by Jessica Scott | Feb 17, 2015 | company command, deployment, Fort Hood, leadership, Uncategorized
There’s been a lot of traffic the past few days about the proposed changes to military retirement. I’ve been sitting on this post for a while because, well, don’t blog/tweet while angry. Because the fundamental underly question that this commission is...
by Jessica Scott | May 20, 2012 | army officers, leadership, Rants, Uncategorized, women at war
I’ve been following the entire discussion about women going to Ranger school for a little while now. Like since I commissioned. Back when I was at Fort Benning for Officer Candidate school, we had the discussion about women going to the school. Was it really about the...
by Jessica Scott | May 16, 2012 | deployment, Iraq, leadership, Rants, Uncategorized, women at war
Today marks the day that women are “officially” allowed in the maneuver battalions. I’m not going to re-hash the long trail of tears over how we got to this day: the short version is this is a good thing. But it’s not that big of a thing in the grand scheme of an army...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 5, 2012 | deployment, Iraq, leadership, moms at war, redeployment, Uncategorized
Last night my husband and I attended his battalion ball. You can check out the snark and sarcasm on twitter under the hashtag #tweetsfromtheball if you’re that interested but all in all, it was a really good time.
What’s always neat, though, for me as both a spouse...
by Jessica Scott | Feb 20, 2012 | army officers, company command, leadership, Uncategorized
So tomorrow the fun begins again. I start inventories for my 2nd command, a challenge I am really looking forward to. I’m taking charge of a Headquarters and Headquarters Company, which means: I’m in charge of the company that runs the staff. I’ve done a lot of...
by Jessica Scott | Jan 30, 2012 | army officers, company command, leadership, military mom, Rants, Uncategorized
Today has been a ranty mcrantypants day for me. Here’s just one thing that got my blood pressure up. My lieutenants used to laugh at me when I would say it’s not what you know, it’s what you can prove. Except that, sadly, the burden of proof is the...