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Line 1: {{Dablink\|For the ''[[MASH (TV series)\|MASH]]'' episode, please see [[Change of Command (MAS*H episode)]] and for the science fiction novel, please see [[Change of Command]].}} [[File:55 Wing Change of Command.jpg\|275px\|right\|thumb\|Col. Jim Jones (right) accepts the [[55th Wing\|55th Wing’s]] [[Guidon (United States)\|guidon]] from [[Eighth Air Force]] Commander Lt. Gen. [[Robert J. Elder, Jr.]] (left) during a wing change of command ceremony at [[Offutt Air Force Base]], Nebraska, USA.]] A '''change of command''' is a military tradition that represents a formal transfer of authority and responsibility for a unit from one [[Commanding officer\|commanding]] or [[flag officer]] to another. The passing of [[Colours, standards and guidons\|colors]], [[~~Standard~~War flag\|standards]], or [[ensigns]] from an outgoing commander to an incoming one ensures that the unit and its soldiers is never without official leadership, a continuation of trust, and also signifies an allegiance of soldiers to their unit's commander. Great symbolism is attached to the ceremonial aspects of a change of command. An inspection and review of soldiers, [[21 gun salute\|gun salutes]], as well as a [[military band]] will often be incorporated into the ceremony.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Sequence of Events for Change of Command Ceremony\|publisher=United States Army\|url=http://www.hqusareur.army.mil/band/img/PDF/sample_ceremony.PDF}}</ref>

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