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Article: FIRST-EVER NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER COMMANDANT TAKES REIGNS OF SERGEANTS MAJOR ACADEMY

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July 4, 2009
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FORT BLISS, Texas, June 30 -- Army Families Online issued the following news release:

Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond Chandler became the 19th commandant of the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy, a first for an enlisted Soldier during a ceremony June 29, at East Fort Bliss. Previously Chandler was the academy's command sergeant major.

Col. Donald Gentry, the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy's 18th commandant, relinquished command of USASMA. Gentry took command of the academy in July 2007. With his time as commandant at USASMA complete, Gentry will be the last officer to be the academy's commandant. He will now take a position as the senior advisor to the Texas National Guard adjutant general.

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