The Motto
"You lead from the front." ... Audie Murphy
FORSCOM REG 215-7
TRADOC REG 600-14
The History of the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club
The original club was started at Fort Hood, Texas early in 1986. There were several key people at
Fort Hood - officer, enlisted, civil service, and a Killeen civilian - who were instrumental in getting
this club up and running.
Leading the effort was Lieutenant General Crosbie Saint, then the III Corps commander; his
Command Sergeant Major George L. Horvath; III Corps Awards Clerk Jean Crisp, who is now
Test and Experimentation Command (TEXCOM) awards clerk, and Don Moore, a Killeen artist
who assisted with designing the logo and club awards.
In 1991, then III Corps Commander Lieutenant General Pete Taylor and Command Sergeant
Major Richard B. Cayton expanded the Fort Hood installation club to include all of III Corps. This
included Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Polk, Louisiana; and Fort
Carson, Colorado.
In 1993, CSM Cayton was voted into the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club by the membership and
then became the Forces Command Sergeant Major. Soon thereafter, the club became Forces-
Command (FORSCOM) wide, including the Reserves and National Guard.
In 1994 at a Sergeant Major of the Army conference, the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club spread
Army-wide, to all commands with installations retaining the selection process for their own NCOs.
In 1998, it was estimated that the club membership was over 3000 soldiers and was steadily
increasing.
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