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George W. In he volunteered for parachute training, then later Pathfinder and glider instruction. He spent the majority of his career in Airborne Infantry assignments, serving with the st Airborne Battalion; the th, th, th and d Parachute Infantry Regiments, along with service in the 82d and st Airborne Divisions and the Special Forces.

He continued to serve in assignments of increasing responsibility with the th and was reassigned to the th RCT in Japan until it redeployed to Ft Bragg, and then to Ft Campbell. It was there he introduced one of his trademarks, the Special Forces blazer. It was from there he was selected as the second Sergeant Major of the Army. Dunaway was the second and last Sergeant Major of the Army to be selected personally by the Chief of Staff of the Army as subsequent SMAs were selected by a special board of officers and the incumbent.

During his two-year tenure, Dunaway affected many policies and an Army during an unpopular time.

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Some of his personal achievements included his ability to influence the policy for wear of the Pathfinder special skill badge simultaneously with airborne wings. It was also during his tenure that the Army implemented the newly developed Noncommissioned Officer Education System, and he furthered the implementation of the Sergeants Major Academy.

Additionally, he was instrumental in correcting what he believed a longstanding problem—the lack of additional pay for drill instructors, an incentive he believed was instrumental in attracting and retaining good soldiers to the program. Though the term of the Sergeant Major of the Army is to coincide with the tenure of the Chief of Staff, Dunaway recommended it be limited to the two years both he and his predecessor would serve.