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  Hi, Paul fackif Good News broadcast Good News Planet pauls the world for peace.
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  It's the one hundred and six. This is magnificent and anniversary of the
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  soldiers who solved the military's most challenging problems. We're going to talk to the
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  first black command chief warrant officer in the history of the United States Army Reserve
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  Command. And we're so fortunate to be able to speak today the Chief Warrant
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  Officer five, the Shawn White Command, Chief Warrant Officer of the US Army
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  Reserve Command. How are you today, sir, sir? I am doing
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  fabulous. It's a wonderful day here in the DC area, and it's great
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  to be here, sir. It says here it's one of the most important
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  positions in the US Army Reserve. May possibly be one that many civilians have
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  never heard. Those I think we've heard as the word warrant officer. But
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  I don't know nothing. I don't know where I heard it, whether I
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  don't sort of here remember hearing of it in the in the Army Reserve or
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  the and then the other military services. What is a warrant officer? Well,
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  our warrant officers, our tactical leaders. You know, they're experts.
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  They serve in multiple fields as technical experts, combat leaders, trainers, and
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  advisors not only to our junior soldiers, but our senior leaders as well.
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  You know, our warrant officers are people who contentiously educate themselves and over intense
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  training and make the expert integrators of emerging technologies, dynamic teachers, confident wild
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  fighters and developers or specialized teams the soldiers. So you know, this monster
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  that our warrant officers is celebrating this one hundred and sixth anniversary. The Army
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  warrant officer was first introduced in nineteen eighteen, as you said, as mine
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  planners. So a lot of people don't know the history of the mind Planning
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  Service. Congress added the service as part of the Coastal Artillery Corps and in
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  the defense because of the U boats that were attacking the eastern coastlines during World
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  War One. So even though it started out as a small group, today
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  it's actually forty unique occupational specialties, and some of these include logistics, you
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  know, aviators are intelligence fields, engineering, special operations, and you know,
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  we have a lot more feels after that. But it's definitely a very
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  intense and very gruelly education process. So it's not a don't mind a warrant
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  for your arrest. Some of the come absolutely not, sir. So you
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  have sometimes they ask silly questions, but you know, sometimes people just don't
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  know, like you know, I can't say that I absolutely do my myself.
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  I mean, you're really talking about specialties here are absolutely certain, yes,
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  sir. So you know, our warrant Officer Cohart is comprised of over
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  twenty six thousand men and women of the active Guard and Reserve components, and
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  you know, and that makes up only three percent of the army strength,
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  you know, and the key behind that is that are smaller numbers mean the
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  warrant officers are highly trusted with their responsibilities from training soldiers or organizing and advising
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  missions and advancing within their career specialties. So and that's the key behind the
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  warrant officer. You learn and you become integrated in a certain job function,
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  and you learn that throughout your career and you become an expert in that field.
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  We might not be as large as the other ranks, but we're certainly
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  as an important part of the technical foundation of the Army and the Army Reserve.
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  I believe you've been involved with the Army Reserve for some years now,
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  Right when did you start? Absolutely, Sir, I started in the Army
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  Reserves in nineteen eighty six, and I actually I actually stayed in the Army
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  Reserved for two years. So I stayed in the arm Reserve two years before
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  joining the Active component. Joined the Active Component, I saw the world,
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  I enjoyed a lot of things, and then I decided to come back to
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  the Army Reserve. And one of the biggest reasons behind coming back to the
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  arm Reserve is that I was able to look at other opportunities in the other
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  job fields. It opened the doors up. And it's not that you couldn't
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  do that in the Active Component. It's just that the arm Reserve, because
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  you have you're closer to home, and there's opportunities within closer the home that
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  you can switch into those other job fields. You know, like a majority
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  of Armed Reserve warrant officers, you know, I began my career from advancing
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  from an Army private into the sergeant rings. I was initially driven by the
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  educational benefits of Armed Reserve, but I fell in love with the camaraderie and
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  the people serve our great nations. So it's been a tremendous journey. I've
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  I've gone around the world and I've seen a lot of things, and you
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  know, I've seen Germany, Egypt, Ireland, El Salvadore, I've traveled
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  through every state. You know, I've gotten a great appreciation for the job
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  and what the job offers to a lot of people around the world. What
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  are some and some of the kind of the word What are some of the
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  kind of things you did when you would go, well, let's stay with
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  the Army Reserve. What are some of the kinds of things you do?
