This week in Fort Knox History

Photo by Sally Harding Promoting excellence: On Sept. 29, 2011, then U.S. Army Human Resources Command Deputy Commanding General Marcia Anderson became the Army’s first female African-American officer to obtain the rank of major general during her promotion and departure ceremony. She retired in 2016. MAJ. GEN. MARCIA ANDERSON RECEIVED HER SECOND STAR from husband Amos during a ceremony Thursday at Fort Knox. The U.S. Army Accessions Command and Fort Knox commanding general, Lt. Gen. Benjamin Freakley (left), watched the pinning of the two-star rank. Maj. Gen. Anderson, deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Human Resources Command, is the first-ever female U.S. Army African-American officer to obtain the rank of major general.