WANTED: 3 Great Vets with Counterinsurgency, Civil Affairs/Stab Ops Experience
WANTED: 3 Great Vets with Counterinsurgency, Civil Affairs/Stab Ops Experience
To the SWJ community,
Spirit of America is looking for 3 great veterans of OIF or OEF—especially those with civil affairs or stability operations experience—to join our Commander Support Program (CSP) team. The Commander Support Program is a unique initiative that puts Spirit of America personnel on the ground alongside US military units in Afghanistan to provide rapid humanitarian aid and development assistance for needs identified by US military and civilian personnel at district level and below. You can read more about the origins of the CSP in the Wall Street Journal here.
We’re looking to hire at least three field reps to continue our work with the Marines in Regional Command Southwest and to extend our support to Army units operating in Regional Command South’s area of responsibility. Start dates would be later this summer. Your tour would be approximately 8 months long, with a two-week leave.
Our basic qualifications: E6 and up, service in Iraq or Afghanistan (preferably at the battalion level or below), patience, maturity, a sense of humor and the ability to explain your role as an SoA field rep to a gunnery sergeant who thinks you’re just another civilian eating his chow. Well, only some of the time on that last point. But you get the idea. Check out our full job description here.
Spirit of America is a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization that, since 2003, has supported the humanitarian and counterinsurgency efforts of American military personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq.
If you’re interested and think you fit the bill, email me a cover letter and resume to [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you.
Matt Valkovic is the Manager of Spirit of America’s Commander Support Program. He is a former US Army field artillery officer, who served in Baghdad from 2008 to 2009 with 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment out of Fort Riley, Kansas.
