Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Phillip Eugene | Command Sgt. Maj. Jenny Bryan thanks the nearly 300 member audience of the 80th...... read more read more
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Command Sgt. Maj. Jenny Bryan said that she was partially surprised when on her 50th birthday Col. Clearance Combs, the 80th Training Command’s chief of staff, called her to the front of the room then asked nearly 300 participants to sing happy birthday to her during the command’s readiness symposium.
Bryan, the senior enlisted leader of 3rd Brigade, 94th Training Division, said she anticipated some type of acknowledgement from her counterparts at the battalion level but at the time she had no idea what to expect.
She thanked the audience after they serenaded her, then suggested that Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel Sorenson get the same treatment since he was due to turn 50 on election day Nov. 6.
With microphone in hand, Bryan joined the audience, made up mostly of leaders and staff members from across the 80th Training Command, and sang Happy Birthday to Sorenson.
"I knew they were going to do something for her, and I knew she would drag me into it," said Sorenson, senior enlisted leader of the 13th/100th Ordinance Battalion, 3rd Brigade.
Bryan said she was lucky to be able to spend her birthday with the audience at the symposium because they're part of her Army family.
"That’s not a…suck up comment; It’s really meant from the heart,” said Bryan. "Would I rather be home with my biological family? Yes, but duty calls."
“I’ve spent more birthday’s in the Army doing Army business than I’ve spent at home," said Sorenson.
The purpose of the five-day symposium, which began on Oct. 31, was to improve readiness across the command by addressing issues ranging from unsatisfactory and non participants, flags, separations, evaluations and medical actions.
"Getting all the information to all the people who need to know it has long term dividends that'll make everyone's job easier and help the Army function more efficiently," Sorenson said.
Bryan acknowledged that resolution to the readiness issues facing the brigade would be the perfect birthday gift.
| Date Taken: | 11.03.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 11.05.2012 22:09 |
| Story ID: | 97337 |
| Location: | JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, US |
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