New Army Commander and Army Sergeant Major - 2024

[dapaterson]

Remember, a change of command is all about one person being kicked out of the unit, and another person being told that they also will be kicked out in another couple years.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Shots fired

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[rmc_wannabe]

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[ueo]

I have been on parade for I believe seven Change of Command parades, and attended another ten or so.

Most interesting was an outgoing CO spending half hour complaining about the unit and his higher headquarters all sabotaging his command tenure.

The last two I had more influence on. Both were scheduled for 45 minutes and took less time; both were unit parades where other recognition and promotions occurred, and both incoming and outgoing COs limited their speeches to five minutes or less each.

There is something very satisfying about knowing that your last act as a CO before handing over command was to give public commendation and congratulations to someone by promoting them to Sgt.

My 1 and only was about 5 mins, sign the papers, grip and grin and get out! Done in the office. Best one ever!