Retired Command Sergeant Major Honored at Fort Rucker, Alabama for Decades of Service - Alabama News Center

Retired command sergeant major honored at Fort Rucker, Alabama for decades of service - Alabama News Center

Command Sergeant Major (Retired) Otis Smith Jr. celebrated a remarkable milestone last week: 50 years of dedicated service to the United States government. Smith’s commitment began when he joined the Army in March 1975 as a cavalry scout. During his 34-year distinguished career, he served at Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Fort Bliss, Texas; Germany; Macedonia; Bosnia; Kuwait and Iraq. He rose through the ranks, demonstrating excepti…

‘Soldier for Life’ back in Brunssum, Netherlands as LRC Benelux’s property book officer

‘Soldier for Life’ can mean many things to many people. For Stuart Hodge III – while no longer wearing the Army uniform – Soldier for Life means continuing to serve and continuing to support the warrior as an Army civilian. “Letting go completely from the Army wasn’t an option for me. I loved it too much,” said the property book officer for Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) Benelux in Brunssum who served for 10 years as an active-duty Soldier.