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New Email Addresses

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:28:16 GMT

New Email Addresses

Britta: caa1.cavalryarmor@gmail.com
Trish: caa2.cavalryarmor@gmail.com

Email the signed nomination memorandum at least 3-weeks before the presentation date. For additional information about eligibility or processing, please contact the national association office directly by calling 706-563-5714.

Sullivan Cup Best Tank Crew Gunnery Competition

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 06:28:17 GMT

Sullivan Cup Best Tank Crew Gunnery Competition

General Gordon Sullivan

Sullivan Cup Best Tank Crew Gunnery Competition

Sullivan Cup Winners

2012 U.S. Army Best Tank Crew

2012 Sullivan Cup winning crew with GEN (Ret) Gordon Sullivan, center left, and CSM (Ret) Jimmie Spencer (center right), from left to right, SFC Ryan Dilling, SGT Zach Shaffer, PFC Kyle Braun, and PFC Mark Backer.

2014 U.S. Army Best Tank Crew, 2nd Bn, 69th Armor Regt, 3rd ABCT, 3rd Infantry Division

2014 Sullivan Cup winning crew poses with GEN (Ret) Gordon Sullivan (center) from left to right, SFC James Grider, SGT Kevin Luu, SPC Benjamin Whiteman and PFC Thomas

Sullivan Cup Best Tank Crew Gunnery Competition

2016 U.S. Army Best Tank Crew, 1st Bn, 252nd Armor Regt, 30th ABCT, “Old Hickory” from Southern Pines, North Carolina Army National Guard

2016 Sullivan Cup winning crew Tank Crew C11, PFC Philip Hill, SGT Curtis Bowen, 1LT John Dupre, and SPC Brandon Sinor

2018 U.S. Army Best Tank Crew, B Co, 3rd Bn, 67th Armor Regt, 2nd ABCT, 3rd Infantry Division

2018 Sullivan Cup winning crew, Blackwolf 22, PVT Brandon Zacher, CPL Justin Harris, SSG Johnathan Werner and PVT Dekken Sanders

Gainey Cup Best Scout Squad Competition

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 06:28:17 GMT

Gainey Cup Best Scout Squad Competition

Command Sergeant Major Joe Gainey

Gainey Cup Best Scout Squad Competition

Armored Regiment, and 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany; Eagle Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 1st Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, La.; 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, La.; The United States Army Armor Center, Fort Knox, KY; and as the Command Sergeant Major for the III Corps and Fort Hood, Texas.

CSM Gainey served in Operation Joint Endeavor (IFOR), Operation Joint Guard (SFOR 3) and Operation Joint Forge (SFOR 8) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He served as the Command Sergeant Major for the Combined Joint Task Force 7 (CJTF-7) and as the Command Sergeant Major of the Multi-National Corps Iraq (MNC-I) in Operation Iraqi Freedom II.
CSM Gainey attended numerous military schools and training programs to include: the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant School; U. S. Army Airborne School; U.S. Army Jumpmaster School; Air Movement Officer’s Course; Observer Controller Course; First Sergeants Course; Pathfinder School; and the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy, Class 41.

Anecdotally, CSM Gainey was known to his Soldiers to carry a steel ball bearing from an Abrams tank in his pocket which he called his “military bearing”. He would encourage Soldiers to challenge him by asking if he had his “military bearing”. If he was able to respond to the challenge by producing it, both he and the challenging Soldier would drop and do push-ups. If he did not have it, the Soldier would be awarded a battalion coin.

CSM Gainey is an Order of St George Gold Medallion recipient.

Gainey Cup Winners

2013 U.S. Army Best Scout Squad, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th IBCT (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division

Gainey Cup Best Scout Squad Competition

2015 U.S. Army Best Scout Squad, 4th Squadron, 42nd Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany

2017 U.S. Army Best Scout Squad, Comanche Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd ABCT, 1st Armor Division, Fort Bliss, TX

2019 U.S. Army Best Scout Squad 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, at Fort Bragg, NC