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    Military personnel in uniform are participating in a formal color guard or ceremonial parade, holding multiple flags and unit guidons. Soldiers wearing distinctive silver/chrome helmets are prominently visible carrying the U.S. flag and various regimental or campaign streamers. The event appears to be an outdoor military ceremony with overcast skies.

    VICKSBURG, ALABAMA, UNITED STATES

    11.18.2017

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Roger Ashley 

    412th Theater Engineer Command

    412th Theater Engineer Command's color guard struggle to untangle flags before Brig. Gen. Daniel Christian, 412th Theater Engineer Command’s commanding general assumption of command ceremony. Christian was promoted to the rank of major general and officially took charge in a special assumption of command ceremony, Nov. 18, at the Illinois monument in the Vicksburg National Battlefield Park, Vicksburg, Ms.

    Christian comes from the 95th Training Division and Assistant Division Commander at Fort Sill, Okla. to replace Maj. Gen. Tracy Thompson as commander of the TEC.

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    Date Taken: 11.18.2017
    Date Posted: 11.18.2017 22:43
    Photo ID: 3965455
    VIRIN: 171118-A-DM336-272
    Resolution: 4288x2848
    Size: 2.19 MB
    Location: VICKSBURG, ALABAMA, US
    Web Views: 47
    Downloads: 5

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    A military promotion or pinning ceremony is taking place outdoors near a columned structure. A woman in a red jacket is placing or adjusting a rank insignia (two-star general patch) on the cap of a soldier identified by nametape as 'CHRISTIAN', while another soldier identified as 'CARR' observes. An American flag is visible in the background along with additional military personnel.
    Military personnel in uniform are participating in a formal color guard or ceremonial parade, holding multiple flags and unit guidons. Soldiers wearing distinctive silver/chrome helmets are prominently visible carrying the U.S. flag and various regimental or campaign streamers. The event appears to be an outdoor military ceremony with overcast skies.
    A U.S. Army military ceremony is taking place at what appears to be a memorial or monument with marble columns. A soldier identified by nametape as 'CHRISTIAN' is handling a red general officer flag bearing one white star, indicating a Brigadier General rank. A soldier identified as 'CARPE[NTER]' wearing a shoulder patch with a black eagle insignia observes the proceedings.
    A group of U.S. Army soldiers in camouflage uniforms and red neck scarves are standing at attention near artillery pieces at what appears to be a historical battlefield site. The foreground soldier wears a distinctive polished chrome/silver ceremonial helmet and sunglasses with a name tape reading 'BEGLER'. A tall commemorative monument or column is visible in the background on a grassy hill.
    Two U.S. Army soldiers in OCP (Operational Camouflage Pattern) uniforms are shaking hands in what appears to be a formal military ceremony or event. The setting features white classical columns and an American flag in the background, with several other uniformed personnel and a civilian woman in red observing. The left soldier displays general officer rank insignia (stars) on his chest.
    A U.S. Army Major General (identified by two-star rank insignia on cap) with name tape reading 'CHRISTIAN' is engaged in a warm conversation with a civilian woman in a red jacket. The interaction appears cordial and friendly, taking place outdoors near a large stone or marble column structure. Additional military personnel in OCP (Operational Camouflage Pattern) uniforms are visible in the background.

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