The 3rd Infantry Division’s new top noncommissioned officer is no stranger to Fort Stewart. Although Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Gilpin has spent the last several years away from the Coastal Georgia Army post — most recently as the command sergeant major for the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas — he always aimed to return. In April, the infantryman who’s served nearly 28 years in the U.S.