01/28/2026
We held our annual III Armored Corps Career Counselor, Retention Excellence Award in Leadership, and Retention NCO of the Year week long competitions in tandem for the Regular Army and for the Reserve Component….
AND….
The Fiscal Year 2026 III Armored Corps Career Counselor, Retention Excellence Award in Leadership, and Retention NCO of the Year are….🥁 drum 🥁 roll…..
SFC Maria Sanchez (1st Cavalry Division) 👏, Career Counselor, Reserve Component 🏅🏆!
SSG Benjamin Miller (1st Armored Division) 👏, Career Counselor, Regular Army🏅🏆!
MSG Jevon Joyner (1st Cavalry Division) 👏, Retention Excellence Award in Leadership, Regular Army🏅🏆!
MSG William King (1st Armored Division) 👏, Retention Excellence Award in Leadership, Reserve Component🏅🏆!
SGT Tommy Tran (1st Armored Division) 👏, Retention NCO, Regular Army🏅🏆!
A truly tremendous and incredible accomplishment for all of these deserving NCOs!
These five professionals will represent III Armored Corps during the FY 2026 United States Army Europe and Africa Career Counselor, Retention Excellence Award in Leadership, and Retention of the Year competitions for the Regular Army and Reserve Component competitions.
All competitors were extremely knowledgeable, showcased their expertise, and well represented their commands.
These competitions were hosted by SGM Jedediah Wells, III Armored Corps Senior Command Career Counselor and by SGM Joseph Compton, III Armored Corps Senior Command RC Career Counselor.
The week ended with an incredible awards ceremony hosted by LTG Kevin Admiral, the Commanding General of III Armored Corps and Fort Hood and CSM John McDwyer, the Command Sergeant Major of III Armored Corps and Fort Hood, where these five winners were presented with impact awards 🎖️, trophies 🏆, and challenge coins!
Please join us in congratulating 👏 these outstanding NCOs!
We know you all will represent III Armored Corps well at the upcoming USAREUR-AF competitions!
Additionally, even more WINNING continued to take place at the annual awards ceremony as LTG Admiral and CSM McDwyer also presented the Fiscal Year 2025 end of year Regular Army Retention and Reserve Component Retention unit awards!
Finally, a big shout out to the III Armored Corps PAO team; SGT Gabriel Villalobos and SPC Bowden Drake-Deese for capturing ALL these awesome photos 📸 throughout the week that we are able to share. (Link is below)
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCG5tc
It was an absolutely amazing week at here Fort Hood, “The Great Place”!
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