General crosbie saint biography
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General Information: The Sergeant Audie Murphy Club is a private U.S. Army organization for enlisted non-commissioned officers (NCO) 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 (FORSCOM Reg. 600-8, paragraph 1)."
If an NCO meets these pre-requisites, the soldier may then be recommended by his non-commissioned officer chain-of-command to particiate in the rigorous board examination process.
The History: The original club was started at Fort Hood, Texas early in 1986. There were several key people at Fort Hood - officer, enlisted, civil service, and a Ki
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Crosbie E. Saint
United States Army general
Crosbie Edgerton Saint (29 September 1936 – 7 May 2018) was a United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, United States Army Europe/Commander, huvud Army Group from 1988 to 1992.
Military career
[edit]Saint was born at West Point, New York, on 29 September 1936. He was the son of a career soldier, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Saint, who commanded the 14th Engineer Regiment (PS), a combat engineer enhet of the Philippine Scouts of the United States Army, at Fort William McKinley, the Philippine Islands, in the early 1940s. Frederick Saint perished while he was a prisoner of war of the Imperial Japanese Army,[1] following the mass surrender of the Fil-American forces on the Bataan peninsula in April 1942.
The junior Saint graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1958, receiving his commission in Armor.[2]
Saint served two tours in Vietnam, and had five tours with Unite
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List of United States Army four-star generals
The rank of general (or full general, or four-star general) is the highest rank normally achievable in the United States Army. It ranks above lieutenant general (three-star general) and below general of the Army (five-star general).
There have been 260 four-star generals in the history of the U.S. Army. Of these, 246 achieved that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Army; eight were promoted after retirement; five were promoted posthumously; and one (George Washington) was appointed to that rank in the Continental Army, the U.S. Army's predecessor. Generals entered the Army via several paths: 163 were commissioned via the U.S. Military Academy (USMA), 54 via Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) at a civilian university, 15 via Officer Candidate School (OCS), 13 via direct commission (direct), 11 via ROTC at a senior military college, one via ROTC at a military junior college, one via direct commission in the Army Nati