BLC GRAD PROGRAM - 007-22

United States Army Reserve
Noncommissioned Officer Academy

Parks

Dublin, CA
Basic Leader Course
Graduation Ceremony

23 June 2022
Class 007-22

Basic Leader Course
Class 007-22 Graduation

Arrival of the Basic Leader Course Class

Arrival of the Official Party

National Anthem

Invocation

Commandant’s Remarks

Graduation Speaker

Presentation of Awards and Diplomas:
“Iron Soldier” Award
Commandant’s Writing Award
Honor Graduate Award
Distinguished Honor Graduate Award
Distinguished Leadership Award
Commandant’s List
BLC Graduates

Creed of the Noncommissioned Officer

United States Army Song

Departure of Official Party

Command Sergeant Major James C. Stoots

Commandant
U.S. Army Reserve Noncommissioned Officer Academy Parks

Command Sergeant Major James C. Stoots is a native of
Bowling Green, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Army
Reserve March 1989, attended Basic Combat Training at Fort
McClellan, Alabama. August 1990, attended Advanced
Individualized Training at Fort Dix, New Jersey where he was
awarded the Motor Transport Operator (88M) Military Occupational
Specialty. August 1992, attended United States Army Reserve
Force School Fort McCoy, Wisconsin where he was awarded the
Carpentry and Masonry (12W) Military Occupational Specialty.

Command Sergeant Major Stoots’ duty positions consisted of Motor
Transport Operator Specialist, Carpentry Masonry Sergeant,
Construction Squad Leader, Construction Supervisor, Operations
and Training Noncommissioned Officer, Construction Platoon
Sergeant, Construction Operations Sergeant, General Engineering
Supervisor, Sustainment Range and Training Lands Program Manager, First Sergeant,
Installation Management Sergeant Major, Commandant Noncommissioned Officer Academy.

Command Sergeant Major Stoots’ assignments include, Charlie Company 983rd Engineer
Battalion Toledo, Ohio; 983rd Engineer Battalion Combat Heavy Monclova, Ohio; HHC 391st MP
BN Columbus, Ohio; B Company 980th Engineer Combat Battalion (H) San Antonio, Texas; 302nd
Engineer Company (V) San Antonio, Texas; 416th Theatre Engineer Command Darien, Illinois;
United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) Sustainable Range Program Fort McPherson,
Georgia; USARC G37 Fort Bragg, North Carolina; 926th Engineer Brigade Montgomery, Alabama;
AFRICOM Liaison attached to EUCOM Stuttgart, DE; United States Army Sergeants Major
Academy Fort Bliss, Texas; OCAR/USARC Army Reserve Installation Management Division Fort
Belvoir, VA & Fort Bragg, NC; Noncommissioned Officer Academy Commandant Parks Reserve
Force Training Area. Deployments consist of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring
Freedom.

Command Sergeant Major Stoots’ military and civilian Education includes 88M Advance
Individualized Training, 51B-MOS Course, Primary Leadership Development Course, Basic
Noncommissioned Officers Course, Advanced Noncommissioned Officers Course, United States
Army Sergeants Major Academy, Nominative Leader Course, Brigade Pre-Command Course,
Command Sergeants Major Development Course, Commandant Pre-Command Course, Battle
Staff Course, Airborne Course, Air Assault Course, Rappel Master Course, Joint Engineer
Operations Course, Master Resilience Training Facilitators Course, Contracting Officers Course,
Range Facility Management System Course, and United States Army Reserve Quota Managers
Course. His civilian education includes a Bachelor’s Degree in General Studies from Grantham
University, Lenexa, Kansas.

Command Sergeant Major Stoots’ awards and decorations includes the Meritorious Service
Medal (4OLC), Army Commendation Medal (6OLC), Army Achievement Medal (5 OLC), Army
Good Conduct Medal (6 knots), Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (5OLC), National
Defense Service Medal (BSS), Iraq Campaign Medal (2BSS), Global War on Terrorism Service
Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal (2BSS), Armed Forces Reserve Medal (gold hourglass, M,
Numeral 2), Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (Numeral 6), Army
Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon
(Numeral 4), Meritorious Unit Citation, Combat Action Badge, De Fleury Medal, Parachutist
Badge, Air Assault Badge and Department of Army Staff Badge.

Command Sergeant Major Stoots is married to his junior high sweetheart the former Christy
Jones of Bowling Green, Ohio. He has 4 kids and 9 grandchildren.

Command Sergeant Major Abraham Hinojosa

Basic Leader Course Graduation Guest Speaker

Command Sergeant Major
Abraham Hinojosa is a na ve of
Bakersfield. He began his Army career as a
Storage Handling Specialist in 1998 when
he joined the California Army Na onal
Guard. In 1991 he became a Military
Policeman.

His assignments include Diversity and Inclusion
Sergeant Major at Na onal Guard Bureau, Command
Sergeant Major for 143rd Military Police Ba alion
(Deten on) and 185th Military Police Ba alion,
Opera ons Sergeant Major at 40th Infantry Division,
and First Sergeant at 670th Military Police Company.

