[ought-six]

"What the troops wlll hear ...
'Colonel Dowty just had a heart attack, our new commander is ...'

That's the way it's done, folks."

Actually, what they will say is: "Colonel so-and-so has been reassigned to (someplace, but usually a rear echelon posting). Your new commander is Colonel this-and-that. That is all." At least, that's the way they did it when I was in the Air Force, some thirty-odd years ago.

[ken5050]

Was the 1RCT involved in the POW rescue mission? That would be really bizarro?

[XJarhead]

What the troops wlll hear ... 'Colonel Dowty just had a heart attack, our new commander is ...'

The average Lance Coolie probably won't hear anything about it at all.