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ASCM (Master Chief Aviation Support Equipment) (E-9) Charlie “Chuck” Sutton onboard USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) in 1991 – brought us up as a team when we were in 6 month yard period (Saint Julian’s Creek, Portsmouth, VA) after ship schedule changed rapidly during Desert Storm (shortened by 3 months). He only wanted the best that wanted to serve with him and was able to pick his crew during the rework period….He really needed E-5’s with experience on the gear to lead, temperamental jarheads assigned to the shop, by example.... All that changed during Storm, and we were called upon to perform humanitarian relief with 24th MEU spearheading into Kurdish territory onboard from New River, NC to take out any of Sadam republican guard still left in northern towns of Iraq. Later went on to feed tons of MRE’s and tent cities built for the Kurds. A Chief (E-6) then, Charlie Sutton was a big, bull nose sort of fella with ethics and standards beyond approach….I remember him picking up Billy Graves, a blue shirt 3rd class P.O. in the shop one day after Billy gave him some lip about doing something or other with a Nitrogen Cart….It was all Billy could do to breath while Charlie had him jacked up on the bulkhead looking him dead in the eyes begging him to say something else! He would run with MAG Combat Cargo Officer and AIMD CO for camaraderie and competition on the flight deck before dawn every morning underway….Never forget the man… Charlie later went on to COMNAVAIRLANT inspection team and then retired to go to work for what was then NATEC….wasn’t afraid to confront anyone who questioned him concerning operations on equipment. His guys came first at eeverything, even when putting us in for any awards that were deserved…also worked with him after he retired while I was putting together support equipment manuals in my first few years as a DOD contractor. Charlie would travel down from Lakehurst, NJ to do verification/validations on the pubs for us. SMSB I was certain you would have said your Paratrooper father. Nope....call'n it like it is....my dad was KIA when I was eight years old, so his influence on me was limited to quality time with all of us doing the kind of stuff family does together.....I took warpushers question and applied it to my career in the service....Yes, my father was one of the best NCO's in the Army in his day....but my exposure to his career was such that we hardly ever saw him b/c he was up at the crack of dawn PT'ing, then getting BDU's on and out the door he went....In some ways, his men came first before us as a family...remember the saying "If the Army wanted you to have a wife and family, they would have issued you one"...my dad was Airborne Army All The Way buddy....never any question about that from any of the men he lead and served with...for that I am grateful and he will always be number 1 with us!....
"Let's Go Downtown" - Flight of the Intruder
http://www.327infantry.org/second/c_co Same Mud Same Blood - NBC documentary filmed 1967 RVN, chronicle Frank McGee
IMOFSGT Nelson P. Henry101st 2nd/327th -NO SLACKKIA October 28, 1967 in QuangTin Province RVN
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Jumpmaster_AJ (10/15/2005)
I think my first most influential NCO was SSG Simko from Jump School. He was one of our Black Hats and his nick-name was:"The Smoke Monster". This guy could do push-ups for days! I think he slept in the Front Leaning Rest Position! I remember my first jump at Jump School where I was #3 in the door. He was the first jumper and all the students were lookin around trying to find the courage to not show fear. I remember looking at him, he looked at me and just gave me this shit eating grin! It made me smile and laugh a little and took alot my fear away! My second was when I finally got to Bragg. 1SG Lewis. He was a tall Black man with skinny runners legs and a HUGE upper body. A 101st ABN Vietnam Vet. He was hard but fair. I learned a great deal from this man because he stressed the importance of the Squad Leader. When a joe f***ed up, he didn't go to the PSG, his words were: "WHERES YOUR SQUAD LEADER". He took it straight to Squad Leader and made them responsible! CSM Veitch and CSM Lockwood were very influential for me also. Both were GREAT LEADERS! OMG Psycho Simko was one of my Instructors at the Advanced Airborne Course better known as Jumpmaster school, he was a intimidating NCO whose voice fairly bellowed when a student was ate up. However he did have that ability to see someone who was just nervious and put them at ease so they could concentrate...he graded me on my JMPI test...the same test that I bolo'ed my first trip through the AAS in 85. He made sure I knew my stuff and I knew that if he passed me I was good to go! Needless to say I graduated 2-88. Thanks Sergeant! James... you flatter me, I'm just lucky that I had great NCO mentors who told me to pass on what they did for me...just keeping my promise.
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