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First Army Division East Commanding

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General , Major General Kevin Wendell

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hosted a change of command ceremony on

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august 4th for the one 58th Infantry

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Brigade . The ceremony was held on the

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parade field at Camp Shelby Joint

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Forces Training Center . It was there

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that Colonel thomas Hollis relinquished

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command responsibility to Colonel

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Christopher Forbes transition is a

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bittersweet thing when you leave

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command . That's an awesome

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responsibility of the opportunity to

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command our nation's finest . Colonel

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chris Forbes , who just replace me in

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command is an outstanding individual ,

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a great officer and we'll do a super

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job in command . Forbes is a native of

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Greenville south Carolina . He recently

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served in Afghanistan on International

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Security Armed Forces , Joint Command

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Staff in Kabul as the core Chief of

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Future Operations and Assistant Chief

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of Staff . Well , it's the brigade

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commander here for the 158 infantry .

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What we do as you know , is train units ,

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guard and reserve uh to deploy to

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worldwide contingencies . Afghanistan

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being the number one right now ,

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drawing somewhat down in Iraq have been

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deployed for the past three years .

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I've been deployed two of those in Iraq

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and in Afghanistan . So I bring some

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just some ideas of how we train and

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prepare for that environment . As for

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Hollis , he will be the Chief of the

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Mission Command center of Excellence at

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fort Leavenworth Kansas from Camp

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Shelby Public Affairs . I'm dana Alisa

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smith