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MG Robert Brown  | The Department of the Army announced Thursday that MG Robert Brown will
become the new commanding general of the Maneuver Center of Excellence
and Fort Benning.
Currently the chief of staff for United States Army Europe in Heidelberg, Germany, MG Brown will replace MG Michael Ferriter.
The change of command ceremony is set for 3 p.m. Nov. 4 at the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center at Patriot Park.
MG Brown's command experience includes that as commander of D Company,
1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, at Fort
Carson, Colo.; commander of 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment
(Mechanized), 1st Cavalry Division, at Fort Hood, Texas, and Operation
Joint Forge in Bosnia-Herzegovina; and commander of 1st Stryker Brigade
Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, at Fort Lewis, Wash., and Operation
Iraqi Freedom. He was also the deputy commanding general of the 25th
Infantry Division in Mosul, Iraq.
"General Brown is an outstanding Soldier and leader and friend and is
the perfect choice to lead Fort Benning as we complete the transition to
the Maneuver Center of Excellence," said MG Ferriter. "Major General
Brown brings a wealth of experience, positive energy, and a diverse
background with service in Haiti, Bosnia and most recently in Operation
Iraqi Freedom. I know that he and Patti will have a significantly
positive impact on the Fort Benning community."
MG Ferriter's next assignment is pending announcement.
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Combatives Tournament Concludes, Names Champions
By MC2 Elliott Fabrizio.
photo by John Helms
 | The Championship Finals of the 2010 U.S. Army Championship Combatives
Tournament pit 16 Soldiers against each other today, competing to be
named one of the best fighters in the Army.
In the championship bouts, the top two finalists in each weight class competed for first place.
The Pentagon Channel covered the entire event for the upcoming series 'Close Combat', and I sat ringside blogging each fight.
In round three of the bantam weight championship, David Mason, from
Fort Hood, Texas, threw a kick, but Sean Stebbins, from the Minnesota
National Guard, grabbed it and wrestled Mason into a reverse triangle
lock. Mason muscled himself free, and kept Stebbins on the mat, until
time. Mason won by split decision.
Francisco "Frankie" Mercado, from Fort Bragg, N.C. kept tight on top
of Erik Cabal-Garibay for nearly the entire fight, loosening up just
enough to pop off a few strikes to the head. The fight went to time and
Frankie won the fly weight championship in a split decision.
In the first round of the light weight finals, Donnie Bowen, from
Fort Campbell, Ken., unleashed a barrage of hard connecting head shots
against Neil Chitwood, from 4th Infantry Division. Chitwood
ducked under a volley of punches in round two to tackle his opponent to
the mat, where he repeatedly drove his knee into Bowen's back. Chitwood
connected a kick with Bowen's head while his opponent was down, and the
referee disqualified Chitwood in the third round.
photo by John Helms
 | Marquis Daniells, from Fort Drum, N.Y., submitted his opponent, Trey
Robbins, from Fort Bragg, N.C., with a guillotine choke hold in the
first two minutes of the welter weight championship fight.
Jon Anderson, from Fort Benning's Maneuver Center of Excellence won
middle weight champion, when he locked a rear mount on Andrew Chapelle,
from Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and rained blows on back of Chapelle's
head until the referee stopped the fight.
In round one of the cruiser weight championship, Jason Norwood, from
Fort Sill, Okla., came out strong, but was stunned and kept at a
distance by some precision face strikes delivered by Jacob South, from
Fort Douglas, Utah. In the final round, Norwood grabbed South and
wouldn't let go, eventually winning by submission with a reverse
straight arm bar.
Jason Eggelston, Fort Leonard Wood, Miss., forced a verbal submission
from Brandon Wallace, from the Military District of Washington, when he
squeezed Wallace into a reverse bent arm bar. Eggleston won the
championship for the light heavy weight class.
Aaron Jackson, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, ripped Ngozi Collins,
from Schofield Barracks, Ha., off the ropes and slammed him to the mat.
Jackson took a dominant position and showered blows to Collins' back
until the referre stopped the fight.
Fort Hood, Texas won the team award this year. The team award goes to
the unit or installation whose fighters collectively score the most
team points.
"I'm really proud of my guys," said Fort Hood's Combatives Coach Jon
Moore. "We drilled and drilled and drilled until the techniques became
second nature. To see all that work pay off and Fort Hood to take trophy
this year, feels amazing."
Close Combat, The Pentagon Channel's series centering around the
action of the 2010 U.S. Army Championship Combatives tournament premiers
in January 2011.
Check out the Pentagon Channel's blog for complete coverage of the 2010 Army Combatives Tournament.
Click here for photos of the 2010 Army Combatives Tournament.
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News
A final mission with lasting impact
As Soldiers of the 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division
prepared to leave the five provinces in southern Iraq they have been
responsible for, there was still one last mission to complete.
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Gunnery training goes digital
Bradley Fighting Vehicle and tank crews from the Maneuver Center of
Excellence fired on the Digital Multi-Purpose Range Complex this week as
part of a government acceptance test, one of the final tasks to
complete before the complex is ready for Soldier training.
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Mission ends with 4 detainees, ammo cache
 CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, KIRKUK, Iraq -- During an Iraqi Army
led cordon and search in the Rashaad Valley near Kirkuk, Iraq, nearly
50 IA soldiers with 2nd Battalion and 4th Battalion of the 15th Brigade,
discovered a cache with more than 800 rounds of heavy machine gun ammo
buried throughout a field and detained four suspects, Sept. 25.
789th EOD returns home
Fort Benning's bomb disposal experts returned home early Wednesday morning from a yearlong deployment to Iraq.
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Physical Readiness Training standards take shape
Soldiers around the Army are taking a fresh approach to PT, following a
formal overhaul earlier this year of the service's physical fitness
program.
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TRIBUTE TO SOLDIERS IS NOW A BENEFICIARY OF COMBINED
FEDERAL CAMPAIGN
Federal employees can now direct their Combined Federal
Campaign (CFC) contributions to the National Infantry Museum and Soldier
Center. The museum earned a spot on the list of charities for the first time
this year. To receive approval, CFC charities are evaluated to ensure they are
legitimate, accountable and responsible.
There are 96 local
charities in this year's campaign. The National Infantry Museum is among those
non-profits that are struggling to continue to operate while raising money.
"The CFC fills a vital need to help fund these agencies so they can continue to
do what they do best," said Laura Walker, Fort Benning Regional CFC manager.
"I think everyone
knows the museum is still trying to pay off its capital debt," said MG (Ret)
Jerry White. "What they might not know is what a challenge it is to maintain
and improve a world-class museum that does not charge admission. Contributions
to CFC that are earmarked for the museum will go a long way toward helping us
continue our mission of honoring Soldiers."
To earmark donations to the museum, the federal employee
must fill in the museum's code - 87613 - and the amount of their donation in
the appropriate squares on forms provided by their supervisors. The contribution will be automatically deducted from the
employee's paycheck.
The CFC for 2010, which kicked off September
1st will continue until
December 15th of this year. The fundraising goal is to
top last year's $1.1 million.
The CFC is the only authorized workplace giving drive of
federal employees to support local, national and international charitable
organizations that provide health and human services.
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