Garrison Command Sergeant Major

Command Sgt. Maj. James A. Boersma hails from North Charleston, South Carolina and enlisted in the U.S. Army March 4, 1998 as an infantryman. He has held the positions of rifleman, automatic rifleman, fire team leader, rifle squad leader, weapons squad leader, platoon sergeant, battalion assistant operations sergeant, company and troop first sergeant, battalion operations sergeant, senior operational advisor, and battalion command sergeant major. 

Boersma’s assignments include C Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, at Fort Lewis, Washington; C Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, at Rose Barracks, Germany; B Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; 508th Special Troops Battalion at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; 2nd Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment at Fort Carson, Colorado; Task Force 3 and 4, Operations Group, Joint Readiness Training Center, at Fort Polk, Louisiana; A and C Troops, 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, at Fort Polk; Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, at Fort Polk; Asymmetric Warfare Group at Fort Meade, Maryland; 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, at Fort Campbell; and 1st Battalion, 335th Infantry Regiment, at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. H deployed to Kosovo in 2000 in support of Operation Joint Guardian, deployed to Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom I, and supported three deployments to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Freedom's Sentinel. 

Boersma has completed all levels of professional military education, culminating in acceptance to Class 68 of the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy. He has completed the U.S. Army Airborne Course; U.S. Army Jumpmaster Course; U.S. Army Air Assault Course; U.S. Army Pathfinder Course; the U.S. Army Cavalry Leader Course; U.S. Army Battle Staff NCO Course; Joint Personnel Recovery Agency Survival, Resistance, Evasion, and Escape course; U.S. Army Modern Army Combatives Levels I and II; and the U.S. Army Combat Lifesaver Course. Additionally, he has completed the Master Resilience Course, the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response Program Course, U.S. Army Equal Opportunity Course and is pursuing his graduate degree from Excelsior University in Albany, New York. 

Boersma’s awards include two Bronze Star Medals, four Meritorious Service Medals, five Army Commendation Medals, eight Army Achievement Medals, nine Army Good Conduct Medals, the National Defense Service Medal, the Kosovo Campaign Medal with one campaign star, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with three campaign stars, the Iraqi Campaign Medal with two campaign stars, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon with Numeral 5 Device, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon with Numeral 4 Device, three NATO medals, the Expert Infantryman Badge, and the Combat Infantryman Badge.