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Master Chief Vince Patton is a member of the “New Day 5” Leadership Development Team focusing on Character Driven Leadership. He served as the 8th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard from May 1998 until his retirement from more than 30 years of active service in November 2002. In this position, he was the senior enlisted advisor to the Commandant of the Coast Guard, with primary focus on quality of life issues, career development, work environment and personnel matters affecting over 45,000 active duty, reserve and civilian personnel service wide. His illustrious career included staff and operational assignments both afloat and ashore throughout the United States along with a joint military service assignment in Cuba and Haiti. After retirement from the U.S. Coast Guard in 2002, he has held a variety of senior executive-level positions and in academia. He currently serves on boards for several public service and nonprofit organizations, and is national commander and president for the Non-Commissioned Officers Association.”
Category: Leadership, Ethics, Trust
Web Sites:
www.pinnaclefive.com/
www.pinnaclefive.com/
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Vince Patton joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the origins of Pinnacle Five, an organization he and four veteran brothers founded to help all veterans.
Vince Patton joins Jim Blasingame to tell his story about his military career and how that led him to become a national leader in advocating for veterans’ rights and opportunities.
Vince Patton joins Jim Blasingame to report that the current state of affairs for veterans is better than it’s ever been, but still not good enough.