The lead element of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division received a new command team during the Headquarters and Headquarters Company Change of Command and Responsibility ceremony, September 23, at Fort Drum, New York. Capt. Stephen Skinner relinquished command of Havoc company to Capt. Adam Nicholson, and 1st Sgt. JoEllen Cote relinquished responsibility to 1st Sgt. Leonard Lawrence. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Paige Behringer)

Honor Guard members of the Coast Guard Cutter Munro crew begin the change-of-command ceremony in Alameda, California, May 24, 2018. The change-of-command ceremony is a time-honored tradition which formally restates the continuity of command will be maintained and is a formal ritual conducted before the assembled company of command. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Krug)

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Standing at the helm of tradition and duty, one gazes beyond the horizon, where the boundless sea meets the endless sky. The deck beneath serves as a stage of discipline, the uniform as a testament to unwavering resolve.

The ocean reminds us that leadership is not confined to the battles of the present but extends to charting a course for the future. In the quiet moments of reflection, strength and strategy intertwine, forging a commander’s soul.

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (Nov. 27, 2012) - Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto, left, and Lt. Gen. Sam Angelella, U.S. Forces, Japan, and 5th Air Force commander, walk through a saber cordon. The Yokota Air Base Honor Guard organized the saber cordon to formally welcome Morimoto. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

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Coast Guard Lt. Daniel Ippolito relieves Lt. Kurt Mees as the commanding officer of Coast Guard Station South Padre Island during a change-of-command ceremony in South Padre Island, Texas, July 10, 2020. Capt. Edward Gaynor, commander of Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi, presided over the ceremony.

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Formerly of the Milton, VT Fire Department.

BRISBANE, Australia (May 5, 2012) - Vice Adm. Scott H. Swift, commander of U.S. 7th Fleet, left, Royal Australian Navy Vice Adm. Ray Griggs, and Cmdr. Mike Weeldreyer, commanding officer of USS Halsey (DDG 97), pay respects to the men and women who served during the Battle of Coral Sea. More than 50 U.S. Sailors were in attendance at a commemoration in honor of the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Coral Sea at Newstead Park in Brisbane. (U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Christopher Farrington)

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Tobyhanna Army Depot

June 17, 2019

Reviewing Officer: Maj. Gen. Randy S. Taylor, U.S. Army CECOM Commanding General

Outgoing Commander: Col. Nathan M. Swartz

Incoming Commander: Col. John W. McDonald

Photographer: Thomas Robbins

A change of command ceremony for the 1st Cavalry Division was conducted Oct. 3 on Cooper Field. The division said farewell to Maj. Gen. John C. Thomson, III and Command Sgt. Maj. Maurice Jackson, while welcoming Maj. Gen. Paul T. Calvert and Command Sgt. Maj. Shane E. Pospisil.

Left, Middle and Right: Lieutenant, Captain and Sergeant

This patch was used by the United States Army's 311th Logistical Command from 1955-1968.

Since 1968 this unit has had several other designations:

311th Support Brigade (1968-1980)

311th Support Command (1980-2006)

311th Sustainment Command (2006-current)

Coast Guard Station Atlantic City, N.J., hosted a change-of-command ceremony Thursday, July 2, 2015. During the ceremony, Lt. Noel Johnson relieved Lt. Cmdr. C.K. Moore of the duties and responsibilities as commanding officer of the multi-mission small-boat station. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Nick Ameen)

Camp H.M. SMITH, Hawaii (Mar. 23, 2009) - The Honorable Ichiro Fujisaki, Japan's Ambassador to the United States, accompanied by U.S. Pacific Command Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Doug Fraser, receives honors following his arrival at the PACOM headquarters. Ambassador Fujisaki visited PACOM to discuss security issues facing the U.S.-Japan Alliance. The Ambassador is in the midst of a Hawaii visit that includes meetings with PACOM service components and state officials. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Chief Robert A. Feinberg)

The Old DuPage County Courthouse stands in downtown Wheaton one block south of the Illinois Prairie Path, and I've been meaning to get a picture of it ever since I moved to DuPage County five years ago. This isn't the courthouse anymore -- it's been converted to apartments, which would make for a nifty place to live -- but from 1896 to 1990, this was the seat of DuPage County government. Clarence Darrow (the famous Monkey Trial defense lawyer played in fictionalized form by Spencer Tracy in Inherit the Wind) once defended a guy in a trial here, and this was where the first convict in Illinois was sent to the electric chair. (These were different cases.) A lightning strike destroyed the original tower in 1988 -- that's a big reason why they built the new courthouse -- so the tower you see here is a reconstruction.