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  I know you you personally you mentioned quite a few twenty six or so plus,
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  you know, opportunities as a warrant officer. What are some of the
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  ones you did that you like to do. Are you still doing well?
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  You know, I started in the Army Reserve as a machinist and and a
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  lot of people were like, wow, machinists, And yes, I actually
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  started as a machinist. Then that led into my secondary of welding, and
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  then I became a mechanic and I actually I actually was able to achieve two
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  warrant officer rings, one as a nine to fourteen Alpha, which is an
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  ally trades warrant officer, and then the other as a nine to fifteen which
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  is a senior automotive technician. So I was able to hone both skills,
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  you know, and that's hard to do and it's not rare. We have
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  warrant officers who have multiple moss. But to be able to hone both skills,
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  I found that maybe not as challenging as others because they're both in the
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  ordnance branch and I was able to work within those branches, to be able
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  to work simultaneously, to you know, achieve certain things. And in the
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  Army Reserve, you know, I've done things like go to Egypt and build
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  hospitals and build schools and then I, oh, yes, absolutely, and
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  then in L. Salvador, we actually went to L. Salvador and built
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  three schools in a hospital in the mountains. You know. So it's rewarding
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  and it's challenging, but you know, I think that that's what gives it
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  that good flavor, the Army Reserves giving you an opportunity to you know,
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  be near home, to continue to work near home if you want to to
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  be that part time soldier, and during that part time soldiering you're actually able
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  to do great humanitarian work and to get out and see the world. So
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  I'm truly blessed to have had that opportunity. That's great and we appreciate you.
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  I bet your family, friends as well as yourself, to be the
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  first black command chief who are an officer in the history of the Army Reserve
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  Command, Now that's a big honor, sir. It is an absolute tremendous
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  honor. I you know, as I go out and I talk to soldiers
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  and I talk to people, they often ask me what is it like?
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  And I want them to understand that, you know, it took years of
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  hard work and dedication to get to this point. You know, I've served
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  in multiple command chief Warrant offs positions, and you know, I was blessed
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  to be selected by Lieutenant General Jody Daniels. You know, she's a trailblazer
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  in our own right. She became the first female commanding general the Army Reserve.
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  And so to be a trailblazer and to be selected by a trailblazer to
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  continue to do great things for the Army Reserve is a tremendous opportunity. My
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  family could not be more proud, and they let me know every day that
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  they are very proud of the service that I've given to our country and the
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  Army has provided me great opportunities and great and have been a great impact on
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  my family. Yes, Sir CW Well Shawn, we appreciate your temendously.
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  Let me ask last questions. I know you've got a lot of people to
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  talk to. Where can our alreadience go to find more about a warrant officer
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  cohort Oh? Absolutely, sir, so to learn more about all the opportunities
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  available on the arm Reserve, please visit USAAR dot Army dot Meal. Thank
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  you very much. All right, thank you very much. I'll ask one
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  last question, if you don't mind, you kind of help me with my
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  car. I need some help. Are a good mechanic A good mechanic?
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  You know it strained you to ask that. You know, we were talking
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  about that the other day. You know, mechanics we can get in a
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  conversation like anybody else. I think I replaced my first transmission with my great
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  grandfather at twelve years old. So ah, you know, it's more than
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  just the military is home my skills. But you know, my great grandfather
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  he kind of laid the foundation. So it's great. There you go,
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  There you go, all right, and you better check that true invession.
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  I think at thirty thousand miles something like that. I just think that your
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  drive safety course. Boy, what of course? All right? I said,
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  thanks once again, we appreciate you every Bye bye the Battatt batt