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The new face of Fort Lewis

Nov- 4-2004 » Filed Under: General Military

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MICHAEL GILBERT; The News Tribune

Lt. Gen. James Dubik’s first tour at Fort Lewis was as a young Ranger officer. Later he returned as a one-star general to help create the Stryker brigades.
Now he’s back as boss of the whole operation. Dubik pinned on a third star Wednesday in front of family and friends, then took command of the post in a ceremony that brought together leaders past and present from across the military services and the community.

He succeeds Lt. Gen. Edward Soriano, 57, who is retiring.

Dubik, 54, said he is “humbled by the responsibility” of leading one of the Army’s largest installations, home to 26,000 troops and more than 8,000 civilian employees.

“I’m excited about doing my best on behalf of the soldiers and families that are here,” he said.

The new commander is regarded as one of the Army’s more intellectual generals, having studied and taught philosophy and having furthered his education at places like Johns Hopkins, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He comes to Fort Lewis from the U.S. Joint Forces Command in Suffolk, Va., where he was director of experimentation to improve the way the service branches work together on the battlefield.

He spent much of his early career in the elite 75th Ranger Regiment and later led troops in Haiti and in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

UPDATE: The Olympian also has a long article about the change of command.


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