By Maureen Rose
FORT KNOX, Ky. (Army News Service, May 28, 2010) -- Fort Knox witnessed the last chapter of the Armor Center here, during a transfer of authority ceremony May 27.
During the ceremony, Maj. Gen. James Milano, the Fort Knox commander and 44th Chief of Armor, relinquished command of the installation to Lt. Gen. Benjamin Freakley, commander, U.S. Army Accessions Command.
Both the Armor and Infantry centers, currently located at Fort Knox, will be abolished as separate entities and incorporated into the new Maneuver Center of Excellence. That new organization will be located at Fort Benning, Ga.
The U.S. Army Accessions Command, Cadet Command, and Human Resources Command, which are now in Virginia, will join the U.S. Army Recruiting Command at Fort Knox in order to consolidate the Army's personnel managers under one roof and form the Human Resource Center of Excellence.
Maj. Gen. John Sterling, the ceremony host and deputy commander of the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, said the Base Realignment and Closure act changes are far-reaching, but none were more complex than the Fort Knox experience.
