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Mark is a Retired Command Sergeant Major with 26 years of mil­i­tary lead­er­ship expe­ri­ence. He held 3 mil­i­tary occu­pa­tional spe­cial­ties (Field Artillery, Nuclear Weapons Tech, and Ammunition Ordnance). Mark is one of the lead­ing mil­i­tary authors in the fields of lead­er­ship, coun­sel­ing, and train­ing. He is the Host of AskTOP.net

Jo B. Rusin is a retired sol­dier, who spent the major­ity of her career in Regular Army troop units from pla­toon leader to com­man­der of a sup­port brigade in the Gulf War. As a com­bat ser­vice sup­port sol­dier, Jo B. served in units com­posed of both men and women from all racial and eth­nic groups. She is a strong believer in the abil­ity of sol­diers to suc­ceed, regard­less of whether they are men or women or where they came from. Jo B. is the author of a num­ber of mil­i­tary lead­er­ship books, includ­ing Move Out: The Insider’s Guide for Military Leaders; Move to the Front: The Classic Guide for Military Women; and Women on Your Team: A Man’s Guide to Leading Women. jorusin.com

Mackie is a full-time Active Duty Sergeant First Class and has served over 7 years in US Army’s Adjutant General’s Corps to date. Currently, he serves as a Human Resources Sergeant in the 4^th Infantry Division’s 4^th Infantry Brigade Combat Team S1 sta­tioned at Fort Carson, Colorado. Mackie has served in Korea, Afghanistan, and twice in Iraq accu­mu­lat­ing over 47 months of over­seas ser­vice. He believes that the “per­son­nel” aspect of a Soldier’s career is a big fac­tor in their morale and readi­ness and is deter­mined to assist Soldiers in their pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment by pro­vid­ing sound advice and clar­i­fi­ca­tion of ongo­ing poli­cies, reg­u­la­tions, and procedures.

CDR Philip D. Cave, JAGC, USN (Ret.) has 32 years of mil­i­tary and secu­rity clear­ance law expe­ri­ence. Having han­dled cases from all branches of ser­vice, Philip is the res­i­dent legal guru on the AskTOP SME Panel. If you are fac­ing adverse action, los­ing your secu­rity clear­ance, being labeled with an AWOL sta­tus, or oth­er­wise seek­ing a pro­fes­sional Case Evaluation, visit Philip’s web­site to learn how he can help you. court-martial.com

Becky Pillsbury has 37 years of expe­ri­ence as a mil­i­tary spouse.  She has served in sev­eral key posi­tions influ­enc­ing spouse and ser­vice mem­ber issues.  She has 26 years as a teacher with spe­cific expe­ri­ence in preschool, ele­men­tary edu­ca­tion, mid­dle school, hear­ing impaired, learn­ing dis­abled in 3 coun­tries and 11 dif­fer­ent school sys­tems.  She is active in com­mu­nity orga­ni­za­tions that include: Vice President – Still Serving Veterans, Board mem­ber– Association of Retarded Citizens (ARC) of Madison County, and numer­ous other committees.

Jeffrey W. Bennett, ISP has served 22 years in Army Intelligence and Transportation and now advises on national secu­rity. A teacher at heart, he is board cer­ti­fied to pro­tect clas­si­fied infor­ma­tion and has a master’s in busi­ness admin­is­tra­tion. He speaks, writes and pro­vides prod­ucts to help pro­fes­sion­als bet­ter pro­tect sen­si­tive and clas­si­fied infor­ma­tion. His books include, “ISP Certification-The Industrial Security Professional Exam Manual”, “Managing the Security of Classified Information and Contracts” and “Get Riche in a Niche; Writing, Self-Publishing and Marketing in a Specialized Market”. Red Bike Publishing

John is a retired Command Sergeant Major with 7 years of expe­ri­ence on Active Duty and 30 years expe­ri­ence in the Army Reserve. John’s mil­i­tary areas of exper­tise include Missiles, Ordnance, Chemical, and Food Service. John has a degree in Electrical Engineering and is retired from Chrysler Corporation. He is cur­rently employed by a defense con­trac­tor as a Senior Production Engineer. John is the Vice President of Army Reserve Affairs for the Redstone/Huntsville Chapter of the Association of the United States Army and for­mer pres­i­dent of North Alabama Veterans Coalition. John and his wife received the Military Family of the Year award in 2008 and will be receiv­ing the 2011 Spirit of America, Support of Military Family award in July for their long his­tory of vol­un­teer work in sup­port of sol­diers and their families.

Russ Kimball served 21 years in the US Army Infantry cul­mi­nat­ing at Redstone Arsenal. During that time, his assign­ments included Company and Battalion Master Gunner, Operation Sergeant, Platoon Sergeant, Observer Controller, Bradley Section Leader, Senior Instructor, and Instructor. After retir­ing, Russ con­tin­ued to serve by work­ing in the defense indus­try as well as vol­un­teer­ing time to veteran’s organizations.

Biography pend­ing.

Norman M. Wade is the author and pub­lisher of the “SMARTbook” series of mil­i­tary ref­er­ence books. With eight sep­a­rate titles cur­rently in cir­cu­la­tion (and more than 18 books over the past 17 years), the SMARTbook series is rec­og­nized as a doc­tri­nal ref­er­ence stan­dard by mil­i­tary pro­fes­sion­als around the world at the tac­ti­cal, organizational/institutional, and strate­gic lev­els. A for­mer Army avi­a­tor, Norm flew OH-58 Kiowa scout heli­copters as a pla­toon leader dur­ing com­bat in Desert Storm and later com­manded an attack heli­copter com­pany (AH-64 Apaches). He retired with more than 23 years of mil­i­tary ser­vice and served in a vari­ety of lead­er­ship and senior staff posi­tions. The Lightning Press