From left, Maj. Gen. Gregg Potter, commander, U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and Fort Huachuca, event host; 1st Lt. William Fastenau, son of Brig. Gen. Richard Ellis for whom the auditorium was memorialized during a June 27 ceremony at Matlack Hall, Human Intelligence Training Joint Center of Excellence; Command Sgt. Maj. Todd Holiday, USAICoE command sergeant major; and Col. John Szypko, commander HT-JCOE and event co-host; listen to Maj. Gen. Richard Lake, U.S. Marine Corps, Deputy Director of the National Clandestine Service for Community Human Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency and event keynote speaker, as he discusses Ellis’ many accomplishments within the military intelligence community. Ellis’ final assignment was as deputy director, National Clandestine Service for Community Human Intelligence Agency, Washington D.C. On May 4, 2009, Ellis died on active duty after 31 years of honorable Army service.
