Staff Sergeant Williammee

This is Staff Sergeant (SSG) Williammee, you can tell by the patch with the 1 on it that he has seen combat with the Big Red 1 (1st Infantry Division). Technically he works for the officers in the plans shop, but in reality he is more like a baby sitter....he tells us when it is time to eat and when we should sleep. If he didn't do that we would probably go for a few days without eating or sleeping.

A good example of what I mean happened today. (I have to preface this by telling you that we have had some of our ballistic eyeglasses stolen from the gym in the past week) SSG Williammee told us we needed to go do PT (physical fitness training), so Mitch (MAJ Jones) and I changed and headed to the gym. On the way SSG Williammee stopped us and said "hey sir, let me see your ballistic protection glasses." So Mitch and I handed them over to the Staff Sergeant. He put them in his pocket and, "okay, see you when you get back."

He is always looking out for us and never complains.....it makes me proud to know someone like him. His wife is in the hospital today having an operation....I found out from someone else, he would never tell us himself....and yet he is still looking out for us, and never asking a thing for himself.

So anyway, say a prayer for SSG Williammee and his family, and be thankful there are guys like him who quietly serve us all and ask for so little in return.