Fort Bliss Monitor

108th ADA Bde. welcomes new commander

SPC Jason Stadel
108th ADA Bde. Public Affairs

The XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bliss welcomed a new commander to the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade as Col. John Seward relinquished command of the brigade to Col. David L. Mann. Seward will soon take over as the commandant of the United States Sergeants Major Academy.

The reviewing officer of the Change of Command Ceremony was Lt. Gen. John R. Vines, Commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps. Vines commended Seward on his leadership of the 108th ADA Brigade. “This brigade has excelled in everything it’s done in the past two years,” Vines said.

During the ceremony Seward, who led the brigade to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, spoke to the 1,500 Soldiers that stood in front of him. “It has been my great pleasure to have served with you over the past two years,” Seward said, “thank you for your efforts and sacrifices.”

Vines and Seward both welcomed the incoming commander and his family to the brigade. Mann said that all the standards in the brigade would be maintained while he has command of the 108th ADA.

Mann is a military graduate of Millersville University in Pennsylvania where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. He also has a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the United States Naval War College.

Mann is married to the former Robyn Priester of Lancaster, Pa. They have two children, Ryan and Lauren..



www.bliss.army.mil	Published for the Fort Bliss/El Paso, Texas Community	July 8, 2004

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