One other prime Fort Bragg soldier has been chosen as the following sergeant main of the Army.
Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Weimer, the senior enlisted advisor for the U.S. Army Particular Operations Command, would be the 17th sergeant main of the Army, in response to a Dec. 12 announcement from Chief of Employees of the Army Gen. James C. McConville.
“Now we have the best Army on this planet as a result of we’ve the best (noncommissioned officer) Corps,” McConville stated. “I’m proud to pick out Command Sgt. Maj. Weimer to steer that Corps.”
Weimer will assume accountability from present Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston in August 2023.
Grinston additionally beforehand served at Fort Bragg together with being the senior enlisted adviser for the U.S. Army Forces Command from July 2017 to July 2019, earlier than taking up the Army’s prime enlisted spot in August 2019.
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Throughout his time within the spot, Grinston has overseen initiatives to incorporate the transition to a brand new Army Fight Health Check, working with officers to judge the Army’s physique fats composition requirements, overseeing updates to the Army’s grooming requirements, assembly with Fort Bragg households throughout deployments of the Quick Response Pressure and addressing substandard barracks at Fort Bragg and Army-wide.
Grinston has beforehand stated he plans on retiring.
Officers stated Weimer will proceed to function the senior enlisted chief of the U.S. Army Particular Operations Command till the summer time.
“Proper now, I need to guarantee that the troopers and households at USASOC have what they should handle their folks and maintain readiness,” Weimer stated in a information launch. “I’m not wanting forward, simply specializing in the duty at hand.”
Based on his biography, Weimer joined the Army in 1993 and accomplished Special Forces Evaluation and Choice in 1994.
He accomplished the Special Forces Weapons Sergeant Course and earned his Inexperienced Beret in 1996.
Weimer beforehand served because the senior enlisted chief on the U.S. Particular Operations Command Central at MacDill Air Pressure Base, Florida from August 2020, till assuming his present function with USASOC in August 2021.
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He’s additionally had earlier assignments as command sergeant main for the Particular Operations Joint Process Pressure Afghanistan, the seventh Special Forces Group and quite a few excursions within the U.S. Central and U.S. Southern Command’s space of accountability.
Weimer is a graduate of Norwich College, the place he earned a bachelor’s diploma in strategic research and protection evaluation.
“Once I joined the Army in 1993, I by no means would have thought I’d make it this far,” Weimer stated. “It’s an absolute honor to be chosen as the following sergeant main of the Army, and I’m wanting ahead to persevering with to serve our unbelievable troopers and their households.”
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