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U.S. Army GEN. Tommy Franks (background left), Out-going Commander, US Central Command (USCENTCOM), passes the Unit Colors to U.S. Secretary of Defense The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, during the Change of Command Ceremony, on July 7, 2003 at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. During the ceremony GEN. Franks relinquished his command to U.S. Army GEN. Abizaid. (DoD photo by STAFF SGT. Norma J. Martinez) (Released)

At MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, US Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld left, Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of STAFF (VCS), US Marine Corps (USMC) General (GEN) Peter Pace, US Army (USA) General (GEN) Tommy Franks and GEN John Abizaid, right, salute during a Change of Command Ceremony for the US Central Command (USCENTCOM). GEN Abizaid, took command from USA GEN Tommy Franks

Deputy Commander-in-CHIEF US Army (USA) Central Command Lieutenant General (LGEN) Michael P. DeLong and his wife listen as Commander-in-CHIEF US Army Central Command General (GEN) Tommy R. Franks stands and answers questions, during the 3rd USA Commanders Conference, at Fort McPherson, Georgia

Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Michael T. Etheridge, USA, US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) (left) passes the South Command (SOUTHCOM) flag to the new Commander, General (GEN) James T. Hill, USSOUTHCOM during the assumption of command ceremony

US Air Force (USAF) General (GEN) Tommy Franks (third for left), Commander, of US Central Command, renders a salute during a Memorial Ceremony, held in observance of the September 11th Tragedies. An unidentified US Army (USA) soldier stands in the foreground

U.S. Secretary of Defense The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (left), presents U.S. Army GEN. Tommy Franks, Out-going Commander, US Central Command (USCENTCOM) with a Defense Distinguished Service Medal, second oak leaf cluster, prior to a Change of Command Ceremony, on July 7, 2003 at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. During the ceremony GEN. Franks relinquished his command to U.S. Army GEN. Abizaid. (DoD photo by STAFF SGT. Norma J. Martinez) (Released)

United States Army General Tommy R. Franks Commander in CHIEF, United States Central Command, watches the opening ceremonies of Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Wednesday 13 September 2000. CENTRASBAT 2000 is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by US Central Command (US CENTCOM) and hosted by former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, 11-20 September 2000. Exercise participants include approximately 300 US troops including personnel from US CENTCOM, the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and 300 Kazakhstan soldiers. Other...

Commander-in-CHIEF US Army (USA) Central Command General (GEN) Tommy R. Franks makes comments during the 3rd USA Commanders Conference, at Fort McPherson, Georgia

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Sgt. Maj. Dwight Brown (right) prepares to pass the command flag to U.S. Army Gen. Tommy R. Franks, (left) during the CENTCOM change of command ceremony.

US Army General Tommy R. Franks, Commander, Southern Command, passes the central command flag to US Army Lieutenant General Paul T. Mikolashek, in assumption of command ceremonies making him CENTCOM Commander. In the same ceremony, US Army Major General Geoffrey D. Miller, Deputy CHIEF of STAFF, personnel and installation management, forces command, passed the Third Army flag to him making him Third Army Commander

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General Tommy R. Franks, USA, Commander of US Forces Central Command, shakes hands with AIRMAN First Class Sloan, USAF, before entering the dining facility of a base in Southwest Asia. The general is going through the region visiting the various bases when he stopped here to celebrate Thanksgiving Day with the troops. He personally spoke with everyone he met, passing out words of encouragement and praise for all the work done in support of the war on terrorism during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the...

Patrol commanders from the Mountain Eagle Joint Task Force meet at their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during mission rehersal exercises at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana

Combat ready US Army (USA) soldiers, from Fort Stewart, Georgia arrive at Kuwait City International Airport and are greeted by the US Ambassador, the Honorable James A. Larocco, Lieutenant General (LTGEN) Tommy R. Franks, Deputy Commanding General, US Army Forces Command (AFC) and CHIEF of STAFF Kuwaiti Armed Forces, LTGEN Ali Mohammed Hassan Al-mumin

Army Reserve Cpl. James C. Young relaxes on a patrol

US Army (USA) General (GEN) Tommy Franks (right), Commander, US Central Command, stands with other USA Soldiers to observe a moment of silence during a National Prayer Day Ceremony, held at MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL)

S Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Andy Franks, (left), and USAF AIRMAN (AMN) Harold Neal Jr. (right), both assigned to the 100th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), work with a Republic of Uganda Army Soldier to pour wet cement for the floor of a kitchen being built in Soroti, Uganda, during Exercise MEDFLAG 2002. MEDFLAG is a US European Command multinational multi-service medical exercise designed to provide care, training and disaster management for Doctors, Nurses, and Technicians in different countries around the world

US Army (USA) General Tommy R. Franks, Commander, United States Central Command, address the men and women of the 457th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) during a visit to a forward deployed location supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) High-ranking Officer visit the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Military Academy training site located near Kabul, Afghanistan, where USA Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG) are helping to train new recruits in the ANA. Pictured are USA Brigadier General (BGEN) John H. Kern (bottom left), ander, 352nd Civil Affairs and (CFC); (USA) National Guard BGEN Dean A. Youngman, Kentucky (KT) Adjutant General; USA Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) McDonnell; USA Lieutenant General (LGEN) Bryan D. Brown, ander, USA Special Operation and (SOC); also USA Major General (MGEN) Geoffrey C. Lambert (upper right), anding General, USA Special Forces...

The US Army Forces Command Building at Fort McPherson, GA, showing concert barriers blocking the street entrance, following the September 11th attacks

US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (RADM) Richard W. Hunt accepts the Combined Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa (CJTF HOA) Command Flag from Commander, US Central Command (CENTCOM) US Army (USA) General (GEN) John P. Abizaid (left). RADM Hunt relieved US Marine Corps (USMC) Major General (MGEN) Timothy Ghormley as Commander CJTF-HOA at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti (DJI)

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher "Cliff" Ridlon

A view of the Commanding Officer Quarter "Quarters 10" at Fort McPherson, Georgia decorated for Christmas and photographed after a recent snowfall. The current residents of the Commanding General US Army Forces Command General John W. Hendrix

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