Sgt. Maj. Richard Russell is an instructor for the Department of Command Leadership, U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy. He has served 24 years in the Army and has held leadership positions ranging from team leader to battalion command sergeant major. He deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. He has two master’s degrees: one in public administration from the University of Texas at El Paso and one in instructional design, development and evaluation from Syracuse University, New York.