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Video by Staff Sgt. Jim Heuston
MEPS Guidance Counselors
National Guard Professional Education Center
Sept. 19, 2019 | 1:27
The MEPS Guidance Counselor course gives Soldiers the skills to help recruiters and ensure enlistees have a contract that benefits their career in the Army National Guard. SFC Gregg Krizmanich, hometown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a Guidance Counselor at the Las Vegas MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Station) in Nevada, Nevada Army National Guard, describes how the knowledge of his peers reinforced his classroom instruction.

Special thanks to MEPS Senior Enlisted Advisor, 1st. Sgt. Florence Griggs for the guided tour of the Little Rock MEPS, 19 September 2019.

(U.S. Army National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Jim Heuston)
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LTC Elizabeth Cordon

LTC Elizabeth Cordon,
WRF Resiliency Branch Chief

MAJ Giovanni Siaca

MAJ Giovanni Siaca,
Joint Suicide Prevention
Program Manager

CPT Shannon Bush-Smith

CPT Shannon Bush-Smith,
Army National Guard Suicide Prevention Program Coordinator

Capt. Ashley Hollingsworth

Capt. Ashley Hollingsworth,
Air National Guard Suicide Prevention Program Coordinator

 

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