Press Release
☷330+ YEARS OF SERVICE 10 Soldiers 3 civilians retire during Fort Rucker ceremony
U.S. Army ( By Press Release office)
May 03,2022
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FORT RUCKER , Ala . - - Ten Soldiers and three civilian employees retired with more than 330 years of combined service during the Fort Rucker Quarterly Retirement Ceremony April 29 in the U . S . Army Aviation Museum . Col . Robert J . Holcombe , Fort Rucker garrison commander , hosted the event and he was assisted by Command Sgt . Maj . Raymond P . Quitugua Jr . , garrison command sergeant major . The following are brief write - ups on each retiree . Meyer COL . TERRY A . MEYER Meyer , U . S . Special Operations Command Special Operations Forces Lessons Learned Program branch chief , entered military service in 1992 as an aviation officer . He served multiple combat tours in support of operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom , and New Dawn . He said the highlight of his career was learning to fly from the same heroes whose sacrifices in Vietnam inspired his own decision to serve . He has two children and plans to reside in the southeast . Lenz LT . COL . PHILLIP R . LENZ Lenz , director of the Fort Rucker Directorate of Public Safety , entered military service in 1989 as a military intelligence Soldier . He commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Program at Eastern Kentucky University in 1996 . He served multiple combat tours in support of operations Iraqi and enduring Freedom , and Intrinsic Action . He said the highlight of his career was serving as the Fort Rucker director of DPS where his incredible team was recognized with the 2020 Sgt . Maj . Wardell Turner Award for having the best emergency services program in the Army . He and his wife , Janet , have four children . They plan to reside in western Pennsylvania . Thielmann MAJ . BRIAN THIELMANN Thielmann , Army Headquarters G - 8 aerial intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance synchronization staff officer , entered military service in 1990 as a Marine infantryman . After an 11 - year break in service , he entered the Army Warrant Officer Flight Training Program . He served two combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan , and commanded the air ambulance detachment in Soto Cano , Honduras . He said the highlight of his career was serving as a medevac platoon leader in charge of a National Guard platoon that he had never met in the busiest and most dangerous place in Afghanistan . He and his wife , Melody , have two children . He said to the Soldiers and civilians he has served with: it has been his honor . Dustoff! Warfield CW5 JEFF WARFIELD Warfield , senior warrant officer advisor to the deputy commanding general at Fort Rucker , entered the Army Reserve as an aviation “street to seat” candidate in 1992 . He graduated Warrant Officer Candidate School in 1993 and Initial Entry Rotary Wing in 1994 . He said the highlight of his career was when he became the aviation training officer for the Aviation and Safety Division . He and his wife , CW4 Sandra Poppy , have three children . Snow CW4 JOSHUA SNOW Snow , Directorate of Evaluation and Standardization Fixed Wing branch chief at Fort Rucker , entered military service in 2000 as a cavalry scout . He was selected for Warrant Officer Flight Training in 2004 . He served multiple combat tours in support of operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom . He said the highlight of his career was becoming an Army aviator . He and his wife , Tabitha , have two children . They plan to reside in Harrison , Michigan . Olson CW3 PAUL OLSON Olson , Aviation Survivability Development and Tactics Team forensics officer at Fort Rucker , entered military service in 1994 as an airborne infantryman . He was selected to attend flight school in 2008 . He said the highlights of his career were as enlisted being a sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier , as an NCO patrolling the streets of Baghdad with his squad , and as a warrant officer anytime on “short final to the x . ” He and his wife , Tracie , plan to reside in Enterprise , and continue to debate whether to adopt more Great Danes . Munger CW3 DANIEL MUNGER Munger , A Company , 1st Battalion , 14th Aviation Regiment section leader for AH - 64E , entered military service in 1995 as an airborne infantryman . He was selected for Warrant Officer Flight Training in 2008 . He served four combat tours in support of operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom . He said the highlight of his career was serving as battalion aviation mission survivability officer and instructor pilot for the 1 - 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade at Fort Bragg , North Carolina . He and his wife , Mika , have three children . They plan to reside in Enterprise . Washington MASTER SGT . PERRY WASHINGTON Washington , 23rd Quartermaster Brigade operations NCO at Fort Lee , Virginia , entered military service in 1997 as a petroleum supply specialist . He served multiple combat tours in support of operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom . He said the highlight of his career was the outstanding support he received from his wonderful family – his wife , Priscilla , and two children . They plan to reside in Anniston . Jones SGT . 1ST CLASS MAURICE JONES Jones , platoon and assistant operations sergeant at Fort Polk , Louisiana , entered military service in 2002 as an infantryman . He served multiple combat tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom . He said the highlight of his career was marrying his beautiful wife , Sharde , and having two wonderful children . They plan to reside in Enterprise . Maugans SGT . 1ST CLASS DANIEL MAUGANS Maugans , Aviation Capability Development Integration Directorate aviation systems repair NCO at Fort Rucker , entered military service in 2002 as an aircraft powertrain mechanic . He served multiple combat tours in support of operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom . He said the highlight of his career was marrying his beautiful wife , Nicole , and having two wonderful children . They plan to reside in Nashville . Neal GINNIE NEAL Neal , Fort Rucker Directorate of Human Resources quality assurance specialist , entered federal civilian service in 1978 with the Defense Logistics Agency Contract Administration Division as a clerk typist at Napier Field . She said the highlights of her career were receiving the employee of the year award in 1995 , the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service in 2013 , and working with the exceptional civilians and military personnel at Fort Rucker . She plans to reside in Dothan . Kruse RUSSELL KRUSE Kruse , Headquarters and Headquarters Co . , 1 - 223rd Avn . Regt . , entered civil service in 1999 as an instructor pilot . He said the highlight of his career was teaching students and seeing the lightbulb come on . He and his wife , Roxanne , have three children . They plan to reside in Pensacola , Florida . Williams CURTIS WILLIAMS Williams , Fort Rucker garrison , entered civilian service in 2002 after a 17 1/2 - year career in the military . He said the highlight of his career was serving as the first mobilization and deployment program manager assigned to Fort Rucker . He and his wife , Kathy , have one child and one grandchild . They plan to reside in Enterprise .
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