After 71 years at Fort Knox, the U.S. Army Armor School cased its flags Friday at Brooks Parade Field, marking the transition of the last remaining Armor School elements to Fort Benning, Ga.
Fort Knox’s longtime identity as the home of Armor and Cavalry changed with the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure announcement that directed Fort Knox to lose its armor and cavalry training mission by September 2011.
Col. Marshal Dougherty (left), 16th Cavalry Brigade commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Edward Mitchell (middle) cased the colors at the casing ceremony Friday, June 10, 2011. (Photo courtesy of Fort Knox)
My grandmother's younger brother was a member of the 7th class of the Armor Officer Course back in WWII. I graduated the same course about 53 years later.
By: Brant
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The amount of waste and churn that BRAC moves have caused over the past several years is simply unreal.
Can I file a waste, fraud, and abuse compliant with the IG against the Congress or is that not allowed?
-- Guardian
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