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Determination, drive lead to Soldier's success
By 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Infantry Division
Nov 11, 2009 - 7:12:15 PM
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Private First Class Caleb J. Sprayberry, a cannon crewmember and training room clerk with Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division out of Fort Riley, Kan., has high ambitions and a strong, healthy appetite for success. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Shantelle J. Campbell, 4IBCT PAO)
TIKRIT, Iraq - "It's something for people to look up to, and it's something that I admire," said Pfc. Caleb J. Sprayberry, a cannon crewmember and training room clerk with Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, out of Fort Riley, Kan., about  being a Soldier.

Following in the footsteps of his father, who is an Army colonel, Pfc. Sprayberry joined the military in January 2008 and has only an appetite for success.

"I think because I have a personal drive of me wanting to make it better for myself - I don't settle for being mediocre," said the Clarksville, Tenn., native. "I don't want my family to struggle as I did, so I have to be successful."

"I have to strive to be the best that I can because it sets me up for the future."

As for his future military goals, Pfc. Sprayberry said that he wants to become at least a sergeant before taking the giant step of becoming an officer.

Honestly, I think everybody has different leadership qualities, and I think that being a young Soldier and having many [noncommissioned officers] you should pick qualities from each person that you think you want to incorporate in yourself when you become a leader said Pfc. Sprayberry. "I think that I can do it, and I'm 100 percent sure of myself that I have what it takes to be a good leader."

One person Pfc. Sprayberry said he looks up to in his battery is 1st Lt. Javier Sanjuan, a platoon leader for Btry B, 2-32 FA.

"Some people stick to the belief that they can't be someone's friend if [they're] in charge of them. But, I feel that in order to build a trust and confidence in someone, you have to be on more of a personal level without getting too in depth with them," said Pfc. Sprayberry.  "You have to know where to draw the line as far as being a friend and being a leader, and I think he does a really good job at that and that's the way I want to be when I become an officer."

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PV2 Jonathan Sprayberry
29 Nov 2009, 23:19
It's good to see that there are more than just a couple of Sprayberry men answering the call to serve.

PFC Caleb Sprayberry and I enlisted the same year and he already outranks me, go figure.
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