by Jessica Scott | Dec 13, 2011 | army officers, company command, deployment, Iraq, leadership, Uncategorized
This post has been sitting for a long time, primarily because it has been missing key pieces for me, personally. Being post command and getting ready to move into my second command, I’m looking hard at the choices I made, the leaders I developed and more, the...
by Jessica Scott | Oct 21, 2011 | army mom, army officers, deployment, Fort Hood, Iraq, military mom, moms at war, redeployment, Uncategorized, women at war
I was barely born when Vietnam came to an end. I remember being a little girl, and watching news reports about the years following Vietnam but I never really understood why it was important and why we kept hearing about it until much later in life. My daughters will...
by Jessica Scott | Sep 26, 2011 | army mom, army officers, company command, deployment, mommy fail, moms at war, Uncategorized, women at war, working mom
I’m sitting here tonight in a crappy hotel room in Sierra Vista Arizona. I’m away from my kids. I’m alone but for the bright white screen of my computer and I’m thinking. It’s never a good sign when I start getting introspective but sitting here tonight, I am, so here...
by Jessica Scott | Aug 23, 2011 | army officers, company command, deployment, Fort Hood, leadership, Uncategorized
There are literally dozens of jobs that one takes on when one takes the guidon. I’m writing a book about company command when I’m done with this whole experience and it’s going to talk about all the bat shit crazy things you will see or hear while in command. I’ll...
by Jessica Scott | Aug 15, 2011 | deployment, Iraq, Uncategorized, women at war
One of the things I love about my husband is his ability to make me laugh. Over the years, the cards he’s sent with flowers for our anniversary or my birthday have made me laugh more than anything. They’re sarcastic. They’re crude humor that make me laugh. He’s the...
by Jessica Scott | Aug 6, 2011 | army officers, deployment, leadership, Predeployment, redeployment, Uncategorized
So if you’ve been paying attention lately, you may have seen that starting in 2012, deployments are going to shift to 9 months for Army units. Which is great right? That’s what we’ve been trying to get to for years since the wars started. Finally, the senior leaders...