A Cookeville soldier will now compete at the national level after winning top honors during the battalion board meeting hosted by the Florida National Guard. Staff Sgt. Aaron McDermott, assigned to Alpha Company, Recruiting and Retention Battalion for the Tennessee National Guard, was awarded the Southeast Recruiting and Retention NCO of the Year, after a week-long competition against over 100 recruiters from nine different states and territories, Nov. 20. McDermott now qualifies to compete in the National Recruiter of the Year Board held in Spring 2021. McDermott became a recruiter in 2017 and resides in Cookeville, Tennessee, with his family. He sends special thanks to his wife Jill and daughters Ava and Adalyn for their unwavering support towards his career and to the Recruiting and Retention Battalion family.
(Courtesy Photo: Staff Sgt. Aaron McDermott poses with his wife Jill after being awarded the Strength Maintenance Area Group III (Southeast region) Recruiting and Retention NCO of the Year, Nov. 20.)