Rhonda Lynn Crawford Sloan (b. 1965), of Kingwood, West Virginia, served as an Ammunition Specialist in the United States Army from 1983-2013. Rhonda Lynn Crawford Sloan was born 4 April 1965 in Kingwood, West Virginia. After graduating from high school in 1983, Sloan followed in the footsteps of her three older sisters and decided to join the United States Army. She enlisted for three years in the delayed entry program, as an ammunition specialist, and then traveled to the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In October 1983, Sloan began basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey and then attended her Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. In February 1984, Sloan was sent to her first duty station at Katterbach Kaserne in Germany, where she was assigned as the only female in an aviation unit. From 1985 to 1987, Sloan was assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, during which time she reenlisted for another three years. In February 1987, Sloan was sent back to Germany, this time to Aschaffenburg. In 1988, she was assigned to Fort Carson, Colorado, where she reenlisted once again. In 1990, she was assigned to Camp Casey, South Korea, and then returned to the U.S. in 1991 and assigned to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where she attended Army Air Assault School. In 1993, Sloan was assigned to Fort Wainwright, Alaska, where she worked as the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) at the Ammunition Supply Point. While in Alaska, Sloan decided to change her occupational specialty (MOS) to warrant officer. When she was unable to attain a high enough General Technical score on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) exams, she attended the Basic Skills Education Program. Sloan eventually attained a high enough score, submitted her packet for the Warrant Officer Program in March 1995, and was accepted. In January 1996, Sloan was sent to Fort Rucker, Alabama, for Warrant Officer Candidate School where she was the only female in her class. From May 1996 to September 1999, Sloan was assigned to Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia, where she worked as a warrant officer in forward support battalions. From September 1999 to June 2001, she was assigned to Fort Hood, Texas, as the accountable officer. In June 2001, Sloan deployed to Camp Carroll Army Base in Waegwan, South Korea, for a year. When she returned to the U.S. in July 2002, she was assigned to Fort Bragg once again, and informed that she would eventually be deploying. In April 2003, Sloan deployed to Afghanistan for a six-month tour. From May 2007 to August 2008, Sloan was deployed to Al Asad Airbase in Iraq. In 2009, Sloan deployed to Camp Carroll Army Base in South Korea once again, before returning to the U.S. in 2010 and being assigned to Fort Bragg. In 2011, Sloan received orders to Fort Lee, Virginia, where she worked at Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM). When she became a two-time no select for promotion to Chief Warrant Officer, Five (W-5), Sloan decided to retire from the U.S. Army, having been in twenty-nine years and five months. After the army she worked at Fayetteville Technical Community College in North Carolina.
