WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
“I am looking forward to an experience that I will be telling as a story for the rest of my life.”
Acquisition University] classes for achiev- ing my certification”—living up to his state motto to grow as he goes.
Each month Sanchez returns to his home state for his service to the New Mexico National Guard, where he serves as the plans officer for the 111th Sustainment Brigade, a responsibility he said that does not limit itself to just one weekend a month. “What drives my service is being able to know that I can help Soldiers and their families directly and indirectly,” he said. “When working on a contract, I envi- sion the first- and second-string effects that it has, and I use that as my motivation.”
In his short time in Army contracting, he has seen the impact and the poten- tial further impacts that contracting can provide. “I am looking forward to an expe- rience that I will be telling as a story for the rest of my life, whether that be deliv- ering supplies to the local community during a natural disaster, a service estab- lishing relations with foreign countries to provide essential support to service members downrange, or working on an R&D [research and development] contract that revolutionizes the modern battlefield,” he said.
—MAJ. BRAD HEINLEY & HOLLY DECARLO-WHITE
RANKING HIGHER
Sanchez receives his new rank patch during his promotion from second lieutenant to first lieutenant in the New Mexico National Guard in front of the 111th Sustainment Brigade, Feb. 5, 2023. (Photos courtesy of Marcos Sanchez)
THROW BACK
Sanchez, top row right, and other members of the 918th Contracting Battalion and Mission and Installation Contracting Command – Fort Carson, dressing up for a “Throw- Back Day” during the end of the fiscal year, September 2022.
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