This wasn't the first DuPage County Courthouse, of course. The first courthouse was down in Naperville, a thriving little town on the southern edge of the county that was named the seat of the county when it formed in 1839. The people of Naperville were dumb, though, and in 1851, they turned down a request from the Chicago & Galena Union Railroad to pass through town and build a station. The railroad routed north through Wheaton instead, and all the commerce that had been poised to explode in Naperville went north with it.

It didn't take long for people to say the county seat should move to Wheaton, too, and the county held a referendum to settle the issue in 1857. Naperville won, but that just ticked Wheaton off, and they kept growing out of spite. They held another election to move the county seat in 1867, and this time Wheaton beat Naperville by a 51-vote margin, 1,686 to 1,635. The Wheatonistas quickly cajoled the county into spending $20,000 on a new courthouse (not this one) and started the logistical proceedings to move everything up the road.

But the Napervillains weren't having it, and when the county clerks tried to move the county records, the people of Naperville blocked them. The Wheatonistas responded by collecting a bunch of Civil War veterans into a county militia and sending them to the Naperville courthouse in what everybody called "The Midnight Raid." The Napervillains met the Wheatonistas on the Wheaton-Naperville Road and managed to grab some of the records back, and they sent those on to the Cook County Recorder of Deeds in Chicago for safe keeping. Then everybody lawyered up as the Napervillains accused election judges of malfeasance and demanded a recount. That all went on for a couple of years until the records were burned in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, leaving the Wheatonistas and the Napervillains with nothing to fight over. The Napervillains gave it up, but they learned their lesson, and when the Feds came along in 1987 asking to build Interstate 88 through the north side of town, they said yes.

INDIAN OCEAN (Oct. 26, 2012) - Amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) approaches Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) for an underway replenishment at sea. San Diego-based Peleliu is the flagship for the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group currently on deployment with amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20), amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) and embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. (U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Derek Stroop)

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SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (Oct. 25, 2010) - Royal Cambodian Navy Rear Admiral Ros Veasna welcomes U.S. Navy Capt. David Welch, Commander, Task Group 73.1, and Cmdr. Joseph Keenan, Commanding Officer of USS Crommelin (FFG 37), after Crommelin's arrival in Cambodia for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Cambodia 2010. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance force readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Jason Tross)

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YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea (Nov. 21, 2012) - Eighth Army Commanding General Lt. Gen. John D. Johnson (right) pays tribute to the fallen Republic of Korea Marines and civilians from the 2010 Yeonpyeong Island attack by placing a Chrysanthemum at a memorial in the Eighth Army Headquarters. (Photo by 8th Army Public Affairs Pfc. Choi Joon)

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KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea (Sept. 25, 2012) - A member of the United States Air Force commanders team tries to kick a soccer ball past two Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) commanders team defenders during 2012 Kunsan Olympics USAF commanders versus RoKAF commanders soccer match. The match featured teams made up of primarily wing, group and squadron level commanders and was a friendly competition between the two Air Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Fowler)

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My room, or Command & Control Operations Center, with my rack watched over by Princeton

during the Parade of Excellence in Atlanta, GA.

Während der Parade of Excellence in Atlanta, Georgia.

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SAN ANTONIO (Apr. 8, 2014) -- LTG David Halverson, commanding general, U.S. Army Installation Management Command shares his leadership philosophy at the IMCOM Garrison Commanders Conference. (U.S. Army photos by Jade Fulce)

Dans la dynamique de la commande tramway, la Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux a proposé d'étendre le principe de la commande artistique aux grands chantiers structurants de l'agglomération, en particulier à la construction des ponts Bacalan-Bastide et Jean-Jacques Bosc.

"Strategic Air Command" is not my favorite Jimmy Stewart movie, but one that I'll watch when it's on. I remember the grand flying scenes in this beautiful bomber. Imagine my pleasure in seeing one at the museum configured as a bomber with the appropriate SAC insignia. So cool.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGjyH2ulsCk - Very cool take-off and flying sequence from movie

Pima Air and Space Museum

Tucson, Arizona

January 3, 2013

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Here are all the pictures that I've posted from this trip

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MANILA, Philippines (Feb. 2, 2012) - Cmdr. Leopoldo Albea, commanding officer of the guided missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer meets with Adm. A. Saprykin, commanding officer of Russian Task Group 1, aboard the Russian Federation large antisubmarine ship Admiral Panteleev while the ships shared a pier in Manila, Republic of the Philippines. Wayne E. Meyer, a member of the USS John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations conducting maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Grant P. Ammon)

