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January 31, 2008

Tunnel vision

Two-year-old Hailey Long looks through the flash suppressor of an M1A2 tank. Photo by Maj. Deanna Bague. The tank was on display as part of the Military Appreciation Night held by the El Paso Rhinos hockey team Saturday.

Flowers are presented to Glenda Bromberg, wife of Maj. Gen. Howard B. Bromberg, during her husband’s assumption of command ceremony. Photo by Jim Gonzales.

 

Bromberg assumes command

150th post commander ready for ‘challenges that lie ahead’ 

Dustin Perry, Editor

Maj. Gen. Howard B. Bromberg assumed command of Fort Bliss during a brief ceremony Thursday at the Fort Bliss Museum.

Bromberg, formerly the chief of staff of U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., took over as the 150th commander of the post following the Jan. 9 departure of Maj. Gen. Robert P. Lennox, who went on to serve as the Army assistant deputy chief of staff in Wash-ington, D.C.

Opening remarks were given by Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, commander of the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., who thanked Bromberg for providing continuity to the installation and being there during a dramatic transformation.

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