Monthly Fort Knox retirement ceremony set for June 26

By Fort Knox PAOJune 22, 2026

Fort Knox Retirement Ceremony
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The monthly Fort Knox retirement ceremony will be at 3 p.m. Friday, June 26 in Waybur Theater and hosted by Col. Christopher Brown, director of U.S. Army Human Resources Command’s Enterprise Modernization Directorate, and co-hosted by Sgt. Maj. Jacob Breslin, the directorate’s sergeant major.

Members of the public are invited to attend.

The following retirees will be honored during the ceremony:

  • Col. Douglas M. Dudewicz, U.S. Army Cadet Command, 24 years of service. 
  • Lt. Col. Ryan Gilles, V Corps, 25 years of service. 
  • Lt. Col. Sarah Stockton, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, 21 years of service. 
  • Gerry LaPlace, U.S. Army Garrison-Fort Knox, 20 years of service. 
  • Maj. Jason Kominiak, 1st Theater Sustainment Command,20 years of service. 
  • Maj. Thomas Souza, U.S. Army Human Resources Command, 20 years of service. 
  • Capt. Memory Burch, U.S. Army Recruiting Division, 20 years of service. 
  • Sgt. Maj. Mark Biggins, Army Materiel Command, 31 years of service. 
  • Master Sgt. Richard Coleman II, U.S. Army Recruiting Division, 27 years of service. 
  • Master Sgt. Joy Dulen, U.S. Army Human Resources Command, 23 years of service. 
  • Master Sgt. Guillermo Hernandez, U.S. Army Cadet Command, 20 years of service.  
  • Sgt. 1st Class Earl Ansell, 4th Cavalry Multi-Functional Training Brigade, 22 years of service.  
  • Sgt. 1st Class Jordon McAllister, U.S. Army Recruiting Division, 22 years of service. 
  • Sgt. 1st Class Burgie Perofeta, U.S. Army Cadet Command, 24 years of service.