Fort Huachuca, Arizona - The Relinquishment of Responsibility ceremony for Command Sgt. Maj. Bret Wiegmann at the Non-commissioned Officer Academy brought out more than 50 attendees eager to send him off with well wishes Monday morning.
Wiegmann who has worked at Fort Huachuca for just under two years, has helped graduate 2,387 Advanced Leader Course/Senior Leader Course students since May 2013.
"It was just over 21 and a half months ago I assumed responsibility of the NCO Academy. One thing I hold as an absolute truth is that we are training our replacements each and every day. I hope I fulfilled that during my tenure and I trained future command sergeant majors and have given the knowledge and skills and ability to be successful at everything that they do for the Army day-in and day-out," Wiegmann told the crowd.
The Soldier will be moving to Washington D.C. with his wife Roberta to work at the Pentagon. "It feels like I just got here and there's still a lot that I could be doing, that's the hardest part about leaving," he added.
"It's going to be a whole new mission, I keep telling everyone that there's always something you can improve upon, no matter what it is, no matter how small it is, so hopefully I can go out there and make a difference, it's a bigger pond but that's OK, I can swim upstream," Wiegmann said.
During his speech on Monday he thanked his family.
"To my wife and my family, I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for your support," Weigmann said.
Roberta, who works for the Air National Guard as a technical sergeant out of the Western Air Defense Sector out of McChord Air Force Base, Washington, said the best part about moving to D.C. is "there's so much to do and see, all the history, Bret's a big history buff so we'll be doing a lot of sightseeing while we are there."
Weigmann also thanked the community of Fort Huachuca, the garrison command, and United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence. "Everybody, I totally appreciate all the support they've always given us at the NCO Academy. My thanks goes out to everybody."
Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffery Fairley, command sergeant major, United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, spoke of memories he shared with Wiegmann, giving the crowd a laugh but also shared a more sentimental view.
"I have the utmost confidence that you will be phenomenal in your next job. I've watched you, and as I got to Fort Huachuca, you got here a couple of months before me and the first time I met you I was 'like man what a team, I don't really have to do anything, you've got the academy, there's a lot of great sergeants major here but you were one of those I was like, this is easy, he's got this."'
Wiegmann closed with speaking to the NCOs on the field.
"As I look across the field today I only hope that you all have learned as much from me as I have from you, I thank you from the bottom of my heart and wish you great success in your careers."
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