His deployments include Iraq, Kosovo, and Guantanamo Bay.

His awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious
Service Medal w/Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commenda on
Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters,
Army Achievement Medal, Combat Ac on Badge, and
several more.

Command Sergeant Major Hinojosa is a graduate of the
Sergeants Major Academy and all levels of NCOES. He holds
a master's degree in Leadership and Management and a
bachelor’s degree in Organiza onal
Management. from the University of La Verne.

He resides in Bakersfield with his wife Christy, and he has
four children.

United States Army Reserve
Noncommissioned Officer Academy Parks

Headquarters Cadre

Commandant CSM Stoots, James C.
Deputy Commandant SGM Caswell, Paul, E.
First Sergeant 1SG Lape, Lonnie T.
Chief of Staff MSG Nelson, Leon P.
Human Resources NCOIC SFC Medina, Mark L.
Supply NCOIC SFC Moreno, Carlo F.
Healthcare NCOIC SGT Wienke, Jacquelyne R.

Basic Leader Course Cadre

Course Manager MSG Garcia, Fernando J.
1st PLT Senior Small Group Leader SFC Simpson, Krystal K.
2rd PLT Senior Small Group Leader SFC Oleksa, Jason
3rd PLT Senior Small Group Leader SFC McRae, Rynaldo, R.
4th PLT Senior Small Group Leader SFC Boudreau, Michael F.
Training Team Manager SSG Dallemand, Thomas

Small Group Leaders

SFC Abrao, Gabriel, A. SGT Malone, Amy
SSG Arreola, Hector SSG Marte, Ellis
SSG Baez-Torres, Emmanuel SSG Morse, Nanci F.
SSG Berton, Ethan SSG Oliphant, Steven
SSG Carbiener, John A. SSG Ojeda, Michelle
SSG Candelaria, Fresolinda SSG Reed-Cain, Ocyia, T.
SSG Carrillo, Anthony, J. SSG Rupp, Daniel
SSG Cook, Mathew L. SSG Salas, Melvin
SSG Garcilazo, Christian O. SSG Saelee, Meuy Y.
SSG Gentrup, Ashley E SSG Squire, Heather
SSG Harris, Derrick SSG Swain, Donald
SSG Zavala, Jacob
SSG Locascio, Marc G.

Basic Leader Course Class 007-22 Awardees

Distinguished Honor Graduate
SPC Noah S. Friedman-Buchanan

Honor Graduate
SPC Kenneth A. Center

Commandant’s Writing Award
CPL Yanellie Urizar

Iron Soldier Award
SPC Aaron Rayburn

SGT Aguilar Vasquez Yesenia SPC Cole John N
SPC Aguirre Benjamin S SPC Collins Caden K
SPC Alanis‐Aguilar Roberto SPC Cook Cameron J
CPL Alvarez Ethan Michael SPC Cortes Leslie E
SPC Alvarezgu errez Manuel A SPC Co man Andrew L
SGT Andrews Brandon K SGT Crawford Alan J
SPC Avire Dylan F SPC David Johnathan D
SPC Babcock Riley A SGT Delarosa Allison
SPC Ballaibe Noah K SPC Deming Benjamin R
SPC Ba ce Tyler B SPC Desander Seneca F
SPC Bau sta Abel J CPL Domingo James T
SPC Benne Jake E SPC Duncan Jenayne R
SPC Betancourt Torres SPC Espinoza Leslie I
SGT Botello Erica G SPC Favela Ricardo S
SPC Brayboy Wendell C SPC Fernald Ma hew R
SGT Casarez Anthony J SPC Fickes Storm M
SGT Cas llo Adriana M SPC Friedman‐Buchanan Noah S.
SPC Cavalieri Thomas A CPL Gabr Nathaniel T
SPC Chambers Thomas George Jr SPC Gallardo Cris na
SPC Chostel Sherna CPL Gamez Hernandez Sandra M

