Division West to welcome new Command Sergeant Major

FORT HOOD, TX, UNITED STATES

10.19.2015

Courtesy Story

Division West PAO

FORT HOOD, Texas — First Army Division West will welcome a new Command Sergeant Major in a change of responsibility ceremony here at Cameron Field near Division West headquarters Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 10 a.m.

Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey R. Dillingham arrives from United States Army Garrison, Bavaria, and will take over duties as standard bearer of the Division from Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick K. Akuna Jr., who will move on to become Command Sergeant Major of Task Force Phantom Command at III Corps and Fort Hood.

Division West, a subordinate unit of First Army headquarters at Rock Island, Illinois, trains and validates Army National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers for deployment to combat or other contingency operations. The division also trains units of the active Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps and United States partner nations, for nearly 19,000 Soldiers annually.

Division West’s four subordinate training brigades are the 120th Infantry Brigade here; the 181st Infantry Brigade at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin; the 189th Infantry Brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; and the 5th Armored Brigade at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Visitors may obtain a one-day special event pass and directions to Cameron Field at the Marvin Leath Visitors Center on T.J. Mills Boulevard.

Media representatives interested in attending the ceremony should contact the Division West Public Affairs Office and arrive at the Fort Hood Visitor Center no later than 9:15 a.m. to be escorted to the event.

For more information about the ceremony, contact Michael Novogradac, Division West Public Affairs chief, at, desk: [phone], or cell: [phone], or email: [e-mail].

For more information contact:
First Army Division West
First Army Division West
[phone]
Fort Hood, TX 76544
[e-mail]

• Date Taken: 10.19.2015
• Date Posted: 10.19.2015 12:04
• Story ID: 179290
• Location: FORT HOOD, TX, US