nullat soldiering is all abonull.
Q. What’s your perspective on op-
portunities today for African-Ameri-
cans in the military?
a. itnull better than it s,null bnull itnulls
a dinullerent nullnd onullchallenge nonull.
photo: previous pAge, mAster sgt. jim vArhegyi, usAf/dod photos: from top, russell roederer/dod; john f. clifton/dod; senior AirmAn rodney kerns, usAf/dod february 2010 Military officer 53
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