Basic Leader Course Class 007-22 Graduates

SPC Garcia Bri ney SPC Nguyen Hoangquan

SPC Garcia Dante R SPC Nguyen Trevor T

SPC Garcia Jimmy J SPC Noclain Mayson S

SPC Garcia‐Nazarit Jordan A SPC Norwood Candace A

SPC Gaxiola Emiliano E SPC Pa on Isiah J

SPC Griffin Melissa SPC Perez David I

SPC Gu errez Jose H SPC Poblano Eileen E

CPL Hale Mitchell J SPC Price Khaleel M

CPL Hall Michael E SPC Rambin Collin J

SGT Hauff Charles Iii J SPC Rayburn Aaron J

SPC Hernandez Garre A SPC Reed Terry A

SPC Hinton Cameron R SGT Reyes Andrew Y

SGT House Colbert S Iii SGT Richards Trenton C

SPC Hurtado Nelson O. SPC Rodriguez Adam I

SGT Huynh Kenneth M SPC Romero Genesis

SPC Imetengel Masen N SPC Rowson Trevor B

SGT Inge Allison K SPC Sanches Juan C

SPC Inouye Rachel N SPC Sanchez Nathan K

CPL Jacobsen Alexander E SPC Sanchez Rosa M

SPC Jewell Gregory J SPC San ago Eric

SPC June Nicole M (Devos, Ashley N) SPC Sasaki Reuben S

SGT Komjathy Christopher W SPC Saucedobucio Abel

SGT Langford Thomas Y SGT Schultz Norman H

SPC Laureano‐Menendez Jouriel M SPC Sievers Katherine E

SGT Lee Chris an SPC Smith Caleb C

SPC Lee Tad Y SGT Stark Gabriel R

SPC Likkel Zakary B SPC Stephens Kris an R

SPC Lizama Kelseyleila H SGT S re Bukuru

CPL Lo on Trevon D SPC Stuehrenberg Brendan Sco

SGT Mafnas Joseph C Iii SPC Sullivan Jermaine M

Basic Leader Course Class 007-22 Graduates

SGT Maldonado Noel SPC Takaki Virginia Mary
SPC Ma hews Jerome A SPC Taylor Denver A
SPC Mccallon Sean G SGT Tejas Fontanelli Oscar
CPL Mcghee Jeremiah B SPC Terry Christopher G
SPC Mckeague Leslie N SPC Tully Robert M
SPC Mejia Aguilar Leobardo SPC Twogood Timothy J
SPC Melendrez Antonio A CPL Urizar Yanellie O
SPC Meng Fanxiang SPC Usle Therese A
SPC Miclat Enriljasper B SPC Vasquez Gabriel M
SGT Miller Brandon D SPC Velazquezsantoyo Edgar
SGT Miller Zayvius T SPC Vonglakhone Bounthouy
SPC Morris Brendan A SPC Williams Joshua A
SGT Mueller Elisha M SGT Winters Benjamin T
SPC Ngiralmuut Dermang E SGT Wong Michael
SGT Nguyen Cuong N SGT Ybarra Chris an A

Creed of The Noncommissioned Officer

No one is more professional than I. I am a
noncommissioned officer, a leader of Soldiers. As a
noncommissioned officer, I realize that I am a member
of a time honored corps, which is known as "The
Backbone of the Army". I am proud of the Corps of
noncommissioned officers and will at all times conduct
myself so as to bring credit upon the Corps, the military
service and my country regardless of the situation in
which I find myself. I will not use my grade or position
to attain pleasure, profit, or personal safety.
Competence is my watchword. My two basic
responsibilities will always be uppermost in my mind
accomplishment of my mission and the welfare of my
Soldiers. I will strive to remain technically and
tactically proficient. I am aware of my role as a
noncommissioned officer. I will fulfill my
responsibilities inherent in that role. All Soldiers are
entitled to outstanding leadership; I will provide that
leadership. I know my Soldiers and I will always place
their needs above my own. I will communicate
consistently with my Soldiers and never leave them
uninformed. I will be fair and impartial when
recommending both rewards and punishment.
Officers of my unit will have maximum time to
accomplish their duties; they will not have to
accomplish mine. I will earn their respect and
confidence as well as that of my Soldiers. I will be
loyal to those with whom I serve; seniors, peers, and
subordinates alike. I will exercise initiative by taking
appropriate action in the absence of orders. I will not
compromise my integrity, nor my moral courage. I will
not forget, nor will I allow my comrades to forget that
we are professionals, noncommissioned officers,
leaders!

The Army Song

March along, sing our song, with the Army of the
free.
Count the brave, count the true, who have fought to
victory.
We’re the Army and proud of our name!
We’re the Army and proudly proclaim:
First to fight for the right,
And to build the Nation’s might,
And the Army goes rolling along.
Proud of all we have done,
Fighting till the battle’s won,
And the Army goes rolling along.
Then it’s hi! hi! hey!
The Army’s on its way.
Count off the cadence loud and strong;
For where’er we go,
You will always know
That the Army goes rolling along.

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
US ARMY RESERVE NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER ACADEMY PARKS

BUILDING 340, CROMWELL AVE
DUBLIN, CA 94568

AFRC-TVA-KNGB 23 June 2022

MEMORANDUM FOR Graduating Class of BLC Class 007-22
SUBJECT: Graduation Message

1. Becoming a Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) is a tremendous
accomplishment, but achieving the level of education
commensurate with that rank truly enhances your ability to perform
as an effective leader. You are now a graduate of a very
challenging, demanding and rewarding Basic Leader Course and I
want to personally congratulate each of you on a “JOB WELL
DONE”.
2. As you move forward, a greater challenge awaits implementing
the knowledge and skills you’ve acquired throughout the Basic
Leader Course. Upholding the highest standards of the NCO Corps
and the United States Army are your responsibility at all times. As
graduates of this academy, you are well prepared for greater
responsibility. Your peers, subordinates, and superiors alike will
look to you for sound judgment, increased performance, and
exemplary leadership. Therefore, I charge each of you to practice
what you have learned here and instill into everyone you come in
contact with the zeal for professionalism and mission
accomplishment.
3. Again, I extend my personal congratulations. You may be
justifiably proud of your accomplishment. NCOs MAKE IT
HAPPEN!!

JAMES C. STOOTS
CSM, USA
Commandant