WORKFORCE


"He was a leader who never missed an opportunity to mentor, guide or pass along life lessons.”


A NEW FAMILY Tese days, Haynes said, there isn't a week that goes by that Mama Sue isn't visiting or texting. Haynes said he finds it ironic that Jordon has Greene’s loud voice and love for baseball while Joseph has his sense of humor and gregariousness.


Te influence of his mentor, boss and friend still reverberates through Haynes's life in positive ways. Greene may have died far too young, but his legacy lives on, not just in his family, but also in Haynes's family, in Greene's extended Army family, and in the writing contest that was renamed to honor him by his friend Lt. Gen. Michael Williamson (USA Ret.).


REMEMBERING A NAMESAKE


The two youngest Haynes children, Joseph and Jordon Harold, both named for Greene, play near Greene's tombstone at Arlington Cemetery.


Myers and Greene were alike. Tere she was, having just lost the love of her life, “her kids are in pain, she's in pain, but she self- lessly devoted time to spend with me and give me encouraging words in my fight to survive,” and, for Haynes, that was exactly something that the boss would have done.


Haynes and his wife were expecting a child in January 2015. To honor his mentor, Haynes asked Myers for her blessing to name the child for Greene. She gave it, and son Jordon's middle name is Harold. Haynes also asked her to be his son’s godmother. Later, the Hayneses welcomed their fourth child. Joseph was also named in honor of Greene, whose middle name was Joseph. Today, the Haynes family are in frequent contact with Myers, whom they call Mama Sue. Te kids also call the adult Greene children aunt and uncle.


“A positive return on investing in you is that you'll one day invest in others,” Greene told Haynes, and probably others. Tat invest- ment is a leap of faith that says, “I see you. I care.”


Haynes didn't have the career that Greene helped him map out. But what he got from the man and continues to get is inestima- ble. It is perhaps also a debt to pay forward. Tat's a debt that Haynes will happily pay again and again, on behalf of “a phenom- enal man who people liked, many loved and most admired. … His legacy will live on.”


For more information on the Maj. Gen. Harold J. “Harry” Greene Awards for Acquisition Writing, go to https://go.usa.gov/xtMJA. To read the 2021 call for submissions, go to https://go.usa.gov/xtMJ6.


STEVE STARK is senior editor of Army AL&T magazine. He holds an M.A. in creative writing from Hollins University and a B.A. in English from George Mason University. In addition to more than two decades of editing and writing about the military, science and technology, he is, as Stephen Stark, the best-selling ghostwriter of several consumer health-oriented books and an award-winning novelist.


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