Navy proves superior at annual Joint Service Truck Rodeo

By Melissa Buckley, Fort Leonard Wood Public Affairs Office

September 27, 2023

All month long, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we're highlighting the remarkable journeys of our Hispanic soldiers. Meet Staff Sgt. Jennifer Sanchez, sharing her military experience as the training noncommissioned officer for the 1864th Transportation Company. A first-generation military member, Sanchez enlisted alongside her family in March of 2014, accumulating nearly nine and a half years of service. She joined as a motor transportation operator and continued in that role throughout her career.

Each service that teaches motor transport operators on post — Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines — send four instructors to represent their branch. According to organizers, the competition is designed to showcase the instructors’ technical expertise behind the wheel through friendly competition.

ASC’s command sergeant major shares his ‘story’ in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month

By Jon Micheal Connor, ASC Public Affairs

September 25, 2023

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. -- ln honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Department of Defense personnel are recognized for their excellence and rich, unique culture. In doing so, like all observances, a greater understanding and appreciation is offered to the workforce of the people with whom they serve.

National Hispanic Heritage Month is from Sept. 15 - Oct. 15. This year’s theme is “Todos Somos, Somos Uno: We Are All, We Are One.”

One Hispanic person with a very interesting background is ASC’s command sergeant major stationed at its headquarters here on a small island in a section of the Mississippi River that flows east to west.