WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond F. Chandler III was named the sergeant major of the Army, Secretary of the Army John McHugh announced Monday.
Chandler, current commandant of the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy, assumes his new post March 1, succeeding Kenneth Preston, McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. said in a joint announcement released by the Defense Department.