Generals conduct change-of-command in Afghanistan for roughly 32,435th time
KABUL — The U.S. Resolute Support mission, which oversees NATO forces in Afghanistan, on Wednesday conducted a change of command ceremony for the approximately 32,435th time in the 67-year-old war or whatever the hell it is now, sources confirmed today.
Gen. John W. NoOneEvenCaresAtThisPoint relinquished command to fellow Army Gen. Austin S. NotGonnaWinTheWarEither in a traditional ceremony held at the RS headquarters, amid celebratory gun and mortar-fire directed at the base near downtown Kabul.
The new general takes charge during a crucial year for Afghanistan, which also had crucial years in 2017, 2016, 2015, and all the years prior, with the exception of 2007, which was considered a “game-changing” year by military planners. Prior to 2007, years in Afghanistan were said to have been marked by “interesting progress.”
The Resolute Support mission, which oversees the training and advising of the Afghan military and police forces that America has been advising for what feels like 8,000 y…
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