Fort Gordon to Host Former Commander

General McKnight to address Non-Coms

The general officer who once commanded Fort Gordon , an important Signal Corps center, and who went on to command the entire U.S. Army Signal Corps, retired Lt. General Clarence McKnight will return  to Fort Gordon, the week of March 4, to address the non-commissioned officers at the Sergeant Major Academy.

McKnight has an appreciation for non-commissioned officers. He demonstrated that in his recently published book From Pigeons to Tweets with a dedication “to the sergeants and warrant officers of the Signal Corps who always find a way to get it done.”

And getting it done was also the hallmark of the career that took McKnight from a typical average American home in Memphis to the U.S. Military Academy on the banks of the Hudson to the Pentagon near the banks of the Potomac. Along the way, he picked up  numerous awards from West Point for his work in the military taking the Army Signal Corps from a situation in the Korean War where pigeons were the back-up to radio communications to “Operation Desert Strom” where he led the  implementation of the first-ever computer directed warfare.

U.S. Army recognition did not stop with retirement. He recently received recognition as an Army War College Distinguished Alumnus for his work in education following his retirement from the military. He is presently chairman of the Board of Directors at Community Learning and Information Network

His address to the non-commissioned officers of Fort Gordon who always found a way to get things done, will be the continuity of dedication in and after the military.

Contact: Don Bracken, djb@historypublishingco.com, 845-398-8161