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.
Human Resources NCOIC SFC Medina, Mark L.
Operations NCOIC MSG Nelson, Leon P.
Supply NCOIC SFC Moreno, Carlo F.
Healthcare NCOIC SGT Wienke, Jacquelyne R.

Basic Leader Course Cadre

Course Manager MSG Garcia, Fernando J.
Senior Small Group Leader SFC Mcrae, Rynaldo, R.
Senior Small Group Leader SFC Simpson, Krystal K.
Senior Small Group Leader SFC Oleksa, Jason
Training Team Manager SSG Dallemand, Thomas

Small Group Leaders

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

Basic Leader Course Class 007-22 Awardees

Distinguished Honor Graduate
CPL Aleesa M. Cortez

Honor Graduate
SPC Kenneth A. Center

Commandant’s Writing Award
SPC Andrew P. Caron

Iron Soldier Award
SPC Bill A. Bairos

SPC AGUILERA ANTONIO L SGT MASON MICHAEL M
SPC ALABIISAMA DEANTHONY M SPC MEDINA JUAN D
SPC BAIROS BILL A SPC MILLS RYAN A
SPC BROOKS BRANDON A SPC NGUYEN TOBY T
SPC CARON ANDREW PATRICK
CPL CUELLAR NATALIE A
CPL FLORES FLOR R
SPC GALL SAMANTHA L
SGT GARCIA RICARDO JR
SPC GUERRERO RIVALDO A
CPL HUANG ANDREW
SPC KIM ELENA H
SPC LOPEZ NICOLAS R
SPC LUCIANO KIMBERLY
SPC MALKIEWICZ ALEXANDER J
SPC MARTINEZ GERARDO J

Basic Leader Course Class 007-22 Graduates

SPC ACOSTA JACOB A CPL DAVIS ROBERT J
SPC ADU YAW B SPC DE LA ROSA GARCIA ALFREDO
SPC AGUIRRE VICTOR J SPC DUARTE REGINA
SPC AGUSTIN JOSUE F CPL DUDASH WILLIAM R
SGT ALDANASANDOVAL RAFAEL J SPC ESTRADA MATTHEW S
CPL ALEMAN BENJAMIN SGT FENHAUS JACOB P
SPC ALVAREZ DAVID O SPC FERRIN TANNER J
SGT BAILEY JASON A SGT FLUD JOSHUA M
SPC BEKIUS DANIEL L SPC FULLER JOSHUA D
SPC BERNARD BRENDAN D SPC GARCIA ADAM F
SPC BROWN JASON R SPC GARCIA KIMBERLY HASLY
SPC CALDERON ROBERTO R SPC GARCIA RUDY J
SPC CARMICAL RAENNA SPC GARCIA SAVIER
SPC CASTILLO VANESSA A SPC GIL ANDREW A
SPC CHAPMAN TEQUON C SPC GORDON AYDIAN J
SGT CISNEROS DANILO A SGT GRAHAM MYRDIS R
SPC COLLINS‐CLARO JOEY L SPC GREEN CHANCE A
SPC COVINGTON RAEKWON T SGT GREENALCH JOSEPH W
SPC CRAFT BRENT W SPC GUZMAN OCHOA BRANDON J
SPC CURRY BRANDON E CPL HAMILTON LUKE A

Basic Leader Course Class 007-22 Graduates

CPL HAN PATRICK C SPC LUCATE MIDLET

SPC HANSHEW PATRICK J CPL MA SANG K

SPC HELLEKSON ZACHARY H SPC MADRID BRANDON J
SPC HERNANDEZ JR FRANKLIN T SPC MANKHIN TONMOY

SPC HILASKI TRISTAN S CPL MAXEY DYLAN L

SPC IVEY QUALISIA V CPL MEZA JOSE

SPC JACKSON MARLENA A SGT MILLER IDA

SPC JOHNSON PEYTON L SPC MOORE NICHOLAS M
SGT JOSE JONATHAN L SPC NGUYEN TRINH H
SPC KOSHIOL TIMOTHY A SPC OBI ADAUGO I
SPC KRUEGER JAKEB K SPC PEREZ RASHEL
SPC LARKIN PAUL W SPC PONCE ANTONIO J
SPC LEON RENE A SPC RAMOS PEDRO H
SGT LI RUI SPC RAMOSSANCHEZ JONATHAN

SGT LIM CHAE S SPC RASMUSSEN JOE E

SGT LIMERYSANTIAGO ISRAEL A SGT RINGEL JOSHUA L
CPL LOMELIN PAUL V SGT RODRIGUEZ JOSE F
SPC LONG CELSIE A SPC RODRIGUEZ JUSTIN M
SPC LOPEZ RUBEN SPC ROSEN BENJAMIN P
SPC LOWERY AUSTIN D CPL SALDIVAR LEDESMA LIZETH

Basic Leader Course Class 007-22 Graduates

SPC SALMERON COREY A SPC WEST TRISTAN M
SPC SANZONE JUSTIN MATTHEW
SPC SCHLOEMER JEREMY I
SPC SHARROCK SHANE R
SPC SHERECK TREY T
SGT SIMON KERRIE A

SPC SIMS CALVIN JEROME JR
SPC SLATER NYCHOLAS GABRIEL
SPC STRUVE VINCE N
SPC THOMAS DASHAWN M
SPC TRAUM YOSEF N
SPC TURNER RASHAD J
SPC TYE SHADARIUS L
CPL VEGA HERMOZA

SGT VELAZQUEZ LUIS A

SPC VERA‐GARCIA ESMERALDA J
SPC VIDALES MORAN
SPC VIERGUTZ NATHAN C
SPC WALKER WILLIAM T
SPC WEST CONNOR A

Creed of The Noncommissioned Officer

No one is mor e pr ofessional 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 watchwor d. 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.
Officer s 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