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Gene C. McKinney (born November 3, 1950) is a retired United States Army soldier who served as the 10th Sergeant Major of the Army (SMA), serving from July 1995 to October 1997. [1] He was the first African American to reach that rank in the United States Army. [ 2 ]
The sergeant major of the Army, like counterparts in the other branches, wears a unique rank insignia, including a unique collar insignia ("brass"). The collar insignia of the SMA is the shield portion of the collar insignia of an aide-de-camp to the Army Chief of Staff (less the surmounting eagle), placed upon an enlisted collar disk of gold ...
Mildred Catherine Kelly (January 24, 1928 – January 27, 2003) [1] served in the United States Army from March 1947 to April 1976. She became the first African American woman to hold the rank of sergeant major and command sergeant major in the US Army and became the first female command sergeant major of a predominantly male Army installation.
William G. Bainbridge (April 17, 1925 – November 29, 2008) was a United States Army soldier who served as the fifth Sergeant Major of the Army. [1] He was sworn in on July 1, 1975, and served until June 1979. He was the last World War II veteran to hold the position of Sergeant Major of the Army.
The U.S. Marine Corps: An Illustrated History by Merrill L. Bartlett; The Village by Bing West; Uncommon Men: The Sergeants Major of the Marine Corps by Alfred M. Gray; United States Marine Corps Air Stations of World War II by M.L. Shettle; United States Marine Corps Aviation Squadron Lineage, Insignia and History Volume 1 by Michael J. Crowler
The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy, (1977) Utley, Robert M. Frontier Regulars; the United States Army and the Indian, 1866–1891 (1973) Richard W. Stewart, ed. (2004). American Military History Vol. 1: The United States Army and the Forging of a Nation, 1775–1917.
Basil Leonard Plumley (January 1, 1920 – October 10, 2012) was an American soldier who served in the United States Army for over three decades, rising to the rank of command sergeant major. He was a combat veteran of World War II , the Korean War and the Vietnam War , and is most noted for his actions during the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam.
This is a list of every rank used by the United States Army, with dates showing each rank's beginning and end.. Ranks used to the end of the Revolutionary War are shown as ending on June 2, 1784.