posted by 147 FA on Oct 27
The phrase “Quiet Professionals†represents the Warrant Officer in today’s Army as it has since July 9, 1918, the birthday of the Warrant Corps. Because the Warrant officer Corps makes up such a small amount of today’s total force, many of our fellow Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Guardians don’t know what a Warrant Officer is.
“The Army WO is a self–aware and adaptive technical expert, combat leader, trainer, and advisor. Through progressive levels of expertise in assignments, training, and education, the WO administers, manages, maintains, operates, and integrates Army systems and equipment across the full spectrum of Army operations. Warrant Officers are innovative integrators of emerging technologies, dynamic teachers, confident war fighters, and developers of specialized teams of soldiers. They support a wide range of Army missions throughout their career. Warrant officers in the Army are accessed with specific levels of technical ability. They refine their technical expertise and develop their leadership and management skills through tiered progressive assignment and education.”
At Camp Patriot, located on the Kuwaiti Naval Base, five Warrant Officers are continuing the proud tradition of the Warrant Officer Corps, and making themselves heard.
CW3 Jess Schreurs is serving as the Base Support Operations Officer for the Kuwaiti Naval Base and has 21 years of service in the military. His mission is to maintain and improve the quality of life for all U.S. forces stationed on KNB. Jess supervises a section of 8 soldiers as they provide 24 hour facility maintenance support. They plan, monitor & complete projects throughout the camp. Jess works as a fulltime technician for the South Dakota Army National Guard back in Sioux Falls, SD.
CW3 Robert Steadman currently serves as the 1-147th FA S-2 officer and he has over 21 years of service in the United States Military with all of his years being a member of 1st BN 147th FA. His mission, while stationed on KNB, is to provide intelligence data for the units here so they are ready to assess any threats facing our area. He supervises 2 Soldiers in the execution of these duties. Bob is an avid runner and a member of the National Guard’s Marathon Team.
CW3 Brett Anderson is serving as the Base Sustainment Officer for the Kuwaiti Naval Base and has served the United States military for over 20 years. While assigned to Camp Patriot he supervises a section of 4 Soldiers as they provide logistical support to all United States Armed Forces personnel stationed here. Brett works as an AGR soldier at the USPFO in Rapid City, SD.
WO1 (P) Wes Walker is the 1-147th FA BN Property Book Officer and is assigned to Camp Patriot on KNB. He is responsible to ensure that accountability is maintained for all equipment throughout the Battalion covering several Bases throughout Kuwait. Wes has served in the military since 1998. Mr. Walker is also an AGR member of the South Dakota Army National Guard
CW3 Tom Flint is the 1-147th FA BN Maintenance Technician and is also assigned to Camp Patriot on KNB. Tom has served the Army for 29 years and has the responsibility to keep a Battalion worth of motor vehicles up and running to ensure the Battalion’s mission is accomplished. Tom supervises a section of 9 Soldiers who cover several Bases throughout the area and is the shop foreman for UTES #1 in South Dakota, working fulltime as a technician out of Sioux Falls.
These five Warrant Officers, with over 100 years of experience, are giving their best because that is what they are trained to do, you may not hear them but the “Quiet Professionals†are there.
CW3 Brett Anderson