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FORT SHAFTER —After two years in command, Brig. Gen. Sean A. Gainey relinquished command of the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command to Brig. Gen. Michael T. Morrissey during a change of command ceremony, held at the historic Palm Circle, 26 July.
A change of command is a military tradition that represents a formal transfer of authority and responsibility for a unit from one commanding or flag officer to another. The passing of the colors from an outgoing commander to an incoming one ensures that the unit and its soldiers is never without official leadership, a continuation of trust, and also signifies an allegiance of soldiers to their unit’s commander.
Gen. Robert Brown, commander of the U.S. Army-Pacific, presided the ceremony where general officers, senior executives and senior members from multiple sister service attended as the 94th AAMDC commander works very close with U.S. Pacific Air Force and U.S Pacific Fleet in a joint environment.
