Lieutenant General Lance L. Smith serves as the Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. On October 19, 2005 Secretary Rumsfeld announced that the President had nominated Lt. Gen. Smith for promotion to General and designated him to head the U.S. Joint Forces Command. It was also announced that Nato had agreed to appoint Smith Supreme Allied Commander, Transformation. Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Jump to: navigation, search Deputy Commander was a rank in the London Metropolitan Police which existed between 1946 and 1968. ... Emblem of the United States Central Command. ... MacDill Air Force Base (MacDill AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force located in Florida, 8 miles south of Tampa at the tip of the Interbay Peninsula. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Senators Bill Nelson (D) Mel Martinez (R) Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ...

The general entered the Air Force in 1970 after completing Officer Training School. He served two tours at The Pentagon and was Commandant of the NATO School at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Commandant of Air War College and Vice Commander of Air University. He commanded two fighter wings and led two air expeditionary force deployments to Southwest Asia : AEF III and the 4th Air Expeditionary Wing. He flew more than 165 combat missions in Southeast and Southwest Asia in the A-1 Skyraider and the F-15E Strike Eagle. A command pilot, he has more than 3,000 hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, A-1, A-7, A-10, F-111F, F-15E and F-16. Seal of the Air Force. ... The Officer Training School is a training program for non-commissioned officers and recent college graduates of the United States Air Force to acquire commissions as officers. ... Jump to: navigation, search A pre-9/11 view of The Pentagon, looking east with the Potomac River and Washington Monument in the distance. ... Commandant is a military or police title or rank and can mean any of the following: The commander of certain military corps and services, such as the Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Commandant of the Coast Guard in the United States or the Commandant of the (now obsolete... The NATO flag NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4... SHAPE Emblem Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) is the central command of NATO military forces. ... Southwest Asia (PDF) Southwest Asia (often called the Middle East) is the southwestern part of Asia. ... The Douglas AD (later A-1) Skyraider was a US single-seat attack bomber of the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, a propeller-driven anachronism in the jet age with a remarkably long and successful career. ... F-15E Strike Eagle The F-15E Strike Eagle is an American modern all-weather strike fighter, designed for long-range interdiction of enemy ground targets deep behind enemy lines. ...