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Fort Stewart honors Murrays service
Rainey looks ahead to leading 3rd ID
Murray photo
Maj. Gen. Mike Murray, center, listed as promotable, shakes the hand of Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, the commanding general of XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, after receiving an award during a retreat ceremony Friday in Marne Garden. - photo by Cailtin Kenney
Dog Faced Soldiers have a new commanding general to follow. Maj. Gen. James Rainey assumed command of the 3rd Infantry Division on Aug. 1 on Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan from Maj. Gen. Mike Murray, listed as promotable, who had been in charge for two years. Rainey also is currently the commander of the U.S. National Support Element-Afghanistan and deputy commanding general-support of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, according to a news release on the change of command ceremony issued Aug. 2.
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