Command Sgt. Maj. Steven D. Dryer, former commandant of the Staff Sgt. Todd R. Cornell Noncommissioned Officer Academy, passes the academy flag to Col. Kathleen J. Porter, commander of the 83rd Army Reserve Readiness Training Center, during a change of commandancy ceremony July 28, 2017, at the academy at Fort McCoy, Wis. During the ceremony, Command Sgt. Maj. Gary L. Goodrich became the new commandant, replacing Dryer. The academy was activated at Fort McCoy in 1988. It was dedicated and named after Staff Sgt. Todd R. Cornell, an Army Reserve Soldier from Menomonee Falls, Wis., who was k

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Command Sgt. Maj. Steven D. Dryer, former commandant of the Staff Sgt. Todd R. Cornell Noncommissioned Officer Academy, passes the academy flag to Col. Kathleen J. Porter, commander of the 83rd Army Reserve Readiness Training Center, during a change of commandancy ceremony July 28, 2017, at the academy at Fort McCoy, Wis. During the ceremony, Command Sgt. Maj. Gary L. Goodrich became the new commandant, replacing Dryer. The academy was activated at Fort McCoy in 1988. It was dedicated and named after Staff Sgt. Todd R. Cornell, an Army Reserve Soldier from Menomonee Falls, Wis., who was killed while serving in Iraq in 2004. The academy trains hundreds of Soldiers each year in the Basic Leader Course and the Battle Staff Noncommissioned Officer Course.

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