Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Rodney Beck was born in Glasgow, MT and entered the Army in September 1976 as a Field Artillery Cannon Fire Direction Specialist.  CSM Beck is a Certified Computer Repair Technician. 

Military Education/Schools and Locations

 Basic and Advanced Individual Training - Fort Sill, OK

Jump School - Ft. Benning, GA

Primary Noncommissioned Officer's Course/Combat Arms - Ft. Lewis, WA

Basic Noncommissioned Officer's Course - Vilseck, Germany

Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Course - Vilseck, Germany

Jump Master Course - Aviano, Italy

Drill Sergeant Course - Ft. Sill, OK

Advanced Noncommissioned Officer's Course - Ft. Sill, OK

Field Artillery Tactical Fire Control Course - Ft. Sill, OK

First Sergeant's Course - Vilseck, Germany

First Sergeant's Course - Ft. Bliss, TX

Sergeant's Major Course - Ft. Bliss, TX

Duty Assignments and Locations

 1976-1977                   Recruit (Basic & Advanced Individual Training), Ft. Sill, OK

1977-1977                   Trainee, Jump School, Ft. Benning, GA

1977-1979                   HHB 3/34^th FA, Ft. Lewis, WA

1979-1982                   Section Chief D Btry, 1/509^th Inf (Airborne Combat Team), Vicenza, IT

1982-1985                   Drill Sergeant, B Btry, 5^th Trng Bn, Ft. Sill, OK

1985-1987                   Field Artillery Gunnery Instructor, FA School, Ft. Sill, OK

1987-1988                   Tactical Fire Control NCO/Operations Sergeant, HHS 2/37^th FA, Ft. Sill, OK

1988-1991                   Operations NCO, Silk Purse Control Group, RAF Mildenhall, UK

Feb 1991                     Deployed in support of Operation Desert Storm

1991-1992                   First Sergeant, B Btry 1/19^th FA, Ft. Sill, OK

1992-1994                   First Sergeant, C Btry 1/19^th FA, Ft. Sill, OK

1994-1995                   First Sergeant, D Btry 1/19^th FA, Ft. Sill, OK

1995-1996                   First Sergeant, HHS 6/37^th FA, Camp Stanley, Republic of South Korea

1996-1996                   Student, Sergeant's Major Course, Sergeants Major Academy, Ft. Bliss, TX

1996-1998                   First Sergeant, E Btry, 7^th FA, 10^th Mtn Div, Ft. Drum, NY

1998-1998                   Bn CSM 3/178^th Inf (RCB), 1^st Army, Ft. Drum, NY

1998-2000                   Bn CSM 2/15^th FA, 10^th Mtn Div, Ft. Drum, NY

1999-2000                   Deployed in support of SFOR Operation Joint Forge, Bosnia-Herzegovina

2000-2001                   10^th Mtn Division Artillery CSM, 10^th Mtn Div, Ft. Drum, NY

2001-2004                   US Army Field Artillery and Fort Sill, OK CSM, Ft. Sill, OK

2004-2009                   Retired

2009-Present               Senior Military Science Instructor, Gonzaga University (ROTC)