Senior Enlisted Advisor
Command Sergeant Major James E. Morris
Command Sergeant Major James Edward Morris Jr. was born in Jackson, MS and entered the Army on 19 August 1997. He attended Basic Combat Training and Religious Affairs Specialist (formally known as Chaplain Assistant) Advanced Individual Training Course at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
Assignments
Command Sergeant Major Morris’s assignments as a Religious Affairs Specialist include duty in the 3-10th Infantry Battalion, 3rd Basic Combat Training Brigade and 43rd Adjutant General Battalion (Reception), Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; 212th. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, Miesau, Germany; 130th Engineer Brigade, Hanau, Germany; 30th Medical Brigade and Headquarters United states Army Europe, Heidelberg, Germany; 5th Signal Command, Mannheim and Wiesbaden, Germany; Operations Group, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California; 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, High Yield Explosive Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground - Edgewood, Maryland; 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky and Fort Bragg, North Carolina; 8th United States Army Camp Humphries, Republic of Korea; the Strategy, Proponency, Resources Directorate for Headquarters Department of the Army Office of the Chief of Chaplains, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia and currently selected as the Command Sergeant Major of 589 Brigade Support Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Brigade. SGM Morris served three tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
Education
Command Sergeant Major Morris is a graduate of the Sergeants Major Course, Class 68, Advance Noncommissioned Officer Course, Master Resilience Trainer Course, Observer Controller Academy, Emergency Medical Ministry Course, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Train the Trainer Course, and Red Team Leader Course. SGM Morris has completed Master of Science Degree in Organizational Leadership, Excelsior College, Albany, New York.
Decorations and Badges
His awards and decorations include the Legion Merit, Bronze Star Medal (6), Army Commendation Medal (Valor), Army Commendation (3), Army Achievement Medal (7), Army Good Conduct Medal (7), National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal (2), Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (4), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service (4) \, NATO Medal, Driver’s Badge and Marksmanship Qualification Rifle Badge.
Family
Sergeant Major Morris is married to Pamela and they have three children Salena, Jasmine, and James III.