DVIDS

The 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command hosted a change of responsibility ceremony on August 6, 2020 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Brig. Gen. Gregory Brady presided over the ceremony, as the outgoing command sergeant major, Command Sgt. Maj. Gary Plotnick handed the guidon, and his role as the senior enlisted advisor, over to Command Sgt. Maj. Giancarlo Macri.

The unit bid a heartfelt farewell to Plotnick who, after three years, is the longest standing command sergeant major in the unit’s history. He witnessed the arrival of the Brigade Mission Command Element, the standing up of the first pure Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) Battalion in over ten years and the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to the U.S. European Command area of responsibility.

“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it,” Plotnick said, a quote he heard from a former leader. “Don’t let anyone tell you what you cannot do, and don’t minimize your potential or value.”

Plotnick enlisted in November of 1988 and after thirty-one years of service, is also retiring. He plans to take a brief break to rest, then he will serve as a Veterans’ Service Representative after completion of Veteran’s Association Training.

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