Meet U.S. Army Master Sergeant Brian Morrissey — 2015 Veteran

Morrissey served in the U.S. Military for over twenty years as a Combat Arms soldier and leader. Morrissey was medically retired as a Master Sergeant (E-8). During his career, Morrissey held every Combat Arms leadership position available to a 19D Cavalry Scout including:

  • Long Range Surveillance Team Leader,
  • Scout Section Sergeant,
  • Scout Platoon Sergeant,
  • Cavalry Troop First Sergeant,
  • Infantry Company First Sergeant,
  • Division Headquarters and Headquarters Company First Sergeant,
  • Operations Sergeant Major.

Morrissey assumed two 'non-TOE' positions during his career. As an instructor at the Army Reconnaissance Course, Morrissey developed doctrine and brought the tactics, techniques, and procedures of reconnaissance and surveillance to commissioned officers of all United States military branches and allied forces. Morrissey was an infantry company basic training Drill Sergeant, Senior Drill Sergeant, and First Sergeant during three years "under the hat".

At the time of retirement, Morrissey was pending attendance at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy (voluntarily declined due to medical reasons).

Photos of U.S. Army Master Sergeant Brian Morrissey (Click the image to begin a slide show)
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Awards of note include:

  • Member of the Sergeant Audie Murphy and Sergeant Morales Clubs,
  • Order of Saint George recipient,
  • 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Noncommissioned Officer of the year,
  • 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment Noncommissioned Officer of the year,
  • Fort Bliss Texas Noncommissioned Officer of the year,
  • 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment Association Leonard Award and Harvay Award recipient,
  • Border Legionnaire, member of "The Lucky Sixteen",
  • Commonwealth of Kentucky, Honorary Kentucky Colonel,
  • DEA, local law enforcement, and U.S. Customs commendations and JTF-6 recognition for counter-narcotics Joint Task Force missions on the United States/Mexico international boundary.

Morrissey's three sons, John, Peter, and Brian are his entire life.

Morrissey has fully recovered from most of the physiological/medical conditions that led to the ending of his promising career. Even so, he has never fully reintegrated into the civilian world and copes daily with the loss of identity as a soldier, unable to lead the soldiers and officers he developed through the GWOT fight.

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Jeff Anderson
CEO/Founder, Rebuilding Warriors