CLARKSVILLE – Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, 101st Abn. Div., recently participated in the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System’s annual Eighth-Grade Career Exploration Day at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center.
This is the second year Soldiers of the 101st Abn. Div. Sust. Bde. have participated in the two-day event.
The goal of the Nov. 15 and 16 event is to provide students information about the various job opportunities available for them after high school graduation, said Brenda Scarborough, career counselor for CMCSS.
“Our vision [at CMCSS] is to graduate our kids [and for them] to be career ready,” Scarborough said, adding that for her it is important to invite the Soldiers of Fort Campbell to events like career exploration day.
“I think that the military is such a crucial part of our community,” she said. “The Soldiers are able to show the students the different [occupations] in the military and share their experience.”
Lifeliners Soldiers who work in the fields of signal, finance, quartermaster, transportation, engineer and military intelligence participated in the event.
Master Sergeant Amy Prince, the logistics noncommissioned officer in charge for the 101st Abn. Div. Sust. Bde., was part of the team that attended the event.
This was Prince’s first time participating in an event like career exploration day.
“The next leaders of our Army are among those children,” she said. “The Army is a career that offers so many benefits, so it’s important that we show them how the military works.”
Prince enjoyed talking to the students and said she is excited to continue supporting events like this.
“I love sharing what I do [in the military],” she said. “I was able to show and share with the [students] how the military changed my life.”
Scarborough, who has helped organize the career day for the past eight years, said she looks forward to Soldier participation to highlight that the Army as an option for students after high school.
“It’s vital that Fort Campbell stays involved with career exploration day,” she said. “There is no better way for students to know how the military works than by Soldiers telling them first hand.”