Friday, July 20, 2012

Police get help helping soldiers

Police get help helping soldiers
WTU leader uses unique understanding for good of post, surrounding community
Written by
Philip Grey
Leaf-Chronicle
Jul 19, 2012

FORT CAMPBELL, KY. — It didn’t take long for Command Sgt. Major James C. Smith to realize that his unique background would come in handy for his soldiers.

Smith is also a captain in the Clarksville Police Department, currently on a military leave of absence to serve the nation in a demanding, high visibility role as the top non-commissioned officer of the Warrior Transition Battalion on Fort Campbell, where he helps to manage recovering wounded warriors.

Almost immediately upon coming into the assignment, during a WTB Christmas party at the post USO club in 2011, Smith was talking to one of his soldiers who had suffered a traumatic brain injury as the result of several close calls with explosions while deployed in combat.
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