FORT GREGG-ADAMS – Maj. Gen. Mark Simerly can pinpoint the exact moment when the reality of the post he commanded was getting a new name to replace “Fort Lee.” It did not come during a staff ...

He taught at Fort Lee and chose to retire from Fort Lee in 1981. Adams, who died in 2002 at the age of 83, was the first Black officer in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.