Doing Job: The Latvian Army
Abstract
I am from the Republic of Latvia. I am Command Sergeant Major of the Second Infantry Battalion and I am 32 years old. While some would question why so young a man is in this position, I would remind them my country is young as well as my National Armed Force. The Latvian army consists of one Light infantry regiment. Every soldier in the Latvian Army is a professional now. Before I begin my personal experience paper, I want to remind you that throughout history my country was occupied by Soviets twice and once by Germans during the Second World War. From that time my country was a part of the Soviet Union for long time and we finally received our independence again in 1991. My country is small and so is our military force. However, we have a great history before we received our independence the second time (broke away from the Soviet Union). In these 15 years we have grown very much, because everyone has worked hard. I thought for long time about what to write in this experience paper and decided to write about what I did, what I saw and what I heard during my military career. I am a partof Latvian military history and my experience comes from doing my job for many years. Latvian NCOs corps is still in development process, we are still gaining experience every day and I am here to get more. This is the first time I wrote a paper like this and I think this is a great opportunity to write history of the Latvian NCOs while these experiences are clear and fresh in my memory.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 11, 2006
- Accession Number
- AD1140044
Entities
People
- Andris Grikavics
Organizations
- United States Army Sergeants Major Academy