Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick Thomas, from the Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Center of Excellence, retires after 32 years of dedicated service during a ceremony at Fort Bliss, Texas, Aug 8, 2025.
The NCO Leadership Center of Excellence held a memorial ceremony, Feb. 5, for Mr. Artez Lamar, a retired command sergeant major and instructor at the Sergeants Major Academy, who passed away on 17 November 2020.
The NCO Leadership Center of Excellence updated the curriculum for the Basic Leader Course, the first professional military education program given to Soldiers in the ranks of corporal and specialist. The new material, which rolled out to the force in October, contains nine lessons covering topics including the Army Body Composition Program, financial readiness, talent management, sexual harassment, and equal opportunity.
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Soldiers in the Sergeant Major Course Class 71 created a video highlighting historical milestones during the Civil Rights Movement. The video, available only to fellow classmates, was designed to foster comradery, teamwork and social progress amongst the Army’s future top enlisted Soldiers, Master Sgt. Peta-Gail Drummond, the observance committee chair, said.
