Politics & Government
Four NCOs Inducted into JBLM Sergeant Audie Murphy Club
The club's members must exemplify leadership characterized by personal concern for the needs, training, development, and welfare of soldiers and concern for their families.
Four Non-Commissioned Officers were inducted Friday into the Joint Base Lewis-McChord chapter of the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club.
The new inductees are:
-Staff Sgt. Masasinge (mah-sah-sing-ah) Hadley, Northwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility
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-Staff Sgt. Allister Hawkins, 42nd Military Police Brigade
-Staff Sgt. Melissa Snow, Henry H. Lind NCO Academy
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-Staff Sgt. Hector Valadez, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team
When a soldier is inducted into the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club, he or she is presented a formal medallion to wear. The medallion is suspended by a broad powder-blue ribbon which represents the infantry. The medallion is worn around the neck on the outside of the dress uniform for official functions such as military balls or Sergeant Audie Murphy Club meetings.
The Sergeant Audie Murphy Club is a private U.S. Army organization for enlisted non-commissioned officers only. Those NCO's whose leadership achievements and performance merit special recognition may possibly earn the reward of membership. Members must exemplify leadership characterized by personal concern for the needs, training, development, and welfare of Soldiers and concern for families of Soldiers.
Audie Murphy was the most decorated U.S. Soldier in World War II. Though he was only 21 years old at the end of the war, he had killed 240 German soldiers, been wounded three times, and had earned an amazing 33 awards and medals, including the Medal of Honor.
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