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NEWS | May 25, 2016

U.S. Army Medical Command Soldiers inducted into Sergeant Audie Murphy Club local chapter

AMEDDC&S Public Affairs

Four Soldiers from the U.S. Army Medical Command were inducted into the Sgt. Maj. of the Army Leon L. Autreve Chapter of the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club May 12 at Fort Sam Houston. Sgt. 1st Class Krenda D. Harralson, Company C, 187th Medical Battalion; Staff Sgt. Stephen Raya, Company C, 264th Medical

Battalion; Staff Sgt. Pablo Sierra III, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research; and Staff Sgt. Maggie Wilson, Company B, 264th Medical Battalion, were the inductees.

Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew J. Rhoades, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School Command sergeant major, presided over the event. The guest speaker was 1st Sgt. Natasha M. Tsantles from the USAISR.

Induction into the Sgt. Audie Murphy Club is an arduous process, consisting of a recommendation by the Soldier’s non-commissioned officer chain of command to participate in the rigorous board examination process.

The Sergeant Audie Murphy Club is a private U.S. Army organization for enlisted non-commissioned officers only. Those NCOs 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, according to U.S. Forces Command Regulation 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 participate in the rigorous board examination process.

Audie L. Murphy was America’s most decorated combat Soldier of World War II and a movie star. Murphy earned and received every decoration for valor this country had to offer plus five decorations presented to him by France and Belgium. He appeared or starred in 44 films and died in an airplane accident in 1971.