Press Release #15                 

Updated: Tuesday, April 09, 2002

Change of Command for JTF-160, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

      U.S. NAVAL BASE GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Army Brig. Gen. Rick Baccus will take command of Joint Task Force 160 as successor for Marine Brig. Gen. Michael R. Lehnert. The official Change of Command ceremony will take place March 28.  Location of the ceremony has not yet been determined.
     Baccus, a member of the Rhode Island Army National Guard, arrives following a successful tour as the commander of the 43rd Military Police Brigade. He assumed that duty on March 7, 2001. As the commander, he was responsible for the readiness of six units and more than 800 soldiers.
     Lehnert will return to Camp Lejeune, N.C., where he commands the 2nd Force Service Support Group.