Corrections_Today_Summer_2025_Vol.87_No.2

MILITARY CORRECTIONS COMMITTEE

Arms Center (CAC) historian. A tour of the recently renovated USDB Sales Store was a treat for those who remembered the small sales store located in the front of the old USDB. The new products produced by the inmates in the vo cational training shops are per the guidelines of the Bureau of Appren ticeship, U.S. Department of Labor. Products from welding, embroidery, textiles, wood, and graphic arts have been made including the USDB 150 th theme design. Facility tours of both the old and new USDB were sentimental for those returning to where they worked and being able to share this experience with friends and family members. It was particularly spe cial for 12 former commandants to tour and see the programs and/or projects they initiated and to see the vast improvements over the years. Brig. Gen. Colleen McGuire was the commandant who transitioned the staff, equipment, and inmates to the new USDB in 2002 and achieved the

first American Correctional Asso ciation’s reaccreditation in the new facility. A walking tour of the old USDB was conducted by former se nior noncommissioned officers who worked behind the walls, and was the highlight for many USDB alumni who reminisced about working in the building known as the “Castle.” The day ended with a dinner at the 35 th Infantry Division HQ featuring the famous BBQ of the Kansas City area. On Tuesday, a plaque dedication ceremony was held in the Lewis and Clark Center hosted by Maj. Gen. Duane R. Miller, commanding general, Army Corrections Com mand (ACC) and provost marshal general. USDB retirees, staff and their families, officials from the Kansas Legislators, Combined Armed Center, Fort Leavenworth Garrison, Federal Bureau of Pris ons, Navy Corrections, and Army Corrections were among those who attended the unveiling. Charles Davis, retired Army corrections non-commissioned officer and master of ceremonies, read a Recog nition Letter from Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and a Proclamation from Mayor Griff Martin, City of Leavenworth. Letters of congratu lations from Lt. Gen. Milford H. Beagle, Jr., and Command Sgt. Maj. Stephen H. Helton, CAC Command Team, and Maj. Gen. Duane Miller and Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn A. Klosterman, ACC Command Team. Miller said “the USDB MP Battalion supporting the USDB recently transformed from an outdated formation with multiple functions that distracted from their ability to do the important mission of corrections that only

these miliary police professionals can do for our Army.” Miller was referencing the redesignation from the 40 th Military Police Battalion (Detention) to the USDB Battalion (Corrections) in March 2023. A tour of the Lewis & Clark Cen ter was eye-opening for those who attended Command and General Staff Course in the old Bell Hall. The state-of-the-art classrooms and historical displays were reminders of the importance of military educa tion. The final event was a reception hosted at the USDB Commandant’s Quarters which has been the quar ters for all 56 former commandants. The USDB Sesquicentennial Anniversary Plaque is hanging in the main entrance hallway of the old USDB. CT USDB Sesquicentennial Plaque, now mounted on the wall at the inside main entrance of the old USDB.

Peter Grande, CCE is currently the Chief of History, United States Disciplinary Barracks, Army Corrections Command. He currently serves on the Commission for Accreditation and the Standards Committee.

Photo courtesy USDB Archives

September 30, 2003 Charles Kehoe, president of the American Correctional Association presented the reaccreditation certificate to Col. Colleen Mcguire, USDB commandant and Lt. Col Peter Grande, USDB chief of staff.

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