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Article: GENTRY BIDS U.S. ARMY SERGEANTS MAJOR ACADEMY FAREWELL
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 2, 2009
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WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release:
When Col. Donald E. Gentry came to the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy in July 2007 to become the 18th commandant, he had no earthly idea as to what the academy was all about, nor did he know what his job would entail. He initially thought to himself, "how nice it would be to hand out diplomas to senior noncommissioned officers." He said it was an honor to be selected to come to the academy and command the pinnacle of the Noncommissioned Officer Education System; to give back to the Corps which had given him so much over the years.
"I wouldn't have made 28 years [in the Army] without great NCOs. There is no doubt that ...