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COMMANDO HALL OF HONOR
The Hall of Honor was established in 2010 and recognizes those who have served with great distinction and have demonstrated leadership and selfless service within the SOF community.
2010
Air Force Maj Gen John R. Alison
Army COL Aaron Bank
Army COL Charlie Beckwith
Navy MCPO Rudolph Boesch
Marine Corps Maj James Capers
Marine Corps BGen Evans Carlson
Army BG William Darby
Navy CAPT David Del Guidice
Army CSM William Grimes
Army LTC Michael Grimm
Navy RADM Draper Kauffman
Air Force CMSgt Michael Lampe
Army MG Robert McClure
Air Force Col William Takacs
2011
Air Force Brig Gen Harry Aderholt
Air Force Col John Carney
Army CSM Galen Kittleson
Navy RADM Irve LeMoyne
Marine Corps LtCol George O'Dell
Navy CAPT Norman Olson
Marine Corps Col Peter Ortiz
Navy MCPO James Parks
Army MAJ Larry Thorne
Air Force CMSgt William Walter
Army SGM Billy Waugh
Army LTG William Yarborough
2012
Air Force MSgt Scott Fales
Army MG Robert Frederick
Army MG Frank Merrill
Air Force CMSgt Wayne Norrad
Air Force CMSgt Gordon Scott
Army BG Russell Volckmann
2013
Army CW5 Fred Arooji
Army COL Christopher Costa
Army COL Jeffrey Jones
2014
Army SGM Joseph Brauch
Air Force Col Phillip Cochran
Mr. Richard Lunger
Air Force Lt Gen Leroy Manor
Air Force Col Kenneth Poole
Army MG Sidney Shachnow
2015
Air Force Maj Gen James L. Hobson, Jr.
Army 1LT Jack L. Knight
Air Force Col James H. Kyle
Army CSM Richard Lamb
Marine Corps LtCol Terrence Moore
Marine Corps Col John W. Ripley
Army COL Phillip R. Stewart
Army COL Lynn B. Stull
Army CW4 Paul Zeisman
2016
Army MAJ Caesar Civitella
Marine Corps Col Robert Coates
Marine Corps MSgt John Mosser
Air Force Col Billy “Rusty” Napier
Army MAJ Thomas Powell
2017
Army LTC Herbert Avedon
Air Force CMSgt Bruce Brandewie
Army CAPT Wade Y. Ishimoto
Air Force CMSgt Harry McCommons
Army MSG Michael A. Palaez
Army COL Christopher E. St. John
Army BG Joseph R. Ulatoski
2018
Army MAJ Raymond P. Ambrozak
Army GEN Bryan D. Brown
Navy CAPT (SEAL) Charles Heron
Air Force Col William J. Kornitzer
Army GEN Stanley A. McChrystal
Army MG James E. Rudder
2019
Army LTC Leif Bangsboll
Mrs. Virginia Hall
Army COL Charles R. Munske
Navy CMC (SEAL) Richard M. Rogers
2020
Army SGM Ernest K. Tabata
Navy ADM Eric T. Olson
Air Force Col Denis L. Barnett
Air Force CMSgt William Markham
Marine Corps MSgt Aaron C. Torian
Army CSM Charles W. Thompson
2021
AMB Dell L. Dailey
Army CSM Glen "Nick" Nickel
Air Force Col Stephen R. Connelly
Air Force Col Charles G. McMillan
2022
Army SGM James R. Sartor
Army MSG Mark B. Stephens
Army MG Gary L. Harrel
Army MG Ernest F. Easterbrook
Army COL Irwin L. Hunt
2023
Army COL Paris D. Davis
Army COL Ralph Puckett, Jr.
Army MAJ John J. Duffy
Army CSM Matthew O. Williams
Army SGM Thomas P. Payne
Army MSG Earl D. Plumlee
Army SFC Christropher A. Celiz
Navy VADM (SEAL) Joseph D. Kernan
Navy VADM (SEAL) Joseph Maguire
Army MG Eldon A. Bargwell
Army MG Clayton M. Hutmacher
Army CSM James C. Faris
Army CSM Charles T. Jarrell, III
