On Thursday, March 26, 2015, we’re hosting our second Twitter Chat of 2015! To celebrate Women Veterans ROCK!’s community partnership with Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, we have invited US Army Major Natasha Sunday Clarke, National Military Attaché of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., to share her story in honor of Women’s History Month.
About Major Natasha Sunday Clarke
Major Natasha S. Clarke was born in Clanton, Alabama but is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical (A&T) State University and a MM in Human Resource Management from the University of Phoenix.
In September of 1997, she enlisted into the United States Army Reserves. She continued to serve in the Reserves through the Simultaneous Membership Program (SMP) while attending North Carolina A&T State University. She received her commission into the Transportation Corps as a Second Lieutenant in 2002 and completed her Transportation Officer Basic Course (OBC) at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Her first assignment was in Grafenwoehr, Germany where she served as a Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, Operations Officer, and Rear-Detachment Commander in the 11th/377th Transportation (Heavy Equipment Transportation) Company during Operation Iraqi Freedom I and III.
In September 2006, she graduated from the Captain’s Career Course at Fort Lee, VA. During that time, she was assigned to Camp Carroll, Korea where she served as the Support Operations Transportation Officer and Battalion S4 in the 498th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion. She was later selected to command the only organic transportation company on the Peninsula, 46th Transportation Company located on Camp Stanley, Korea.
Completing command in 2009, she moved to Fort Hood, Texas where she was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. MAJ Clarke served as the Brigade S3 (Rear) and the Brigade S4.
In 2011, MAJ Clarke attended the Intermediate Level Education (ILE) course at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Following the completion of ILE in 2012, she was assigned to Fort Campbell, Kentucky where she served in the 101st Sustainment Brigade as the Brigade S4. She deployed with the brigade to Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom 13-14) as the Battalion Executive Officer for the 101st Special Troops Battalion.
In 2014, MAJ Clarke attended the Joint Forces Staff College (JPME II) at Norfolk, Virginia prior to her current assignment at the Pentagon, Joint Staff J4 Distribution Division.
MAJ Clarke currently resides at Fort Belvoir, Virginia with her two children, Jasmine Christina (3) and James Christian, III (2). MAJ Clarke is dual military and her husband, LTC James Clarke is currently serving with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) as the Equal Opportunity Officer and Sexual Harassment & Assault Response Program (SHARP) Manager.
MAJ Clarke is a Demonstrated Master Logistician and a recipient of the Order of Saint Christopher.
As a wife and mother, MAJ Clarke maintains balance by volunteering on the National Board with the ROCKS, Inc. and serving on her sorority’s National Board as the National Military Attaché. She also devotes her time to several committees’ with her church.
I am so proud of my Daughter. I have always taught her she must exceed ten times more than the plans we laid for her and he exceeded those plans.
Your family is proud of you.