The United States Army:

One day soon, the 100th Missile Defense Brigade’s retiring command sergeant major plans to be on a boat in the middle of a South Carolina lake, far from the mountains of Colorado and the brigade he helped shape from its inception.

Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffery F. Coker, who joined the Army in 1984, said he will miss donning his uniform every day and the brigade he served with for nearly half of his 36-year military career.

“This unit has the most important mission in the Army when it comes to homeland defense,” Coker said of the 100th Missile Defense Brigade. “I enjoyed every minute of it. If I could do it all over again, I would. This is my second family, and it will be greatly missed”…

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