Writing Samples

Here, you’ll find a collection of a few of my published articles, showcasing my versatility and expertise in various topics. Each piece reflects my commitment to quality and engaging storytelling. Explore my work to see how I craft compelling narratives and convey complex ideas with clarity and impact.

  • 13th ESC soldiers return home for holidays

    FORT HOOD, Texas – Christmas arrived a few weeks early as 126 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command soldiers returned home from a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan during a welcome home ceremony, Dec. 9.

  • Transportation Soldiers earn distinction as 1st TSC’s Best Warriors

    CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Two transportation Soldiers have earned the distinction of “Best Warriors” for the 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) following a grueling competition in Kuwait, May 4-8.

  • Kazma II logistics exercise brings together US, Kuwait militaries

    KUWAIT – Soldiers with the 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) – Operational Command Post partnered with their Kuwait army counterparts during a sustainment and logistics focused tabletop training exercise known as Kazma II at the Kuwait Ministry of Defense Logistic Operations Command, April 12-16.

  • Senior Ironhorse NCO set to retire following 28-year career

    FORT HOOD, Texas -- Retirement from the U.S. Army is a monumental time for any Soldier who has served for 20 years or more. It marks the end of a successful career serving and sacrificing for their country and a beginning to a new period of life in which former Soldiers have the opportunity to return to serve their Families and give back after their sacrifices.

  • Wranglers partner with local nightclub for safety awareness training

    FORT HOOD, Texas – It’s a standard Friday afternoon and Wolfpack soldiers are gathered together for a standard Friday close-out safety briefing prior to going their separate ways for another standard weekend. However, on this otherwise standard Friday, July 27, the soldiers of 4th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, were gathered for some nonstandard training at a very nonstandard location.

  • Top Longhorn spouse visits Ironhorse spouses

    FORT HOOD, Texas – University of Texas Longhorns head football coach, Mack Brown, and his wife, Sally, visited with 4th Infantry Division Soldiers and family members during a visit to Fort Hood on April 29. During the couple's visit, Sally used the opportunity to sit down and talk with members of the 4th Inf. Div. Wives Club about their experiences while the Soldiers were deployed to Iraq.

  • 13th SC(E) hosts Leadership Temple class at Fort Hood

    FORT HOOD, Texas - Soldiers from the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) hosted a group of business and community leaders from the city of Temple for a tour of Fort Hood, Nov 12.

  • Army Marathon shadowed in Kuwait

    CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – In commemoration of the Army Marathon held at Fort Hood, more than 200 Soldiers from Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, including several from the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), based out of the vast Army post in Texas, raced in a shadow run March 1, the same day as the marathon in Central Texas.

  • Ribbon cutting marks beginning of holiday season for Santa’s Workshop

    FORT HOOD, Texas – With the holiday season just around the corner, the senior leadership with 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) helped jumpstart the joyous season during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Fort Hood Santa’s Workshop Nov. 7.

  • Homecoming turns into proposal ceremony

    FORT HOOD, Texas - “Will you marry me?”

    Sgt. 1st Class Nigel Dunn had been waiting more than six months to ask his girlfriend, Ashlie Duenas, that very question since he purchased the engagement ring while deployed in Afghanistan as the platoon sergeant for 4th Platoon, 502nd Human Resources Company, 4th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary).

  • Sailor uses experience on water to keep Soldiers on ground safe, secure

    BAGHDAD – When one thinks of a Navy deployment, many Soldiers might imagine the cramped confines of a large, yet often crowded, naval vessel such as a submarine or aircraft carrier.

  • Gunslingers get dirty during annual mud run

    FORT HOOD, Texas - Soldiers, family members and community partners with the 553rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), participated in the battalion's annual mud run and obstacle course at Fort Hood’s all-terrain vehicle track July 3.