ATTENTION TO PARADE!
A new commendation medal, the UMA Instructor's Medal has been approved by the UACS and Advisory Group. It is awarded today to all of those qualifying officers, both active and retired, who have or are serving as UMA Instructors. The medal is awarded to an Instructor the first time he successfully graduates a cadet. Thereafter he may earn ribbon attachments based upon the following criteria: five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five , forty and fifty succesful cadet graduations. The medal is shown below and the specific ribbons are now awarded with the actual number of graduates indicated for each Instructor. (Retired officers shown in grayscale.)
Base ribbon for initial award.
Major General Don Centers (3)
Brigadier General Ernie Fantini (2)
Major General Brent Kolcun (4)
Lieutenant General Pete Russo (4)
Brigadier General David Martin (4)
Major General Chuck Berdanier (2)
Brigadier General Tom Brewster (3)
Major General Brett Horrocks (3)
General Jeff Laub (4)
Colonel Gene Renna (2)
Lieutenant General Ross Sutton (1)
Lieutenant Colonel Jack Waldron (2)
General Dierk Walter (4)
Minimum five cadets graduated.
Major General Tommy Lynn (6)
General Derald Riggs (5)
General Joseph Meyer (5)
General Ernie Sands (7)
Lieutenant General Ed Blackburn (8)
Lieutenant General R. E. Brooks (6)
General John Corbin (8)
Lieutenant General Joe Mishurda (9)
Lieutenant General Mike Tomlin (9)
Major General Ron Virts (5)
General Lars Wistedt (5)
Minimum ten cadets graduated.
General Randy Hartwig (10)
Minimum fifteen cadets graduated.
General David Danner (15)
Lieutenant General Niall Murphy (18)
General Dan Peterjohn (19)
General Matt Perenod (15)
Minimum twenty cadets graduated.
General Kelly Ross (24)
Minimum thirty-five cadets graduated.
General Mark Nelms (35)
General Kenneth Miller (38)
OFFICERS OF THE ACWGC UNION ARMY,
Present, ARMS!
Order, ARMS!
Parade, DISMISSED!
Please join me in saluting all of these fine officers for their service accomplishments as UMA Instructors and in celebrating their awards! My tab is again open in all participating establishments.