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Maj. Christian Callender turns over command of the 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment to Cpt. Cody Starken at a Change of Command Ceremony at the 5th Regiment Armory in Baltimore, Md. on July 9, 2016. This is the first unit Cpt. Starken has taken charge of since his commissioning. (U.S. Army Maryland National Guard Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mitch Miller)

DA NANG, Vietnam (Apr. 25, 2012) - U.S. Navy and Vietnamese People's Navy officers discuss the operation of a P-100 water pump during a damage control exchange aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90), part of Naval Exchange Activity Vietnam, 2012. NEA Vietnam, held annually since 2010, promotes cooperation and understanding between U.S. and Vietnamese Navy participants. (U.S. Navy photo by MCC Rodney Furry)

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Installation Management Command welcomed its new Command Sergeant Major, Sgt. Maj. Joe Ulloth, and bid farewell to Command Sgt. Maj. Melissa Judkins Nov. 19 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Photo by Brittany Nelson, IMCOM Public Affairs

Photo by CSI Rahill

KLANG, Malaysia (Sept. 26, 2012) - Sailors assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) and members of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) display good sportsmanship following a friendly soccer match at the Bandamaran Sports Center during Mustin’s port visit to Malaysia. While in port, Mustin Sailors will engage with members of the RMN and be afforded the opportunity to experience the sights and sounds of Malaysia’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur and tours of the surrounding area provided by the Mustin’s Morale Welfare and Recreation department. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Devon Dow)

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Command of the new Fort Belvoir Community Hospital changed hands for the first time since its Aug. 31, 2011, opening during a ceremony in front of the facility Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Col. Susan Annicelli relinquished command of the award-winning hospital to Col. Charles Callahan as hundreds of medical staff, patients, friends and Family observed.

PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 13, 2011) - An SH-70B Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, lands on the flight deck of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is off the coastline of Japan to provide disaster relief and humanitarian assistance to Japan as directed in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Michael Feddersen)

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MOUNT BUNDY TRAINING AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia (Sept. 5, 2012) - Marines advance behind an Australian M1A1 tank during a bilateral assault at the urban operations training. Marines have been conducting bilateral field training for approximately three weeks with various elements of the Australian Army’s 1st Brigade as the culminating event of the inaugural iteration of Marine Rotational Force-Darwin. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jacob D. Barber)

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KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea (Jul. 27, 2012) - Chairman Cho Nam-sok, left, 2007 United States Forces Korea Good Neighbor Program Award Winner, shakes hands with Lt. Col. Anthony D. Abernathy, right, 8th Operations Group vice commander, after greeting Col. Douglas Nikolai, 8th Fighter Wing vice commander, at a Korean-American Gunsan Association (KAGA) dinner. The KAGA is a way for base leadership and local businessmen to maintain a positive relationship. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brigitte N. Brantley)

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My deathwing command squad with Lightning claw belial.

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (Oct. 23, 2012) - Airmen from the 718th Air Maintenance Squadron prepare to tow a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft to a new location during Exercise Beverly Bearcat, a Pacific Air Forces readiness inspection. During the inspection, members of the PACAF’s Inspector General team tested the wing’s ability to support and sustain its mission during a contingency. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Brooke P. Beers)

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I'd sure love to have access to a bucket truck (maybe more so if it had an actual 'bucket').

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (Sept. 28, 2012) - Lt. Col Jeffrey Menasco, commander of the 36th Airlift Squadron, presents a C-130 Hercules tail flash to Royal Thai Air Force Lt. Col Aticha Sirisap. Members of the Royal Thai Air Force partnered with Yokota aircrews for training before Red Flag Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett)

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HAWAII (July 31, 2012) - The view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II 'Warthog' flying over the Big Island as it follows a C17 Globemaster III during RIMPAC 2012 aerial exercises. The flights were part of an air drop event during the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Daniel Barker)

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FORT MAGSAYSAY, Philippine (Apr. 24, 2012) - Philippine and U.S. Army soldiers taking part in the field training exercise of Balikatan 2012 were introduced to the Initial - Home-station Instrumentation Training System, which offers real-world dynamics to training events. (Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Holly)

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CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Sept. 18, 2012) - Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Tom Gilham tours Patenga Hospital during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and training (CARAT) 2012. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Class Sean Furey)

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