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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — There's no greater professional compliment than receiving a prestigious award for completing your daily mission. For one Army officer, the fact that the award was presented by the Army Chief of Staff at the Pentagon made the honor even more rewarding.
Army Capt. Christopher Hodl, Commander of the 189th Military Police Company, assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo, received the MacArthur Leadership Award at a ceremony held at the Pentagon Auditorium in Washington D.C., May 8.
Capt. Hodl said he was very humbled by the experience.
"I got to meet the Chief of Staff and senior generals," said Hodl. "It was also interesting to meet my peers who also received the award. Many were very accomplished."
Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, and Mr. Henry U. Harris, III, representing the General Douglas MacArthur Foundation, presented Hodl and his fellow recipients with the award.
Each year the MacArthur Leadership Award, an engraved 15-pound bronze bust of Gen. MacArthur, is presented to 25 U.S. Army officers and three U.S. Army warrant officers for demonstrating the qualities that Gen. MacArthur strived to exemplify — duty, honor and loyalty to one's country.
MacArthur award recipients demonstrate the ability to influence others to accomplish the mission by providing purpose, direction and motivation; are technically and tactically proficient in their positions; and exhibit outstanding team-building and interpersonal skills.
The U.S. Army Southern Command nominated Hodl for the award based on his performance during the past 16 months of his tour at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.
With more than one-third of his six-year military career spent overseas, Capt. Hodl responded with genuine surprise.
"All I did was come to work everyday and take care of my Soldiers," said Hodl, who sees his nomination and other junior non-commissioned officer awards that have been presented during his deployment as just another, "validation for the caliber of people deployed to Guantanamo Bay."
Officers and enlisted personnel assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo, like Hodl, strive to place the safe and humane care and custody of detainees at the forefront of their mission
| Date Taken: | 05.08.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 05.19.2009 15:47 |
| Story ID: | 33820 |
| Location: | GUANTANAMO BAY, CU |
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