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Fort Sill's new AC and DCO: Colonel Mark McDonald.


In a reveille ceremony on 25 July at the flagpole in front of McNair Hall, Fort Sill Fort Sill, U.S. military reservation, Comanche co., SW Okla., 4 mi (6.4 km) N of Lawton; est. 1869 by Gen. Philip Sheridan. A 95,000-acre (38,445-hectare) field artillery and missile base, it is the home of the U.S. Army Artillery and Missile Center. , Oklahoma, the Field Artillery said "Goodbye" to the FA School Assistant Commandant (AC) and Deputy Commanding General (DCG DCG - Definite Clause Grammar ) Brigadier General Mark A. Graham and welcomed the new AC and Deputy Commanding Officer (DCO DCO Demande Chimique En Oxygène (French)
DCO Digitally Controlled Oscillator
DCO District Coordination Officer (Pakistan)
DCO Defence Community Organisation (Australia) 
) Colonel (Promotable) Mark McDonald.

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General Graham was the Chief of Staff of Fort Sill before becoming AC/DCG. He went south to San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation).
San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S.
, to become the DCG for Fifth Army.

Like Brigadier General Graham, Colonel McDonald was the Chief of Staff of Fort Sill before becoming AC/DCO. His previous assignment was as the Executive Officer to the G3 of the Army at the Pentagon. Among other assignments, he commanded the 82d Airborne Division Artillery from July 2001 until June 2003, including for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Also during the 25 July ceremony, the new Chief of Staff of Fort Sill Colonel William L. Greer changed responsibilities with Colonel McDonald. Colonel Greer previously had been the Deputy J5 for the US Forces in Korea. During OIF OIF Operation Iraqi Freedom
OIF Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (French: International Organization of Francophonie)
OIF Office for Intellectual Freedom (American Library Association) 
, he commanded the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Artillery.
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