Stay tuned for Armor Act 3 coming in July

The second act of a very significant three-act play took place Friday at Fort Knox, truly my Kentucky home off and on over the last 60 years.
The colors of the operational training units of the Armor School were cased. The head-quarters and the subordinate commands of the 194th Armor and 316th Cavalry Brigades have now also been moved to Fort Benning, Ga., as was the Armor School Headquarters—the first act—in the spring.
Part of the ceremony’s highly fitting pomp and circumstance were farewell comments by retired Maj. Gen. T. L. Tucker, a former chief of armor, and post commander.
With the buffered tattoo of M-2 machine guns echoing across Brooks Field from a distant range soon to be silent, (and a bit of thunder, lightning, and rain) he reminded us of the important role Knox has played in the past military successes of our nation.
That success was based on learning and executing the principles and combat requirements of movement, firepower, and communication.
Other speakers pointed out the economic benefit Knox has brought to all of the surrounding civilian communities, and our state and region, not to mention the esprit de corps fostered there and felt, if not appreciated at times, as far away as Louisville.
The final act of this play will take place July 22 when the last class of Fort Knox 19D Armored Cavalry Reconnaissance Specialists graduate. Having been there and done that many years ago, I will be there and so will every other “scout” ever trained at Fort Knox. Of that, you can be sure.
Retired Col. Joseph Kopacz
Louisville