SAN ANTONIO, Texas –
Spc. Matthew Saenz (second from left), a supply clerk with U.S. Army South, joins retired Army Brig. Gen. Charles V.L. Elia in the ceremonial cake cutting at San Antonio’s 243rd U.S. Army Birthday Celebration at the Grand Hyatt Riverwalk Hotel June 9.
Saenz, 20, and Elia, 97, were the youngest and oldest Soldiers present and had the privilege of slicing the first piece of cake.
Maj. Gen. Patrick Sargent (far left), U.S. Army Medical Department Center & School commanding general, observes the long-standing tradition with Command Sgt. Maj. Willian O’Neal (far right), AMEDDC&S senior enlisted advisor.