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News & Notes 2025 Issue 1

News & Notes


2025 Issue 1

SSG Darius Harris, paralegal NCOIC
            assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters
            Company, 11th Corps Signal Brigade, III
            Armored Corps, participates in an Army
            Combat Fitness Test at Fort Cavazos, TX.
            SSG Harris won the 2024 Best Paralegal of
            the Year Competition. (Credit: SGT Asher
            Atkinson)

Photo 1

LTC Mel L. Williams, staff judge advocate,
            7th Army Training Command (7ATC),
            presents a certificate of appreciation to Ms.
            Waltraud Bayerlein, vice president of the
            Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg, in
            Vilseck, Germany, after nearly a decade of
            partnership between the court and 7ATC.
            (Credit: SGT Collin Mackall)

Photo 2

During Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness
            Center (JPMRC) 25-02 exercise in Alaska, CPT
            Seth Corley (left) and MAJ Jerome Trageser
            (right) conduct a Future Operations to Current
            Operations handover for the day’s actions.
            JPMRC 25-02 included Airborne, Air Assault,
            Airland, and Ground Assault Operations within
            the first 24 hours with temperatures dipping to
            -40° F. (Photo courtesy of SSG Johnnie Luna)

Photo 3

226th Officer Basic Course. (Credit: Billie J. Suttles, TJAGLCS)

Photo 4

SSG Demetris Edwards, paralegal NCOIC assigned to the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, demonstrates how to clear a room of hostiles
            at the Jana Wendy Shooting Training Center of the National Forest
            Service near Tuchola, Poland. (Credit: SGT Jacob Nunnenkamp)

Photo 5

227th Officer Basic Course. (Credit: Billie J. Suttles, TJAGLCS)

Photo 6

MAJ Curtis Cranston (center) received the Major General Harold
            “Harry” J. Greene Acquisition Writing Award in the category
            of Innovation for his essay, Driving Innovation: Propelling the U.S.
            Department of Defense’s Acquisition of Hybrid-Electric Tactical Vehicles
            to Win the Wars of Tomorrow. Also pictured from left to right: Hon.
            Douglas R. Bush (ASA (ALT)); COL(R) Sue Myers (spouse of MG
            “Harry” Greene); LTG Robert Collins (Principal Military Deputy,
            ASA (ALT)); and CSM Robert Haynie (ASA (ALT) Sergeant
            Major). (Photo courtesy of MAJ Curtis Cranston)

Photo 7

73d Graduate Degree Program. (Credit:
            Jason F. Wilkerson, TJAGLCS)

Photo 8

SGT Jiyah Warner, then-paralegal specialist, 21st Theater Sustainment Command,
            fires an HK P8 A1 service pistol during a
            drill for the Schützenschnur, or German
            Armed Forces Badge, for a marksmanship
            event in Ohrdruf, Germany. (Credit: SPC
            Samuel Signor)

Photo 9

LTC Jay Hackett (left), commander for
            Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion,
            34th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan,
            presents a coin to SSG Tayler Grossman
            (right), paralegal specialist assigned to
            Headquarters Support Company, during a
            Soldier and NCO of the Month recognition
            ceremony in the U.S. Central Command’s
            area of operations. (Credit: SSG Mahsima
            Alkamooneh)

Photo 10


Photo 1
SSG Darius Harris, paralegal NCOIC assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 11th Corps Signal Brigade, III Armored Corps, participates in an Army Combat Fitness Test at Fort Cavazos, TX. SSG Harris won the 2024 Best Paralegal of the Year Competition. (Credit: SGT Asher Atkinson)

Photo 2
LTC Mel L. Williams, staff judge advocate, 7th Army Training Command (7ATC), presents a certificate of appreciation to Ms. Waltraud Bayerlein, vice president of the Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg, in Vilseck, Germany, after nearly a decade of partnership between the court and 7ATC. (Credit: SGT Collin Mackall)

Photo 3
During Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) 25-02 exercise in Alaska, CPT Seth Corley (left) and MAJ Jerome Trageser (right) conduct a Future Operations to Current Operations handover for the day’s actions. JPMRC 25-02 included Airborne, Air Assault, Airland, and Ground Assault Operations within the first 24 hours with temperatures dipping to -40° F. (Photo courtesy of SSG Johnnie Luna)

Photo 4
226th Officer Basic Course. (Credit: Billie J. Suttles, TJAGLCS)

Photo 5
SSG Demetris Edwards, paralegal NCOIC assigned to the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, demonstrates how to clear a room of hostiles at the Jana Wendy Shooting Training Center of the National Forest Service near Tuchola, Poland. (Credit: SGT Jacob Nunnenkamp)

Photo 6
227th Officer Basic Course. (Credit: Billie J. Suttles, TJAGLCS)

Photo 7
MAJ Curtis Cranston (center) received the Major General Harold “Harry” J. Greene Acquisition Writing Award in the category of Innovation for his essay, Driving Innovation: Propelling the U.S. Department of Defense’s Acquisition of Hybrid-Electric Tactical Vehicles to Win the Wars of Tomorrow. Also pictured from left to right: Hon. Douglas R. Bush (ASA (ALT)); COL(R) Sue Myers (spouse of MG “Harry” Greene); LTG Robert Collins (Principal Military Deputy, ASA (ALT)); and CSM Robert Haynie (ASA (ALT) Sergeant Major). (Photo courtesy of MAJ Curtis Cranston)

Photo 8
73d Graduate Degree Program. (Credit: Jason F. Wilkerson, TJAGLCS)

Photo 9
SGT Jiyah Warner, then-paralegal specialist, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, fires an HK P8 A1 service pistol during a drill for the Schützenschnur, or German Armed Forces Badge, for a marksmanship event in Ohrdruf, Germany. (Credit: SPC Samuel Signor)

Photo 10
LTC Jay Hackett (left), commander for Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan, presents a coin to SSG Tayler Grossman (right), paralegal specialist assigned to Headquarters Support Company, during a Soldier and NCO of the Month recognition ceremony in the U.S. Central Command’s area of operations. (Credit: SSG Mahsima Alkamooneh)