SAMC History
The original club was started at Fort Hood, Texas early in 1986. There were several key people at Ft Hood – officer, enlisted, civil service, and a Killeen civilian – who were instrumental in getting this club up and running. Leading the effort was LTG Crosbie-Saint,
then the III Corps commander; his CSM 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 LTG Pete Taylor and CSM Richard B. Cayton expanded the Ft Hood installation club to include all of III Corps. This included Ft Riley, Ft Sill, Ft Bliss, Ft Polk, and Ft Carson. In 1993, CSM Cayton was voted into the SAMC by the membership and then became the FORSCOM CSM. Soon thereafter, the club became FORSCOM-wide, including the Reserves and National Guard. In 1994 at a Sergeant Major of the Army conference, the SAMC 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 3,000 soldiers and was steadily increasing.