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Greetings Sugar Bears !    I am Major Lissa V. Young,    Commander of B Company,    15 July 2000 - 12 July 2002.

 

 

Company Vision

 

 

It is our goal to become the best CH-47 Chinook unit in the United States Army Pacific Command (PACOM). Achieving this goal will require that, as a TEAM, we operate PROCESS oriented, not PRODUCT oriented. We will operate daily with a "Go To War" attitude, and in so doing, exercise fully all of the unit’s operational processes. We will do this by decentralizing leadership and decision-making, so that key leaders (Platoon Leaders and Platoon Sergeants) develop the capability to LEAD in every aspect of company operations. We will also focus our energy on TRAINING ALL of our soldiers on ALL of our War Fighting skills, so that the line of demarcation between maintenance, training and the mission is imperceptible. We will focus on thorough and methodical maintenance, not the Flying Hour Program (FHP). By our methods, we will build a healthy flow chart with robust bank time, and maintain a challenging training program that demands excellence in every aspect of our operations. The measure of success is the quality of the process, not the perfection of the product, so we will embrace quality over quantity in everything we do.

 

 

Unit Mission

 

 

On Order, B Company, 4-123rd Aviation Regiment, deploys to the designated location in the Pacific Area of Responsibility (AOR) to provide heavy lift helicopter combat and combat service support.

 

 

Unit Mission Essential Task List (METL)

 

 

Deploy

Protect the Force

Move To And Occupy Assembly Area

Conduct Air Assault Operations

Conduct General Support Operations

Sustain Unit Operations

Perform High Altitude Rescue Operations

 

 

Commander's Biography

 

 

Major Young is a 1986 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point where she majored in Comparative Literature. She was the first woman to be the Deputy Brigade Commander of the Corps of Cadets. Major Young completed the Aviation Officer Advanced Course and the Initial Entry Rotary Wing Course at Fort Rucker, Alabama in 1987.

After Fort Rucker, Major Young next served with the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado from 1987 through 1990. She served as a UH-1 Assault Flight Platoon Leader, OH-58C Target Acquisition and Aerial Reconnaissance Flight Platoon Leader, Assistant Operations Officer for an Aviation Battalion, and Executive Officer for an Intermediate Maintenance Company. Major Young then attended the Aviation Officer Advanced Course and the CH-47D Qualification Course at Fort Rucker, Alabama. From 1991 to 1993, she served in the 18th Airborne Corps as a CH-47D Flight Platoon Leader, S-1 for a Heavy Lift Aviation Battalion, and Company Commander for an UH-1 Assault Company. Major Young's next assignment was Chief of the Regional Heavy Lift Training Team for the 5th Army in Olathe, Kansas from 1994-1996. From 1996 to 1999, Major Young served on the faculty of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at the United States Military Academy at West Point. She instructed the PL300, Military Leadership class; served as Course Director for PL300, Military Leadership; and served as Assistant Professor for the Department of BS&L. The past year she attended the Command and General Staff Course at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.

Major Young's schools include the Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Warfare School, the Equal Opportunity Management Course, the Aviation Officer's Basic Course, the Aviation Officer's Advanced Course, the Combined Arms and Services Staff School, and the Command and General Staff Course. Major Young earned a Master of Arts in Social Psychology from the University of Kansas.

Major Young is the recipient of the Army Service Ribbon, the National Defense Service Ribbon, Army's Humanitarian Service Medal, Army Achievement Medal (3 OLC), Army Commendation Medal (2 OLC), Army Meritorious Service Medal (2 OLC). Major Young also wears the Army Air Assault Badge, the Army Airborne Badge, and the Army Aviator Badge.

She is qualified in the UH-1H, OH-58(C), and CH-47D.

Major Young was selected for promotion to the grade of Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) during the 2002 promotion cycle. However, she left the service later that year to pursue civilian opportunities.

 

 

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