Command Sergeant Major Mark A. Breece is the Senior Enlisted Leader for the Tennessee National Guard.  He serves as the principal enlisted advisor, and is responsible to The Adjutant General for the supervision, training and well-being of the nearly 14,000 enlisted Soldiers and Airmen of the Tennessee Army and Air National Guard.

Throughout his career, Sergeant Major Breece has demonstrated his personal commitment to the Army National Guard and his Soldiers as he advanced to positions of higher responsibility.  Sergeant Major Breece has nearly 30 years of service with the Tennessee Army National Guard.

Command Sergeant Major Breece joined the 269^th Military Police Company in 1978.  Although he began his career as a unit supply specialist, his progression of duties landed him a position as a Military Policeman in 1980.  In September of 1986, he entered the Active Guard Reserve (AGR) program assuming a variety of duties including Battlefield Circulation Control and Rear Battalion Operations NCO for the 269^th Military Police Company.  Sergeant Major Breece’s deployments include Operation Desert Storm in 1991 and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004.  In November of 2005, he was assigned as the Command Sergeant Major, 168^th Military Police Battalion. He assumed duties as the Senior Enlisted Leader on 13 November 2007. 

His Military education includes the Primary Leadership Development Course at the 101^st Airborne NCO Academy, Basic Non-Commissioned Officers Course, Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Warfare Course, and a variety of Professional Military Education Courses.

His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Good Conduct Medal (6^the award device) and the NCO Professional Development Ribbon (4).

EDUCATION:

1978 – Unit Supply Specialist Course
1982 – NBC Specialist Course
1987 – Primary Leadership Development Course
1989 – Basic Non-Commissioned Officer’s Course
1994 – MP Advanced Non-Commissioned Officer’s Course
2000 – Vincennes University – AS Degree – General Studies
2003 – Bethel College – BS Degree – Organizational Management
2004 – Joint Defense Logistics Module Course
2006 – TROUPERS Training Resource Course
2007 – United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Bronze Star Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 oak leaf cluster)
Army Commendation Medal (with 3 oak leaf clusters)
Army Achievement Medal (with 2 oak leaf clusters)
Good Conduct Medal ((6^th award device)
Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (with 1 oak leaf cluster)
National Defense Service Medal (with bronze star)
South West Asia Service Medal (with bronze service star)
Army Forces Reserve Medal – with 10 year and M device)
Non Commissioned Officers Development Ribbon (with numeral 4 device)
Army Service Ribbon
Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
Liberation of Kuwait Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Tennessee National Guard Commendation Ribbon (with 3 oak leaf clusters)
Tennessee National Guard Individual Achievement Ribbon
Tennessee National Guard Service Ribbon (with 4 oak leaf clusters)
Tennessee National Guard Volunteer Ribbon
 

AFFILIATIONS:

Enlisted Association National Guard of Tennessee
Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States
Quartermaster Corps Association
Military Police Regimental Association
Veterans of Foreign Wars

(Current as of 4 March 2008)