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# CW5 Sandra M. Albelo

##                 Command Chief Warrant Officer            

## U.S. Southern Command

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CW5 Sandra M. Albelo is a native of Colombia, South America, and a fluent Spanish speaker. She immigrated to the United States in 1991 and in 1996, she enlisted in the US Army as a Personnel Specialist. She was appointed as a warrant officer in 2005.

Sandra previously served as the Assistant Executive Officer (AXO) and principal advisor to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army (VCSA) for all human resources operations and activities. Other assignments include Senior Warrant Officer and Personnel Manager for the General Officer Management Office, Pentagon; Strength Manager, United States Army Europe G1; AXO to Commanding General, United States Army Europe; 101st Warrior Transition Battalion S1 OIC and HR Tech, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Rest and Recuperation program Manager/Contracting Officer, Army Central Command, Camp Arifjan Kuwait; Human Resources Technician and Planner, 101st Human Resources Company, Fort Campbell, KY; PAX terminal/Personnel Accountability officer-in-charge, Camp Speicher, Iraq; Chief of Military Personnel Office, 101st Personnel Services Battalion, Fort Campbell, KY.

CW5 Albelo serves as a voting member of the Army Senior Warrant Officer Council, which provided the Chief of Staff of the Army advice on the future development of the Warrant Officer Cohort through integrated policies and initiatives that affect warrant officer accessions, retention, employment, and development.

CW5 Albelo’s deployments include Operations Iraqi Freedom, Camp Liberty, Baghdad Iraq 2005; Camp Speicher, Iraq, 2006; Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, 2008.

CW5 Albelo’s awards and decorations include, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (4th award), Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon (Numeral 4), as well as various other service medals and ribbons.

CW5 Albelo is a graduate of the Warrant Officer Senior Service Education and Warrant Officer Intermediate Level Education Courses, Adjutant General Warrant Officer Basic and Advance Courses. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA in Business Management, and is currently pursuing a Master of Education in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma.

She is married to Retired Warrant Officer Francisco and together they have one son Christian.

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