IZMIR, Turkey – Some members of the U.S. Contingent flinched as frosting flies during the cake cutting. U.S. Army Lt. Gen. “JT” Thomson, the Commander of NATO Allied Land Command (LANDCOM), and the youngest member of the U.S. Contingent, U.S. Army Sgt. Jamesha George, cut the Army Birthday cake at LANDCOM Headquarters, June 14, 2019. Canadian Army Chief Warrant Officer Stephen Rice, the LANDCOM Command Senior Enlisted Leader; U.S. Army Maj. Jason “Jay” Atkinson, Commander of Company A, Allied Forces South (AFSOUTH) Battalion; and U.S. Army First Sgt. Reginald Smith, Senior Enlisted Leader of Co. A, AFSOUTH Bn.; rounded out the cake cutting team. (NATO photo by U.S. Army David Olson, LANDCOM Public Affairs.)