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Colonel Lee Durham accepts the colors from MG William T. Nesbitt
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Colonel Lee K. Durham accepted the reins of responsibility of Georgia’s 4,500-member 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team at military change of command ceremony held in Macon. Durham replaces Col. Lawrence E. Dudney, Jr. who was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General prior to the command handover.
Durham comes to the Brigade from arecent assignment as the Special Assistant to the Commanding General at Fort Benning. He has a doctorate in law from Washburn University. In his remarks, Col. Durham emphasized to Soldiers, well-wishers and families that he will maintain the brigade's successes as it prepares for its next combat mission in support of the war on terror.
Brig. Gen. Dudney led the brigade through it recent transition from a heavy mechanized brigade to a light infantry brigade as part of the U.S. Army's transformation to a highly mobile expeditionary force.
The 48th Brigade has subordinate units located in more than 30 communities throughout Georgia.
Soldiers of Georgia’s 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team were deployed for a year to Iraq in May 2005 in the largest deployment of Georgia National Guard Soldiers since World War II.