“On average, about 80 percent of any military force is comprised of enlisted forces,” he said. Wherever he goes, we will not forget about him because we know he will not forget about us.”Īs he begins his new role, Colon-Lopez intends to take what he learned at AFRICOM and implement it on a global scale. “I want to ensure him that his good work has made a very big impact on all of us,” Barker said.
The progress made with enlisted development in Africa will endure even after Colon-Lopez leaves the command. “They are talking to each other and they are taking ownership.” “If I had to encapsulate the success of our strategy that would be it,” he said. Now we have an avenue of communication and now we know the capabilities of each other,’ he said. During that discussion, Chief Warrant officer Ramous Barker, the forces sergeant major of the Ghana Armed Forces, said to Colon-Lopez ‘Chief, three years ago I never would have imagined reaching out across the continent to talk to my brother about family care programs. Senior enlisted leaders from Botswana, Ghana, Liberia and Malawi were having a discussion about family care programs while participating in a key leader engagement in the U.S. It’s clearly pennies-to-the-dollars and it’s making a huge, huge impact on the continent.”Ĭolon-Lopez recalls a specific instance where he saw the impact firsthand.
SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISOR TO THE CHAIRMAN FULL
“Moving forward, I think it is a matter of staying engaged, making sure know they have our full support and making sure that we show United States Africa Command and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff the returns on investment. “When we developed the Africa Enlisted Development Strategy, it was designed for the long-term, not just to get immediate results,” he said.
SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISOR TO THE CHAIRMAN PROFESSIONAL
15, 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany.Ĭolon-Lopez has been selected as the next Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or SEAC, and will assume those duties mid-December.ĭuring his tenure at AFRICOM, Colon-Lopez enhanced the professional development of African enlisted forces by creating the Africa Enlisted Development Strategy, a low-to-no-cost, multi-year approach to enlisted development on the continent. Ramon Colon-Lopez relinquished responsibility as the command senior enlisted leader of U.S.
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