FORSCOM in the news U.S. Army Forces Command Lt. Gen. Sean B. MacFarland took command of III Corps and Fort Hood during a change of command FRONTLINE ceremony on Fort Hood, August 15, 2014 | Volume III, Issue 32 Texas, Friday Aug. 8. Brig. Gen. Viet Luong became the first Vietnamese-born FORSCOM welcomes Milley back general/flag officer in the U.S. military during a promotion ceremony at Fort Guardian Six, to ; farewells Allyn Hood, Texas recently. Guardian Seven The FORSCOM Chaplain send: Strategic Operational Readiness and Training Assessment Forum took place recently at Fort Bragg, N.C. A Warfighter Exercise held at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. trained Army Reserve, , and active duty Army units for potential future deployments.

Soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Gen. Mark A. Milley, commanding general U.S. Army Forces Command, receives the colors from Gen. Raymond recently deployed to the T. Odierno, Chief of Staff of the Army, during the change-of-command ceremony where he became the 21st National Training Center. Commander of U.S. Army Forces Command, as Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, outgoing commanding general observes, August 15, 2014, at Fort Bragg, N.C. (U.S. Army photo by Bob Harrison) Public Affairs units in action By Jim Hinnant “There are some who think wars can be U.S. Army Forces Command Public Affairs won from only the air or sea, but those people Gen. Mark A. Milley took charge of the Army’s are very wrong ... to deter an enemy, to assure largest command today, as his predecessor, Gen. an ally, and to win a war requires well trained, Daniel B. Allyn, relinquished the U.S. Army Forces constantly read, superbly led, lethal and adap- Command (FORSCOM) colors and departed for tive ground forces and it job in FORSCOM - as it duty in Washington, D.C. has always been to, to train mobilize and provide By accepting the colors bearing the distinc- those forces to the nation when the nation calls,” tive blue, white and red disk that makes up the said Milley. “And, as we have seen all too often, FORSCOM insignia from Army Chief of Staff, Gen. the nation will call - and when it does our task is Raymond T. Odierno, Gen. Mark A. Milley became to be ready for any mission, anywhere, anytime. the 21st commanding general of FORSCOM. Prior to the change of command, in an inti- In his remarks, Milley, 56, a native of the mate gathering in the Kerwin Conference Room Boston, Mass. area who comes to FORSCOM of Marshall Hall, Odierno installed Allyn as the headquarters from his latest assignment as the Army’s 35th vice chief of staff. He then pro- 13th Public Affairs Detachment - A CH-47 Chinook helicopter commanding general of III Corps and Fort Hood, moted Milley to the rank of general in the atrium assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th , 4th Infantry Division, delivers a sling load of Marshall Hall -- the command’s headquarters Texas, said FORSCOM would continue to provide during Vibrant Response 14 at Muscatatuck Urban Training trained and ready forces to meet the needs of complex shared by Headquarters, U.S. Army Re- Complex, Ind., July 26, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon the nation. serve Command. Anderson) TOP SHOTS Here are the best photos from FORSCOM Public Affairs professionals world-wide. For more photos and information, click these photos or visit army.mil/forscom

Left Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment color guard, stand at attention during a re-dedication ceremony at Whiteface Mountain, Wilmington, N.Y., July 29, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mark A Moore II) Right Spc. April Lewis, an intelligence analyst with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, competes in the commander’s cup physical training competition, July 31, 2014, on Hunter Army Airfield, Ga. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Chad Ashe)

Above Parachute riggers from the 11th Quartermaster Company, 264th Combat Sustainment Support Above Paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Battalion, 82nd Sustainment Brigade, palletize water for a humanitarian air drop, Aug. 6, 2014, in the Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, , exit a vicinity of Sinjar, . (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel) CH-47 Chinook helicopter during an air assault mission on Fort Bragg, Left Sgt. 1st Class Luis Villalobos, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat N.C., Aug. 11, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eliverto V. Larios) Team, 10th Mountain Division, crosses the finish line after completing the 12-mile foot march during Expert Infantryman Badge testing, Aug 8, 2014 on Fort Polk, La. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. David Edge)

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