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Called to serve!

about their pay was right, that deserving soldiers were awarded, What I am most proud of is being a good NCO to my soldiers
and that those due for promotion were promoted on time. I whilst we were on deployment, taking good care of them and
made sure that their paperwork were done right. coming back home to the US with all of them safe, sound
and unharmed. I am also very proud of the fact that I was
As a newly promoted Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) once a part of one of the best armies in the world.
on deployment in Iraq in charge of Deployed Theater
Accountability System (DTAS) for my Battalion which My personal motto is wherever you find yourself, let your
consisted of eight (8) Companies and a total of over 1500 presence be felt in a good way and always try and leave a
soldiers, I was able to come up with an efficient system that positive impact.
enabled me to report a 100% accountability of my soldiers to
the Base Commander every week. Considering the fact that
we had soldiers all over the place in Iraq on different missions,
this was no mean feat. The system I developed was so effective
that it was recommended to other Battalions on the base.
Due to my proficiency, I won awards from both the Battalion
Commander and the Brigade Commander.

My inspiration to join the Army came from my dad who is
an ex-soldier and my brother- in-law who is currently a Major
in Ghana Airforce. I watched the way these people went about
their daily activities with so much discipline and I told myself
SGT Vidzro Lydi if I can, I need to join the Army.
United States Army Soldier (Veteran)
(Human Resources Sergeant with specialties in I remember very well some of the comments passed by some
Personnel Status Report (PERSTAT), friends and even family members when I told them I wanted
Awards and Promotions) to join the Army. “You are a woman and the training is tough
and rough. Do you think you can endure it?”; “Are you sure
that is what you want to do? As a woman if you join the Army,
you will be scaring men away”.
Why would a woman, Ghanaian by birth, become a soldier
and serve in the United States Army? At that moment in my life, I had to draw more strength and
I am just that person who likes to take care of others and have inspiration from within. Gey Hey has taught me to be firm,
the welfare and well-being of others at heart. So when I found strong and fearless; and I knew deep within me that no matter
myself in the S-1 (Personnel) section of the Army, I knew how difficult or tough the training was going to be, I could
right then that was the section I wanted to be in. In this section overcome it and come out with flying colors. And so I followed
I was able to give holistic attention to soldiers. Not only was my dream. I simply said to myself “if other women have
I able to account for them, I also ensured that everything joined the Army and have made it through, why not me?”

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