Freedom in the Power of the Pen (ePub)

Paulette Hunt Montgomery was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1965. After receiving her diploma from Papillion LaVista High School, she attended Southeast Community College in Fairbury, Nebraska, and Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas. She earned a BA in health and physical education. In 1996, she joined the United States Army as a 63B light wheel mechanic and completed her basic training and advanced individual training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. After being promoted to sergeant in 1998, the ambitious young soldier set her eyes on the “Quite Professional.” A journey that took six years but well worth the wait.

During her second deployment, Staff Sergeant Montgomery found out that she had made the Warrant Officer’s list. In 2006, Paulette was the first African American female to be selected for the Warrant Officer Candidate School for 919A, Engineer Repair Technician in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. As she stood in the doorway and looked at her seventeen male classmates, the weight weighed heavily on her shoulders for obvious reasons. It was at that moment that she truly realized the importance and the significant impact that she would play on those coming behind her. Her quote for her time at Fort Leonard Wood was “Do not be intimidated because they do not look like you, do not be intimidated for they know not what you’re going through, do not be intimidated at the size of the cross or the task at hand for your time has come has come to place your foot prints in permeate sand. Step into your destiny being anointed with the blessing your Father gave to thee and they will one day call you Chief if you believe.” Paulette retired with the rank of chief warrant 2.

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