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Dubik gives up Fort Lewis helm

May- 1-2007 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT , 4/2 SBCT , 5/2 SBCT , General Military

MICHAEL GILBERT; The News Tribune

Fort Lewis’ departing commander offered a sobering assessment of the nation’s enemies Monday and expressed appreciation for the people he’s worked with the past 21/2 years at the local Army post.

Lt. Gen. James Dubik relinquished command in a ceremony to Brig. Gen. William Troy, who will serve as interim commander.

The Senate has yet to confirm the promotion and appointment of Maj. Gen. Charles Jacoby Jr. to lead Fort Lewis and I Corps. Jacoby, the current commander of U.S. Army Alaska, is expected to arrive in the next month or so. Dubik said he relished his third assignment at Fort Lewis – which, at 30 months, was his longest time in any one place as a general officer.

“Who couldn’t love this place?” Dubik told an audience of some 300 people under sunny skies Monday morning.

Senior military officers from across the Northwest attended the ceremony, as well as retired general officers, political and business leaders, and representatives from the governments of Japan, South Korea and Russia.

Gen. Charles Campbell, four-star chief of the U.S. Army Forces Command, praised Dubik for his “innovative, forceful, imaginative, visionary” leadership. [...]


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