IZMIR, Turkey – Seated left to right, British Army Lt. Gen. Richard Cripwell, incoming Deputy Commander (DCOM) of Allied Land Command (LANDCOM), U.S. Army Lt. Gen. John Thomson, Commander of LANDCOM, and Italian Army Lt. Gen. Paolo Ruggiero, the outgoing DCOM of LANDCOM, pause in the LANDCOM Headquarters before the Change of Responsibility Ceremony held Feb. 22, 2019 in Izmir, Turkey. (NATO photo taken by U.S. Army Lt. Col. David Olson, LANDCOM Public Affairs.)