545th Military Police
Company
First Sergeants
Compiled by CPT Sam
Reinert
Commanding Officer
545th
MP Company
Phouc Vinh, Vietnam
As of February 3, 2012
Unidentified First Sergeant
MP Platoon, Hqs and HQS Troop, 1st
Cavalry Division
Fort Bliss, Texas
1938 - 1942
Unidentified First Sergeant
MP Platoon, Hqs Troop, 1st
Cavalry Division
Fort Bliss, Texas
1943 - 1944
First Sergeant Howard Fry
Military Police Platoon, HHC, 1st
Cavalry Division
1945 – 1947
Pacific Theater and Japan
1st
Sgt. William “Seth” Turner
MP Platoon, 1st Cav
Camp Drake, Japan 1947-1949
1st
SGT William Brown
MP Platoon, Hqs Troop and later
545th MP Co, 1st Cav Div
Camp Drake Japan and Korea
Circa 1949 – 1950
1SG Andrew J. Williams
545th MP Co
1st
Cavalry Division
Japan and Korea
1950 – 1952
1SG Gerald J. Summers
545th MP Co
1st
Cavalry Division
Korea
1960 - 1961
1st
SGT Andrew J. Venezia
545th MP Co. 1st
Cav Div
Camp Custer, Korea
1963 – 1964
Note the “First Team’s Finest” tab
over the Cav patch on the brassard
1SG James D. Hines
545th MP Co, 1st Cavalry Division
Camp Howze, Korea
1964 - ????
1SG Edward Pinault
First Sergeant
545th MP Company
An Khe, Vietnam
1964 – 1966
1SG Frank Ryan
First Sergeant
545th MP Company
Vietnam
June 1966 – June 1967
1SG Gillespie
545th MP Company
First Sergeant
Vietnam
June 1967 - 1968
1SG Coy L. Palmer
1SG 545th MP Co
An Khe and Phouc Vinh
1968 – 1969
Vietnam
1SG
William Sykes
545th MP Company, 1st
Air Cav.
Phouc Vinh, Vietnam
1969 – 1970
SFC Carl C. Byrd (acting 1SG)
545th Military Police
Company
Holding the Jeremiah P. Holland
Award
Phouc Vinh, Vietnam
1970
1st
SGT Robert “Bobby” Cheatom
First Sergeant
545th MP Company
Fort Hood, Texas
1971 - 1973
SFC Hoover
Acting First Sergeant
545th MP Company
Fort Hood, Texas
1973
1SG Roy Van Sickle
First Sergeant
545th MP Company
Fort Hood, Texas
February 1974 – October 1975
1SG Jose A. Hernandez
545th MP Company
Fort Hood, Texas
1975 – 1976?
(Also Opns and PMO Sgt in Vietnam
and later at Ft Hood was PMO SGM)
SFC Spruill 1SG
545th MP Company
(Was also a 545th
Platoon Sergeant in Vietnam)
545th MP Co
Fort Hood, Texas
1979
1st
SGT David Stalter
545th MP Company
Fort Hood, Texas
1981 - 1983
Member of the MP Corps Hall of
Fame
1SG John T. Rogers ??
545th MP Co
Fort Hood, Texas
1984 – September 1987
SFC Charles McGee
Acting First Sergeant
Served also as Platoon Sergeant of
the 2nd Platoon (Blackjack)
545th MP Co
Fort Hood, Texas
July 1987 – October 1989
1SG James Sanders
545th MP Co
Desert Storm
1989 – 1991
1SG Michael D. Loss
545th MP Co
Fort Hood
1991 - 1992
1SG Dennis Lafferty
545th MP Co
Fort Hood
1992 – 1993
SFC Gallo
545th MP Co
Fort Hood
1993
1SG Dale Daniel
545th MP Company
Fort Hood, Texas
October 1993 – October 1996
1SG David O’Donnell
545th MP Co
Fort Hood, Texas
October 1996 -1997
1SG O’Donnell was 1st
Plt Sgt, Opns Sgt and 1SG of the 545th
1SG David D. Dewitt
545th MP Co
Fort Hood, Texas
1997 - 1998
1SG Curtis George
545th MP Co
Fort Hood, Texas
August 1998 - 2000
NO PHOTO AVAILABLE
1SG Deforest
545th MP Company
Fort Hood
2001 - 2002
1SG Scott Mandeville
545th MP Company
Fort Hood and Iraq
2002 - 2003
1SG Jody A. George
545th MP Co
11 April 2003 – 3 May 2005
Fort Hood and Iraq
1SG Daniel E.Szczepankiewicz
545th MP Company
3 May 2005 – 15 October 2005
Fort Hood, Texas
The last 1SG of the unit before it
was inactivated at Fort Hood on
October 15, 2005
1SG Lavander Wilkerson
First Sergeant
Fort Richardson, Alaska
October 2007 – April 13,
2009
This is the
first 1SG of the newly reactivated 545th MP Company
1SG Connie Dementer
First Sergeant
Fort Richardson, Alaska
And Irag
April 13 2009 – September
13, 2010
Note: 1SG Dementer served previously with the 545th MP
Co from 1998 – 2000 when the unit was still with the 1st Cavalry Div
and is the second female 1SG of the 545th
1SG Matthew T.
Ivacic
First Sergeant
Fort Richardson, Alaska
September 13,
2010 - June 17, 2011
1SG Franklin J. Solomon
First Sergeant
Fort Richardson, Alaska
June 17, 2011 - Present
Note:
Dates of service with the 545th
MP Co for each 1SG may be slightly inaccurate. If anyone can
provide up date info or additional photos – kindly contact CPT Sam
Reinert
'Officer vs. NCO observations'
The Company Commander and the First Sergeant were in the
field. As they hit the sack for the night, the First Sergeant
said, "Sir, look up into the sky and tell me what you see?"
The CO said, "I see millions of stars."
1st Sgt.: "And what does that tell you, sir?"
CO: "Astronomically, it tells me that there are
millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets.
Theologically, it tells me that God is great and that we are
small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it tells me that we
will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you, Top?"
1st Sgt.: "Well sir, it tells me that somebody stole
our tent."
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