Chief Warrant Officer 2 Cythia Hassan

In order to understand the nature of an Army Reserve unit you have to get to know the diverse personalities and talents of its members. As time allows, unit members from the 354 Civil Affairs Brigade will profiled on the blog.

To start, I tagged my room mate, Chief Hassan. (We call warrant officers "Chief"). Chief Hassan is originally from Pensacola, Fl, but lives in Northern Virginia now. She has three daughters whom she calls "Charlie's Angels" --she says "hi" to her girls. Chief is going to Afghanistan on her first deployment and is pretty excited. Chief Hassan has one of those "background" type of positions in the unit--human resources. By that I mean that the primary function of the unit is to work with civilian populations to build their civil structures (both physical structures as well as bureaucratic skills). But in order to do this work, the unit members need someone like Chief Hassan to ensure that our pay and administrative paperwork is correct. The Army couldn't do what it does without getting paid and having accurate accounting of our insurance and health benefits and entitlements. It's really kind of thankless work, but we really appreciate it when it's done well so we don't have to worry about our families back home.

Once she comes back from deployment Ms. Hassan plans to start an adult day-care business. She ran two day care centers (for children) for 15 years. I can attest to her superior organization, her caring for all the soldiers in the 354 and her wonderful cheerful attitude since she is one of my room mates. Thanks very much Chief!