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July 18, 2024

Class 75 International Students Tackle Challenges

Fort Bliss, TX — Every year a group of students attending the Sergeant Major Academy (SGM-A) make an especially long trip from their home countries scattered across the globe to attend the SGM-A located at Fort Bliss, Texas. This group of International Military Students (IMS) come from many nations and for some it is their first time traveling to the United States. This situation can lead to unforeseen issues that the students have to resolve.

July 17, 2024

Commandants Meet to Improve NCO Training

Fort Bliss, TX — Commandants from various NCO Academies (NCOAs) met at the NCO Leadership Center of Excellence (NCOLCoE) on Fort Bliss, Texas, to take part in the Commandant’s Training Council (CTC). The three-day-long event began on July ninth and was hosted by the NCOLCoE Commandant, Command Sgt. Maj. Tammy Everette.

June 24, 2024

SMC Class 74 appoints graduates to Sergeant Major

Fort Bliss, TX — In the days leading up to the Sergeants Major Academy (SGM-A) class 74 graduation ceremony, another series of ceremonies took place on the campus. Five appointment ceremonies were held, one for each resident department in the academy. During this series of promotions over 360 of the classes 500 students, were appointed to sergeant major. Most of those promoted were active-duty Army or Active Guard Reserve (AGR) Soldiers.

June 18, 2024

The Army Celebrates its 249th Birthday

Fort Bliss, TX — Hundreds of Servicemembers and Army Civilian Professionals gathered at the Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Center of Excellence (NCOLCoE) and Sergeants Major Academy (SGM-A) campus to continue the time-honored tradition of singing the Army song and enjoying cake afterwords.

June 17, 2024

SGM-A Class 74 Graduates from NCOLCoE

Fort Bliss, TX — On June 13 the Sergeants Major Academy held the graduation of its 74th class at the Don Haskin’s Center on the campus of the University of Texas in El Paso. The nearly 500 students from the Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and over 50 partner nations graduated the degree granting program, with many earning a degree in Leadership and Work Force Development.

June 11, 2024

Student Writer

Fort Bliss, TX — Master Sgt. Noel DeJesus, a student attending Sergeants Major Academy Class 74 has long since become accustomed to writing papers for his classes, but has gone above and beyond the average homework submission, publishing several books over the years.