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receiving his commission and earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee, FL. He earned a Master of Arts Degree in Human Resource Development from Webster University and a Master of Science De- gree in National Security Strategy from the National Defense University. He also earned a Certificate in Healthcare Leadership from Cornell University. MG Sargent’s awards, decorations, and honors include the Distinguished Service Medal (with two Oak Leaf Clusters), Legion of Merit (with three oak leaf clusters), Bronze Star Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Meritorious Service Medal (with four Oak Leaf Clusters), Air Medal, Army Com- mendation Medal (with two Oak Leaf Clusters), and an Army Achievement Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster). He has earned the Expert Field Medical Badge, Senior Army Aviator Badge, Parachute Qualification Badge, Air Assault Badge, and the Army Staff Identification Badge. MG Sargent is married to the former Ms. Sherry Hill, who served over 22 years of dedicated service to the Army. The Sargents have one daughter, Sa- mantha who is also a graduate of FSU. Brother Sargent is a Life Member of our Noble Clan and he has served as Polemarch of two alumni chapters: Killeen-Fort Hood (TX) and Korea Alumni. Brother Sargent noted upon his arrival to FSU, Theta Eta was replete (and continues to this day) with young men who were all about achievement in academics, student activities and the local community. Brother Sargent’s immutable faith and core values were instilled in him by his grandmother Mrs. Willie Ree Faison; she is the epitome of a “Praying Grand- mother.” It is through this prism that he shared his leadership philosophy that has sustained him in Peace and War over the last thirty-five years as a Senior Leader in the United States Army.
over 500 allied health graduate students, faculty and staff earlier last year at the 2019 Graduate School Research & Education Symposium held at Univer- sity of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, he stressed the importance of continued collaboration, achieving a shared understanding of how the Army is reorganizing for future conflicts in support of Multi-Domain Operations and how that should shape future medi- cal research and education. Subsequently in Spring 2019 during his welcoming remarks for newly-minted Medical Service Officers to the Army Medical Department at JBSA, he em- phasized that his goal is to develop you into Army medical professionals. “You need to champion the interest of the Army Medical Department at the battalion, brigade, division, and corps levels. We will ensure you are ready to fight a Large Scale Ground Combat Op- eration as we transition to Multi-domain Operations.” When reflecting on what leadership look like in battle, MG Sargent declared “I don’t pretend to be a great strategist or a philosopher. Most of what I have learned about leadership has been from my capacity to listen, observe and from Battlefield Pragmatism
my experiences. I’ve been extremely fortunate that my life and Army experi- ences have provided fertile ground for me to exercise all three. Sometimes I’ve learned in places where I was amongst family, friends, and mentors and other times fighting enemies and ideologies. I’ve learned through triumph and I have learned through defeat. I have learned from people and places, one would expect a service member to learn…as superior officers, NCOs and Military Schools. But often times I have learned leadership lessons in unanticipated plac- es and times from unexpected people.” “Like while watching a 22-year-old spe- cialist share the last of her rations with an Iraqi child, or hearing the words of a captured Taliban commander, someone who has never heard of, let alone, read the likes of Homer’s Odyssey or Shake- speare’s King Lear, speaking prolifically after a crushing defeat of his forces, You Americans have the watches… but we have the time.” The collective effect of these experi- ences are what I as an interlocutor share during this thoughtful conversation.
Leadership Philosophy
MG Sargent acknowledged “upon ac- ceptance of the premise that leadership is not a position, not a rank, not a title;
MG Sargent addressed an audience of
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