By Talia Sampson | Daily Republic | November 15, 2009
Brigadier General Eric W. Crabtree, left, welcomes Colonel John C. Flournoy Jr. as the new 349th Air Mobility Wing Commander Sunday morning in Fairfield. Photo by Adam Smith
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE - The Air Force Reserve's 349th Air Mobility Wing said good-bye to one 'rock star' commander and welcomed another during a Sunday morning Change of Command ceremony.
Brig. Gen. Maryanne Miller is heading to the Pentagon to become the director of Programs and Requirements, Office of the Air Force Reserve, at Headquarters US Air Force.
She handed over command to Col. John C. Flourney, Jr., whose daughter Charlene Flourney, 13, sang the national anthem at the ceremony.
During the ceremony, Brig. Gen. Eric W. Crabtree, Commander of the Fourth Air Force at March Air Reserve Base called Miller 'one of those rock stars of command' who has 'received accolades in every single job she's held.'
'The good news is . . . we will bring in another one of those rock stars of command,' Crabtree said of Flourney, who previously served as commander of the 932nd Airlift Wing at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
In her remarks, Miller said this was the third time Flourney had followed her into a position.
'I told him I'd keep his seat warm at the Pentagon,' she joked.
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