Gen. Hal Moore & Sgt. Major Plumley at West Point

General Hal Moore and Sergeant Major Plumley at West Point on May 10, 2010 on the inauguration of the General Hal Moore Warrior of Excellence Award. The award will be presented annually to a First Class male cadet and a First Class female cadet, who demonstrate the Warrior Ethos and the qualities of Hal Moore. The introduction was by Tony LaRussa.

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[cracklingvoice]

What is the name of the song at the end? It's beautiful

[sealpup02]

@cracklingvoice The song is "Mansions of the Lord."

[JAK1978DK]

When you young officers have a good SGT. MAJOR. You SHUT UP, and listen!!!

Spoken by a true commander!!!

[gatorbait51]

I think the SGM would still kick a%%

[TheJeffNasty]

@darkhorse13m Sgt Major Plumley is never gonna die anyway. He's too into ass kicking.

[TheJeffNasty]

@jhigh64 He's still a living legend, even among soldiers from my generation. (Entered '07.) Still revered as one of the most hardcore NCO's. That's some well earned respect.

[TheJeffNasty]

Holy shit look at the amount of service stripes on Sgt Major Plumley.

[jeffausbun]

True Soldiers...  Was that Tony Larussa introducing them?

[jakedill1104]

God bless those Men who fought as Fighters, Fathers, Brothers, Sons, and American Soldiers, Airmen, Marines, Sailors, and Coast Guard.

[jestersrobe]

@cracklingvoice "Mansions of the Lord" is on the "We Were Soldiers" soundtrack. 

[jhigh64]

I spent over 2 years at Ft. Bragg in the late 80's in the 82 MP Co., and I made the Panama jump in Dec. 1989. The second week of May was All-American week at Bragg and the old WW2 vets would come back and share stories about their combat jumps in Europe and even a few 11th ABN guys who jumped in the Pacific. 5 combat jump stars is beyond high speed. I have 1 from Panama and I've met guys with 2 or 3 from WW2. SGM Plumley is a badass of the highest order. HOO-AH!

[darkhorse13m]

Damn. This clip has too much hooah. Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.