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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.

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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

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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

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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

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2013

Army CW5 Fred Arooji

Army COL Christopher Costa

Army COL Jeffrey Jones

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​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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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2019

Army LTC Leif Bangsboll

Mrs. Virginia Hall

Army COL Charles R. Munske

Navy CMC (SEAL) Richard M. Rogers

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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

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2021

AMB Dell L. Dailey

Army CSM Glen "Nick" Nickel

Air Force Col Stephen R. Connelly

Air Force Col Charles G. McMillan

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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


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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