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French general becomes new NATO commander

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A French air force general has made history by becoming the first non-American to assume a supreme command post in NATO.

At a ceremony on Wednesday, aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower moored off Norfolk, Virginia, Stephane Abrial became the Head of Allied Command Transformation, replacing outgoing US marine general James Mattis.

Abrial is the first non-American to hold one of NATO's two supreme allied commander posts.
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Flesh Thorn wrote:A French air force general has made history by becoming the first non-American to assume a supreme command post in NATO.

At a ceremony on Wednesday, aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower moored off Norfolk, Virginia, Stephane Abrial became the Head of Allied Command Transformation, replacing outgoing US marine general James Mattis.

Abrial is the first non-American to hold one of NATO's two supreme allied commander posts.
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Now doesn't that just sound like NATO!! :evil:
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Here's the new NATO flag:
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A Frenchie? How is the NATO Commander chosen?
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Ranger Bill wrote:A Frenchie? How is the NATO Commander chosen?
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:shock:

WTF, over !!!??

The French know only TWO military tactics........

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This is going to be interesting. I would like to hear what our boots on the ground have to say after one month of him being in country.
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3 words, Dien Bien Phu or is that 1?
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