Fort Liberty gets new commander
PERSON KILLED IN A CRASH IN
NORTH CAROLINA LAST YEAR.
A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL BEGINS AT
06:00PM. LIEUTENANT GENERAL
CHRISTOPHER DONAHUE HAS COMMAND
OF THE 18TH AIRBORNE CORPS AT
FORT LIBERTY FOR THE PAST 2
YEARS.
>> HIS PROMOTION 4 STAR GENERAL
HAD BEEN BLOCKED FOR SEVERAL
WEEKS FOR UNSPECIFIED REASONS.
ON MONDAY, THAT BLOCK WAS
LIFTED. AND THAT'S WHY THIS
HAPPENED. WRAL'S GILBERT BAIZE
WAS ON POST TODAY AS DONNA.
HE RELINQUISHED HIS COMMAND TO
BEGIN A NEW CHAPTER IN HIS
MILITARY CAREER.
>> WELL, THIS IS KIND OF IN A
WORLD WIND OF A TOUR FOR
LIEUTENANT GENERAL CHRIS
DONAHUE. HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF
THE 18TH AIRBORNE CORPS AND
FORT LIBERTY WHILE OVERSEAS.
AND NOW HAS A 4 STAR GENERAL.
HE'LL BE IN CHARGE OF THE
AMERICAN FORCES IN EUROPE.
>> THE AND CEREMONY STARTED OFF
WITH A BANG.
15 GUN SALUTE FOR LIEUTENANT
GENERAL CHRISTOPHER DONAHUE
AS THE COMMANDER OF THE 18TH
AIRBORNE CORPS AND FORT LEE.
EVERYTHING DOWN TO YOU WAS THE
LAST SOLDIER TO LEAVE AMERICA'S
LONGEST WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
DURING THE CEREMONY AS HE
REFLECTED ON SOME OF THE CORPS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVERSEAS.
AND ALSO HERE BACK AT HOME.
WE WENT OUT TO WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.
WHERE THE UNITS ACROSS THIS
FORMATION. PROVIDING AID.
>> GIVE ASSISTANCE AND ACTUALLY
GOT EXCESS MATERIAL BECAUSE
OF THE JUST STATIONS TO HELP
OUR FELLOW CITIZENS. LIEUTENANT
GENERAL GREGORY ANDERSON IS THE
18TH AIRBORNE CORPS. NEW
COMMANDER ANDERSON SAYS, WELL,
THE CEREMONY MARKS A CHANGE
IN LEADERSHIP.
>> FORT LIBERTY'S MISSION
REMAINS THE SAME. OUR NATION
CONTINUES TO RELY ON US TO BE
ABLE TO DEPLOY GLOBALLY WITHOUT
ADVANCE WARNING FORM A SEAMLESS
JOINT AND COALITION TEAM AND
DETER OR DEFEAT ANY ADVERSARY.
DONAHUE TOLD HIS SOLDIERS IT'S
HARD TO SAY GOODBYE. REALLY.
I CAN TELL YOU IS.
ALL OF YOU. UBER AND I'M.
LOVE
AND RESPECT.
>> SO IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL
FAREWELL FOR LIEUTENANT GENERAL
CHRIS DONAHUE. BUT HE SAYS
DON'T WORRY, HE PLANS TO COME
BACK TO THIS AREA WHEN HE
RETIRES AT FORT LIBERTY,