In The Service

Army National Guard Sgt. Edward Lotak has graduated from the Army Basic
Noncommissioned Officer Course (BNCOC) at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo.
The soldier received leadership and job specialty training during the
common leader training which focused on leadership assessment and
development. Leaders learned the theories and principles of warfighting
skills required to lead small units in combat; received the skills needed
to supervise, communicate and motivate subordinates, and assist, operate
and install strategic and tactical communications systems.
The technical training prepares the soldier to act and perform duties
and responsibilities in the noncommissioned officer's particular job
specialty while serving as a squad leader, team or section chief. The
sergeant received hands-on, performance-oriented field training in his or
her career management field.
Lotak a team leader is assigned to the 635th Armor Battalion. He has
nine years of military service.
He is the son of Rosemarie Doherty of Clewiston, Fla., and Edward
Lotak of Tamarac, Fla.
His wife, Cristen, is the daughter of Kathy Zimmerman of Manhattan, Kan.
The Sergeant is a 1995 graduate of Clewiston High School.