WORKFORCE
LIFE AFTER THE ARMY
Good mentors can help improve a career, but exceptional mentors can profoundly change your life.
by Steve Stark
Editor’s note: Most of the events that are portrayed in “Life After the Army” took place several years ago and are not news. So, why now? Te answer is that the winners of the Maj. Gen. Harold J. “Harry” Greene Awards for Acquisition Writing were announced in December and are published as a supplement with this issue.
At the time of his death in 2014, Greene was as close to a rock star within the Army acquisition community as it’s possible to be. People who didn't know him knew who he was. Now, nearly eight years later, that may not be so true.
Jeremy Haynes’s story of Greene’s mentorship is not the one that’s often told when Haynes has been interviewed or profiled. Haynes had a noteworthy mentor-mentee relationship with Greene, and Greene's ethos in that relationship reflects the ethos of the writing contest. Writ- ing the paper is the first part of a conversation about acquisition.
Tose who write put themselves on the line to help others, to pass along knowledge and expertise. Te winning essays and honorable mentions all represent real accomplish- ment in the profession of acquisition, and a willingness to be part of the larger, ongoing conversation within and around Army acquisition.
F
ew things can be more valuable to a career than having a good mentor, a person who can take you under their wing and provide a been-there and done-that view of the ins and outs of a profes- sion. Tat may be especially true for military careers, when the
mentee has little practical sense of how to manage the career ahead, balance the demands of family and work, and undertake more and more challeng- ing work.
For Maj. Jeremy Haynes (USA Ret.), Maj. Gen. Harold J. “Harry” Greene was an exceptional mentor. At the time the two men met, Greene was deputy commander of the Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan (CSTC-A). Haynes became Greene's aide-de-camp in May 2014 and served as aide until August 5, 2014, when both were shot—Greene killed, Haynes gravely wounded—during a routine trip to the Marshal Fahim National Defense University in Afghanistan.
Haynes said that Greene was a natural mentor, someone who gave to everyone around him. “He was all about growth, whether professional or personal,” Haynes said. “He was a leader who never missed an opportu- nity to mentor, guide or pass along life lessons.”
A NEW KIND OF BOSS Being Greene’s aide was more than a full-time job, Haynes said in an interview with Army AL&T magazine in January. Greene’s chief of staff routinely told Haynes, “You got one job: Take care of the boss.” Tat meant that Haynes was with Greene nearly every minute of every day. “First of all, when I had breakfast, lunch and dinner, I'm with Gen. Greene,” he said.
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