he 1st Infantry Division will honor retiring Brig. Gen.Image may be NSFW.
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William A. Turner, the division’s deputy commanding general for support, and
welcome Col. Richard R. Coffman, the incoming deputy commanding officer for
maneuver, with a Victory with Honors ceremony at 4 p.m. Sept. 27 at the “Big
Red One” headquarters building.
Turner joined the division command group in July 2016 and previously served
with the Big Red One as commander of Battery B, 6th Field Artillery
Regiment, 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) Artillery, from December 1991
to August 1993 and as current operations officer for the 1st Inf. Div.
Artillery from January to December 1991.
Coffman comes to the division from the National Training Center at Fort
Irwin, California, where he served as commander of the operations group. His
education includes multiple bachelor’s degrees from Centre College, a Master
of Business Administration from Embry Riddle University and a graduate
fellowship at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
University.
