Command Sergeant Major
Mark S. Gerecht

CSM Mark Gerecht was born on May 27th, 1963 in Miami, Florida and joined the Army through the delayed entry program on December 24th, 1980. He began basic training as Private First Class at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on June 9th 1981. He graduated as an Honor Graduate and was assigned to Fort Stewart, Georgia as a Field Artilleryman. In 1986, then-SSG Gerecht, reenlisted in the Military Occupational Specialty of 55G, Nuclear Weapons Specialist and was assigned to the 64th Ordnance Company in Fischbach, Germany.

Upon graduation from the Sergeants Major Academy in 2002, he was assigned as the Battalion Command Sergeant Major for the 6th Ordnance Battalion. His ability to develop strong teams resulted in his battalion being selected to brief both the Sergeant Major of the Army and Sergeant Major of the Army for South Korea. CSM Gerecht insisted that all briefings would be conducted by junior enlisted Soldiers as they were the individuals that made things happen. The briefings were later identified as the highlight of the tours.

In 2004, CSM Gerecht culminated his 27-year Army career as the Garrison Command Sergeant Major position at Redstone Arsenal. He assisted the Garrison Commander in supporting a community of 138 organizations and a customer base of approximately 250,000 personnel. He coordinated working relationships with Congressional aides, the offices of Senator Shelby and Sessions, and 2 local mayor’s offices, and began the preparations for the 2005 Base Closure and Realignment Committee decisions and its impact upon Redstone Arsenal.