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Message: [QUOTE="Ravage, post: 30192, member: 56"] [URL="http://news.soc.mil/releases/News%20Archive/2008/June/080618-01.html"]http://news.soc.mil/releases/News%20Archive/2008/June/080618-01.html[/URL] [B]Special Forces welcomes new commanding general[/B] FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, June 18, 2008) – The U.S. Army [B]Special Forces[/B] Command (Airborne) said a bittersweet farewell to its commanding general as it welcomed a new one during a ceremony on Meadows’ Field June 17. Brig. Gen. Michael S. Repass took the reigns of USASFC(A) from Maj. Gen. Thomas R. Csrnko during the change of command. Repass, a West Virginia native and a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, has been serving as the deputy commander of Special Operations Command Europe in Stuttgart, Germany prior to being tapped to lead USASFC(A). “I am humbled to be in command of the new legends of our regiment,” said Repass, who himself counts among his awards, one Legion of Merit and two Bronze Stars Medals. “I look into the crowd and see a handful of great [B][URL="http://shadowspear.com/sf.htm"]Special Forces[/URL][/B] officers, warrants and NCOs, with whom I have served. Many are easily my equal or better, but I happen to be the lucky one standing here.” Repass feels he is up to the challenge of filling Csrnko’s shoes. “I’ve worked with (Maj. Gen) Csrnko twice and it’s an honor to follow in his footsteps,” Repass said. “It’s great to see your faces and I’m honored to be your commander. I will always endeavor to remember that much is expected of me in this command.” Lt. General Robert W. Wagner, U.S. Army Special Operations Command commanding general, hosted the event. Wagner noted that the two men, Repass and Csrnko, are “career-proven professionals” who are well-equipped to execute their respective assignments. Wagner explained during his remarks that under Csrnko’s watch, the command deployed more than 33, 678 SF Soldiers, on 943 deployments to 93 countries and 37 states, adding that there has not been a day during his tenure when less than 3,500 SF Soldiers were in combat. “I stand here today because of the mentors that raised me in the Army and the [B]Special Forces [/B]Community,” Csrnko said. “The hardest duty for the past two years was officiating at the funerals of our fallen warriors.” Csrnko asked the crowd to join him in a moment of silence to remember those fallen warriors and their families. “It has been my honor and privilege to command and walk within your ranks for the past two years,” Csrnko said of the thousands of men he has commanded within the [B]Special Forces[/B] community. Csrnko, a graduate of Indiana University, will take command of the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School on June 20. “I look forward to the challenges of the Special Warfare Center and School,” he said. For Brig. Gen. Michael S. Repass' bio, click [URL="http://news.soc.mil/releases/News%20Archive/2008/June/BG%20Repass%20Bio.pdf"]here[/URL]... [IMG]http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/2470/repassea9.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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