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Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Community Center Fort Myer, Virginia October 5, 2012 Colonel Fern O. Sumpter, Commanding Officer Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall (Photo By Rachel Larue, Pentagram Staff Photographer) Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Retiree Council (photos courtesy of the Pentagram) (left photo) Colonel Willner and CSM Winfree pose with Trooper Crawford at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (right photo) Troopers visited by Command Sergeant Major Earlene Y. Lavender and Colonel Fern O. Sumpter (left photo) Troopers Crawford and Mayes. Trooper Mayes is a member of the Retiree Council (right photo) Troopers Hill, Womack and Crawford are joined by Colonel William Roy Crawford (USA Ret) The Machine Gun Troop, 10th Cavalry arrived at Fort Myer on 15 October 1931, under the command of Captain Clyde D. Garrison and First Sergeant Howard Wilson. Colonel Harry N. Cootes, Post Commander, billeted the 10th Cavalry in building 308. Their horse stables were located in buildings 306 and 307, adjacent to their barracks. The 10th Cavalry served at Fort Myer until 1949 being replaced by the 3rd Infantry Regiment. |