{"id":23981,"date":"2023-08-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=23981"},"modified":"2023-08-22T06:40:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T06:40:55","slug":"usag-benelux-spotlight-spc-shamar-cerant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=23981","title":{"rendered":"USAG Benelux Spotlight: Spc. Shamar Cerant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"editor-image single\">\n<figure class=\"photo cur-photo\">\n          <span class=\"centered-image\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"img-container\"><br \/>\n              <a class=\"rich-text-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2023\/08\/22\/ad58a44d\/original.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>              <\/a><br \/>\n                          <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/span><figcaption>\n                        <span class=\"image-caption\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"caption-text\"><br \/>\n                Military Police Soldiers assigned to the Directorate of Emergency Services gather for a promotion ceremony for Spc. Shamar Cerant at D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks, Germany, June 6, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Erika Rivera, USAG Benelux Public Affairs)\u202f<br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-author\"> (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)<\/span><br \/>\n              <\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2023\/08\/22\/ad58a44d\/original.jpg\" title=\"View original\" target=\"_blank\">VIEW ORIGINAL<\/a><br \/>\n            <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[Editor\u2019s Note: In this series, we are shining a light on our workforce in and around the Benelux. This <em>Spotlight <\/em>is on Spc. Shamar Hakeem Cerant, who recently represented Installation Management Command \u2013 Europe (IMCOM-Europe) at the Army Materiel Command (AMC) 2023 Best Warrior and Best Squad Competition.]<\/p>\n<p>D\u00dcLMEN TOWER BARRACKS, Germany \u2013 \u201cYou have your strengths and weaknesses, and don\u2019t let anyone make you feel like you are not good at something when you are,\u201d said Shamar Cerant, a Military Police Soldier assigned to the Directorate of Emergency Services at D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks.<\/p>\n<p>Cerant recently returned from Fort Novosel (previously Fort Rucker) in Alabama after competing for IMCOM-Europe at the AMC 2023 Best Warrior and Best Squad Competition.<\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Cerant joined the Army in July 2021. After serving in Korea, he transitioned to D\u00fclmen.<\/p>\n<p>While serving his country, Cerant is working towards obtaining his bachelor\u2019s degree in film with an emphasis on production.<\/p>\n<p>No stranger to competitions, Cerant had previously won second place in the USAG Benelux Best Warrior competition and took home Benelux Soldier of the Quarter for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023.<\/p>\n<p>A big congratulations to Spc. Cerant on these outstanding achievements.<\/p>\n<p>This <em>Spotlight <\/em>series will continue to tell the stories of our workforce in and around the Benelux. We are the Army\u2019s home &#8211; we are IMCOM.<\/p>\n<h2>USAG Benelux Rampenlicht: Spc. Shamar Cerant<\/h2>\n<p>[Anmerkung der Redaktuerin: In dieser Serie beleuchten wir unsere Belegschaft in und um die Benelux-L\u00e4nder. Dieses <em>Rampenlicht <\/em>ist auf Spc. Shamar Hakeem Cerant, der k\u00fcrzlich das Installation Management Command \u2013 Europe (IMCOM-Europe) beim Army Materiel Command (AMC) 2023 Best Warrior and Best Squad Competition vertrat.]<\/p>\n<p>D\u00dcLMEN TOWER BARRACKS, Deutschand- \u201eSie haben Ihre St\u00e4rken und Schw\u00e4chen, und lassen Sie sich von niemandem das Gef\u00fchl geben, in etwas nicht gut zu sein, wenn Sie es sind\u201c, sagte Shamar Cerant, ein Soldat der Milit\u00e4rpolizei, der der Direktion f\u00fcr Rettungsdienste zugeteilt ist in der D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks.<\/p>\n<p>Cerant kehrte k\u00fcrzlich aus Fort Novosel (ehemals Fort Rucker) in Alabama zur\u00fcck, nachdem er beim AMC 2023 Best Warrior and Best Squad Competition f\u00fcr IMCOM-Europe angetreten war. Geboren und aufgewachsen in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, trat Cerant im Juli 2021 in die Armee ein. Nach seinem Dienst in Korea wechselte er nach D\u00fclmen.<\/p>\n<p>W\u00e4hrend er seinem Land dient, arbeitet Cerant daran, seinen Bachelor-Abschluss in Film mit Schwerpunkt Produktion zu erlangen.<\/p>\n<p>Cerant ist kein Unbekannter in Wettbewerben und hatte zuvor den zweiten Platz beim USAG Benelux Best Warrior-Wettbewerb gewonnen und wurde f\u00fcr das erste Quartal des Gesch\u00e4ftsjahres 2023 als Benelux-Soldat des Viertels ausgezeichnet.<\/p>\n<p>Herzlichen Gl\u00fcckwunsch an Stabsgefreiter Cerant \u00fcber diese herausrangenden Leistungen.<\/p>\n<p>Diese <em>Rampenlight<\/em>-Reihe wird weiterhin die Geschichten unserer Belegschaft in und um die Benelux-L\u00e4nder erz\u00e4hlen. Wir sind die Heimat der Armee \u2013 wir sind IMCOM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military Police Soldiers assigned to the Directorate of Emergency Services gather for a promotion ceremony for Spc. Shamar Cerant at D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks, Germany, June 6, 2023. 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