Williams takes over as Fort Lee base commander

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The Associated Press

Leaders and Soldiers of 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) welcome Maj. Gen. Paul C. Hurley Jr., incoming commanding general, and bid farewell to Maj. Gen. Darrell K. WIlliams, outgoing commanding general, during a change of command ceremony Aug. 3 at Fort Bragg, N.C.’s Ritz-Epps Physical Fitness Center. (Photo by Elizabeth I. Gerhart, 1st TSC Public Affairs)

PETERSBURG, Va. — Maj. Gen. Darrell K. Williams has taken over as base commander at Fort Lee in Virginia.

Fort Lee says Williams also will oversee the Army’s Combined Arms Support Command. He is a 32-year Quartermaster Corps officer with extensive experience in logistical support for deployed troops.

He replaces Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lyons, who had taken took over as base commander last August. Lyons was selected for promotion to lieutenant general and as the deputy commanding general for the U.S. Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.

A change-of-command ceremony was held at Fort Lee on Friday.