1 VILSECK, Germany – Even though there are more than 150 employees assigned or attached to the battalion, there are only two enlisted Soldiers working at Army Field Support Battalion-Germany – the battalion sergeant major and Staff Sgt. McKinely Suell III.
When you first meet this outgoing and highly animated staff sergeant, you can literally feel his energy. He presents himself very well – a professional Soldier, a great communicator and young Soldier at heart. But you might be surprised to learn he joined the Army almost 40 years ago.
“I signed a split option contract with the Army in high school and went to basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in 1982 between my junior and senior years,” said Suell, a native of Boston, Mass. “And then I went to Advanced Individual Training at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, the very next summer to become a medical specialist with the U.S. Army.”
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Illinois Army National Guard
Brig. Gen. Mark Jackson of Frankfort, Illinois, has been selected as the Deputy Commanding General of Operations for First Army and will be promoted to Major General.
“As First Army’s Deputy Commander, Mark Jackson will greatly influence how National Guard and Reserve Soldiers are trained for deployment,” said
Maj. Gen. Rich Neely, the Adjutant General of Illinois and Commander of the Illinois National Guard. “He is a strategic leader and combat veteran who truly cares for those who serve under him. I cannot think of a better officer to help prepare Soldiers for combat.”
As deputy commander, Jackson will serve directly under First Army Commander Lt. Gen. Thomas S. James. Jackson’s new position and promotion means that after 37 years he will no longer drill with the Illinois National Guard where he was the Director of the Joint Staff since March 2020 and, since July 2020, dual-hatted as the Deputy Commanding General at U.S. Army Southern