Audie Murphy

By williswebs

  • SAMC Created

    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 Killeen civilian – who were instrumental in getting this club up and running. Looking for actual date still...

  • SAMC Expanded to all of III Corps

    In 1991, then III Corps Commander Lieutenant General Pete Taylor and Command Sergeant Major Richard B. Cayton expanded the Fort Hood installation club to include all of III Corps. This included Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Polk, Louisiana; and Fort Carson, Colorado.

  • SAMC expanded FOSCOM wide

    In 1993, CSM Cayton was voted into the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club by the membership and then became the Forces Command Sergeant Major. Soon thereafter, the club became Forces-Command (FORSCOM) wide, including the Reserves and National Guard.

  • SAMC Expanded Army Wide

    In 1994 at a Sergeant Major of the Army conference, the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club spread Army-wide, to all commands with installations retaining the selection process for their own NCOs. In 1998, it was estimated that the club membership was over 3000 soldiers and was steadilly increasing.