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well at a relinquishment of command

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ceremony . Brigadier General Kurt

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Neubauer stood down as the commander of

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the three 32nd . Air expeditionary wing .

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Major General Russ handy . The senior

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ranking Air Force officer in Iraq spoke

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highly of general new powers , many

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accomplishments while leading the wing ,

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what he has done here . Working side by

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side with a wide variety of joint

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partners . I mean from running Joint

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Base Balad , stand up this operation ,

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it's all about team building ,

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everything he's done since day one as

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joint and coalition as joint and

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coalition gets . General Neubauer took

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command of the 3 30 seconds on october

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5th 2010 . Since then , his wing is

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continuously provided air assets to

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cover ground forces in Iraq supported

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the drawdown of service members and

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equipment and simultaneously relocated

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to a new base in another country .

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I can tell you that this tour has been

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a deeply profound and rewarding

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experience for me from a professional

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and from a personal standpoint , I

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couldn't be more proud than to have

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been associated with you and other

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airmen who served in the 3 30 seconds

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over the past year , General Neubauer

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is leaving to become the seventh Air

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Force vice commander at Osan Air Base

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Korea . The 3 30 seconds Vice commander ,

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Colonel Paul by Nikki assumed command

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of the wing Air Force Master Sergeant

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Gene Taylor Iraq