Colonel
James
R
.
Harrington
Commanding
Officer
, 3
rd
Brigade
Combat
Team
82
nd
Airborne
Division
,
Fort
Liberty
,
NC
28310
james
.
r
.
harrington
.
mil
@
army
.
mil
· (910) 555-0142
14
October
2025
To
Whom
It
May
Concern
:
DEAR
MEMBERS
OF
THE
SELECTION
BOARD
,
I
am
writing
to
offer
my
strongest
recommendation
for
Captain
Sarah
M
.
Chen
,
who
has
served
under
my
direct
command
for
the
past
twenty
-
four
months
as
the
Signal
Officer
for
the
3
rd
Brigade
Combat
Team
, 82
nd
Airborne
Division
.
During
this
period
,
Captain
Chen
has
consistently
demonstrated
the
exceptional
leadership
,
technical
mastery
,
and
unwavering
character
that
distinguish
the
very
best
officers
in
the
United
States
Army
,
and
I
believe
she
is
ideally
suited
for
admission
to
the
United
States
Army
Command
and
General
Staff
College
and
subsequent
battalion
-
level
command
.
From
March
through
December
2024,
Captain
Chen
deployed
with
the
brigade
to
Eastern
Europe
in
support
of
Operation
Atlantic
Resolve
.
During
this
nine
-
month
rotation
,
she
managed
a
communications
equipment
account
valued
at
approximately
four
million
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
with
zero
loss
,
damage
,
or
accountability
discrepancies
.
When
a
severe
ice
storm
disabled
the
brigade
'
s
primary
retransmission
site
near
Drawsko
Pomorskie
,
Captain
Chen
led
a
three
-
soldier
recovery
team
through
twelve
hours
of
sub
-
freezing
conditions
to
re
-
establish
long
-
haul
connectivity
.
Her
actions
directly
enabled
the
uninterrupted
flow
of
classified
operational
traffic
during
a
critical
live
-
fire
exercise
involving
allied
partner
nations
.
I
have
no
doubt
that
Captain
Chen
will
excel
in
any
environment
that
values
discipline
,
initiative
,
and
moral
courage
.
She
represents
exactly
the
kind
of
leader
the
Army
must
retain
and
promote
if
we
are
to
meet
the
challenges
of
modern
great
-
power
competition
.
I
recommend
her
without
reservation
for
any
program
or
position
to
which
she
aspires
,
and
I
welcome
any
inquiries
that
might
assist
your
evaluation
.
Respectfully
,
James
R
.
Harrington
Colonel
,
U
.
S
.
Army
Commanding
Officer
, 3
rd
Brigade
Combat
Team
82
nd
Airborne
Division
1 / 1
