SSG Moore goes over study materiel with SPC Woodbury CAMP TAJI, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Everick L. Moore, right, a heavy wheel vehicle operator with the 104th Transportation Company, 87th Corps Support Battalion, Division Support Brigade, goes over study materiel for the sergeants board with Spc. Ross P. Woodbury, a transporter from his squad. Moore, a Washington, D.C. native, is dedicated to training Soldiers to be the best noncommissioned officers they can be. Woodbury, who is from Mansfield, Mass., will be Moores forth Soldier to appear before the board since deploying here.
SPC Woodbury before a mock promotion board
CAMP TAJI, Iraq -- Spc. Ross P. Woodbury, standing right, a heavy wheel vehicle operator with the 104th Transportation Company, 87th Corps Support Battalion, Division Support Brigade, reports to Staff Sgt. Everick L. Moore, center. Moore, from Washington, D.C., prepares Soldiers for going before the sergeants board. Spc. Jermanie L. Merricks, left, and Sgt. Joseph N. Cusumano stand by to act as board members.
If I send good Soldiers to the board, the Army will have good leaders, said Moore, a heavy-wheel vehicle operator with the 104th Transportation Company, 87th Corps Support Battalion, Division Support Brigade. To prepare potential good leaders for the board, Moore, a Washington, D.C., native, developed a study club that meets during Soldiers down time.