Photo By Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal | U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman...... read more read more
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HONOLULU - From physical training with Marines to touring an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, Senior Enlisted Adviser to the Chairman (SEAC), met with a wide cross section of enlisted members assigned in the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) region to get a ground level understanding of the region.
As the SEAC, Troxell is the senior non-commissioned enlisted member of the U.S. military. He serves as an adviser to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense on all matters involving enlisted personnel development and force integration, utilization and health.
To help him in this role, Troxell spoke with military members from across the services on Hawaii including stops at Camp H.M. Smith, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, U.S. Pacific Fleet, USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53), and the Hawaii Air National Guard. During these talks, the SEAC explained why visiting the Indo-Asia-Pacific is so important to his mission.
“When you look at what’s going on in the world right now the PACOM AOR is a very busy one,” Troxell said. “With the way we are building partnerships across the Pacific AOR to deter any kind of threats, it’s important that I get out here and see what’s going on at the ground level so that I fully understand the problem set out here and the challenges, fully understand the mission set and where PACOM as a whole is going to deter any kinds of threats.”
Troxell also offered insight on his plan for shaping a joint force.
“The changes that I hope to incorporate is taking a really comprehensive look at our joint enlisted professional military education and trying to expose Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen earlier in their career to joint education, joint opportunities, and joint training,” Troxell said. “In the end it’s ‘how do I develop a professional development model that prepares a Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine to one day be a combatant command senior enlisted leader or to be the SEAC?’”
Air Force Master Sgt. Michelle Wickell, assigned to the Inspector General at Pacific Air Forces, attended a discussion with the SEAC and cheered his plans for a joint professional military education (PME) for enlisted members.
“I think that’s a fantastic idea,” Wickell said. “I’ve enjoyed deployments and worked three years at SOCPAC, so working with my other sister services has been an incredible experience and very, very broadening.”
Troxell explained the impact he plans for the joint PME to have on military members.
“I have to have a comprehensive approach to it that gets after developing that joint leader earlier in their career, not to take anything away from the services or what their trained to do as far as leader development, but as an assist to the services so that we’re developing a more holistically trained and developed leader who is primed and ready to go into a joint a multinational assignment.”
Although preparing future leaders for a joint force environment is a priority on his list, Troxell has plans to increase effectiveness in other areas as well.
“I’m also going to make sure I have my pulse on where we’re going in terms of how we pay and compensate our service members, that we have adequate medical care for service members and their families, that our retirement program is one that is sound and provides opportunities for a seamless transition from service to the civilian sector as we move forward, and that we are looking out for our veterans and those who are our civilian counterparts as well,” Troxell said. “That’s what I look to continue to build on during my tour as the SEAC.”
At the end of his visit Troxell reiterated his commitment to the joint force saying, “I will give 110 percent of my effort to that cause and I will be the example for getting after that across the joint force.”
| Date Taken: | 02.11.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 02.12.2016 07:11 |
| Story ID: | 188707 |
| Location: | HONOLULU, HAWAII, US |
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